Posted on 28. May, 2018 in: News

Berlingske: Tibet scandal won’t go away

In a hard-hitting editorial Berlingske warns that the ‘greatest democratic scandal’ committed by the authorities in modern times – when police illegally harassed demonstrators during a state visit in 2012 by China’s president…

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Posted on 28. May, 2018 in: News

Commissioner eyes MEP role

Margrethe Vestager and former climate & energy minister Lykke Friis could both run for MEP in next year’s EU election. Ms Vestager, former Social Liberal leader and minister for the economy, is being…

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Posted on 28. May, 2018 in: News

Employment Minister: Benefit cap is working

The welfare rolls have been reduced by 22,700 since the government capped social benefits two years ago. Employment Minister Troels Lund Poulsen welcomed the ‘positive news’ that he said reflects record-high employment figures…

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Posted on 27. May, 2018 in: TWTW

The Week That Was, May 22nd – May 27th 2018

Politics/Economy: The Social Democrats called for a probe into whether the Muslim Ramadan festival poses ‘safety hazards’, as claimed by Immigration Minister Inger Støjberg who sparked off a controversy by urging all working…

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Posted on 25. May, 2018 in: News

Danish ministers in top-level Washington meeting today

The fractured EU-US relationship will be high on the agenda when two Danish ministers meet up with their US counterparts In Washington DC today. Minister of Foreign affairs Anders Samuelsen and Minister of…

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Posted on 25. May, 2018 in: News

Danish UK politician denied citizenship after Brexit

A former Denmark-born mayor of the town of Ipswich, who has lived in Britain for nearly 40 years, has been denied citizenship by the UK Home Office. Danish and British media, including the…

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Posted on 25. May, 2018 in: News

PM optimistic after Copenhagen energy summit

Nordic Clean Energy Week in Copenhagen with ministers from the G20 and Nordic countries may have led to few specific results but Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen remains optimistic. In a speech to…

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Posted on 25. May, 2018 in: News

Comeback for ex-Liberal Party dissenter

Jens Rohde, a former Danish and European MP who quit the Liberal Party seven years ago in protest against its hard line asylum and immigration policy, is making a comeback. The politician, the…

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Posted on 25. May, 2018 in: News

Human Rights Court rejects ROJ TV appeal

It was no violation of press freedoms when ROJ TV was banned from transmitting from Copenhagen in 2014, the European Court for Human Rights ruled yesterday. The Kurdish TV network and its holding…

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Posted on 25. May, 2018 in: News

Maersk attacks Chinese protectionism

A.P. Moller Maersk, Denmark’s biggest company, has accused the Chinese authorities of discriminating against its business. At the Danish Shipping Industry’s annual convention, Thursday, CEO Søren Skou said the protectionism of the last…

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7:59 – All the Danish News That Fits

7:59 – Danish News Today, is the most reliable source of daily Danish news in English for diplomats, the ex-pat community, the business sector, or anyone in Denmark or abroad seeking an insight into what’s happening in Denmark right now.

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7:59: TODAS LAS NOTICIAS DANESAS DEL MOMENTO.
7:59-Noticias Danesas de Hoy es una nueva fuente de noticias en inglés dirigida especialmente al cuerpo diplomático, extranjeros viviendo en Dinamarca

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