Posted on 29. Nov, 2018 in: News

Witness: Foreign Ministry ordered clampdown on Tibet demonstrators

It was the Foreign Ministry that ordered the police to ensure that former Chinese President Hu Jintao didn’t see any pro-Tibet demonstrations during his 2012 state visit, a former vice police commissioner claimed…

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Posted on 29. Nov, 2018 in: News

Alleged assassin mixed with Iranian officials

The 39-year-old Norwegian-Iranian citizen who remains in custody in Denmark, charged with espionage and an attempted assassination, has on a number of occasions attended official occasions alongside high-ranking Iranian officials. Berlingske has obtained…

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Posted on 29. Nov, 2018 in: News

Fraud squad charges Dansk Bank

The State Prosecutor’s Office for Serious Economic and International Crime (Søik), popularly known as the fraud squad, has filed preliminary charges against Danske Bank for alleged violations of the anti-money laundering act at its…

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Posted on 29. Nov, 2018 in: News

Business shorts

Ørsted announces $30bn green energy plan / Vestas wins offshore contract in U.S. Partially state-owned energy company Ørsted, formerly DONG, has announced plans to invest DKK200bn ($30 billion) into green energy between 2019…

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Posted on 28. Nov, 2018 in: News

Defiant Løkke: No Danexit

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has warned he would never lead a government that considers leaving the EU. The Danish People’s Party (DPP), the Liberals’ potential coalition partner after next year’s general election,…

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Posted on 28. Nov, 2018 in: News

PM: Defence opt-out is off the table

Although Lars Løkke Rasmussen has paved the way for a public debate about Denmark’s EU defence opt-out it won’t be on the agenda when he gives a speech at the EU summit in…

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Posted on 28. Nov, 2018 in: News

New study projects major rise in non-western immigrants

The number of people from an ethnic minority in Denmark is expected to nearly double over the next 20 years – a new demographics study by Statistics Denmark projects 867,258 non-western immigrants by 2060,…

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Posted on 28. Nov, 2018 in: News

Social Democrats: Move criminal deportees to a deserted island

The number of failed asylum seekers and criminal foreigners housed at the Kærshovedgård departure centre has never been higher, despite the government’s vow to speed up deportations. New Immigration Ministry figures show the…

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Posted on 28. Nov, 2018 in: News

Prosperity has increased since financial crisis

Following Statistics Denmark’s readjusted GDP growth figures for 2015-16, a new study shows that prosperity in this country has increased markedly since the financial crisis. According to senior Nykredit economist Tore Stramer the…

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Posted on 28. Nov, 2018 in: News

Government questions UN migration pact

The government will reevaluate a new UN pact to manage mass global migration, the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, before signing off on the agreement next month, Prime Minister Lars…

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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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