Posted on 03. May, 2011 in: News

Løkke defends bomb attacks on Gaddafi

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has defended bombing raids on Muammar Gaddafi’s properties in Libya, but at the same time refused to say whether Danish planes have been involved. The government has come…

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Posted on 03. May, 2011 in: News

Last chance says Løkke

As negotiations surrounding the government’s 2020 Economic Plan enter their final phase, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen warned that it’s ‘make your mind up time’. At his weekly press conference, the PM said…

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Posted on 03. May, 2011 in: News

Racism rap for Free Press boss

Head of the Free Press Society, Lars Hedegaard, has been found guilty of making racist statements. The High Court has overruled a lower court that had found him not guilty of racism when…

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Posted on 03. May, 2011 in: News

One-legged bomber on terrorism charge

Lors Doukaev, the one-legged Chechen boxer who nearly blew himself up in a Copenhagen hotel last year, is to be charged under the anti-terror act. The Public Prosecutor said that Doukaev would be…

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I’m dreaming of a white….summer

Summer may be just around the corner but snow fell in parts of Denmark, Tuesday. Residents of North Jutland around Aalborg experienced light snowfall as a combination of cold air and heavy cloud…

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Posted on 03. May, 2011 in: News

Government tight-lipped on British report

The Danish People’s Party and the Socialist People’s Party are highly critical of the government’s unwillingness to provide information to the public concerning British reports that it was Danish fighter jets that killed…

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New poll: Left loses ground

There’s good news for the government as election speculation grows. A new Voxmeter poll for news agency Ritzau indicates that the opposition’s comfortable lead has virtually vanished and the race could be too…

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Posted on 03. May, 2011 in: News

Social Liberal dilemma

80% of the Social Liberals’ own voters want to see the party form part of a left-wing coalition after this year’s election, even though leader Margarethe Vestager has backed the government’s 2020 retirement…

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LA will continue the fight for tax relief

Liberal Alliance leader Anders Samuelsen has accused the government of failing liberal voters by its unwillingness to push for tax relief and warned he will raise the issue again after the election when…

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Posted on 03. May, 2011 in: News

Moral dilemma for Lundbeck as Texas prepares for execution

Danish pharmaceutical giant Lundbeck’s moral responsibility will be tested again in Texas, USA, today when Cary Kerr, a convicted rapist and murderer, faces execution by lethal injection. The German Nicole Baltus, a pen-friend…

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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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