Posted on 20. Dec, 2010 in: News

DR defends right to show minister’s rant

State run TV network DR has defended its right to post video footage of Minister of Health Bertel Haarder’s abusive rant at a journalist on the internet. Mr Haarder called a DR interviewer…

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Posted on 20. Dec, 2010 in: News

DKK5m wasted on climate website

Copenhagen City Council spent nearly one million US dollars on a climate website last year that’s now been shut down. The World Climate Community was set up ahead of the COP15 Climate Conference…

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Posted on 20. Dec, 2010 in: News

Economy: A long way to go

A new Jyske Bank prognosis predicts a long, hard road ahead before the economy is back in top gear. In line with other experts, the bank’s economists agree there’s no ‘quick fix’ for…

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Posted on 20. Dec, 2010 in: News

ECB conclusions ‘frightening’

A new European Central Bank (ECB) report charting the most effective method of reducing national debt has been characterised as ‘frightening reading’ by Danish economists. In “Major Public Debt Reductions: Lessons from the…

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Posted on 20. Dec, 2010 in: News

Minister apologises for ‘asshole’ outburst

Minister of Interior and Health Bertel Haarder last night called a DR TV journalist an ‘asshole’, and a ‘stupid bastard who treats me like shit’. The minister’s astonishing outburst came after being repeatedly…

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Posted on 20. Dec, 2010 in: TWTW

The Week That Was: December 12th – 19th 2010

Politics  Two new polls confirmed the opposition’s lead, although there were signs in Friday’s Megafon survey for TV2 that the centre-right alliance, at 49%, isn’t dead and buried yet. Prime Minister Lars Løkke…

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Posted on 20. Dec, 2010 in: spanish

LA PASADA SEMANA: deL 12 al 19 de diciembre de 2010

POLITICA Dos nuevas encuestas realizadas el viernes por TV2 confirmaron que la oposición continúa manteniendo la mayoría de votos para llegar al poder. Sin embargo, la alianza de Centro-derecha aún no está enterrada,…

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Posted on 20. Dec, 2010 in: News

Palestinians ask for recognition

Palestinian negotiators have asked for Denmark’s help to recognize a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza. According to the Israeli Jerusalem Post, Palestinian officials have asked the consuls general of France,…

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Posted on 20. Dec, 2010 in: News

Løkke plummets in approval ratings

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, like his party, is taking a battering from voters. A new Rambøll poll for Jyllands Posten shows that just over 37% of the electorate prefer him as Prime…

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Posted on 20. Dec, 2010 in: News

Conservatives sinking fast

The Conservative Party is in danger of being overtaken by the Red/Green Alliance. Megafon’s latest opinion poll for TV2 shows the far left party at 5.2%, just slightly less than the struggling Conservatives’…

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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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