Posted on 24. May, 2011 in: News

Cepos welcomes corporation tax proposal

Despite immediate opposition from the Danish People’s Party, the government’s proposal to lower corporation tax has been enthusiastically embraced by Cepos. Head of the right-leaning think tank, Mads Lundby Hansen, characterised tax as…

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Posted on 24. May, 2011 in: News

Polish concern about Danish border control plans

As Poland prepares to assume the rotating EU Presidency, the country’s Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, has expressed concern about Denmark’s plan to increase border control. Mr Tusk warned yesterday that Poland is ‘extremely…

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Posted on 24. May, 2011 in: News

Libya: Sanctions are working says Foreign Minister

The foundations of the Gaddafi regime are crumbling, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs Lene Espersen. After discussing Libya with her Council of Ministers colleagues in Brussels, Monday, Ms Espersen said there’s ‘no…

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Posted on 24. May, 2011 in: News

Intelligence cover-up?

Danish intelligence (PET) has been accused of ‘butchering’ a long awaited report on Danish covert operations during the Cold War years. According to the Danish People’s Party’s Jesper Langballe, the DKK10m project, commissioned…

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Posted on 24. May, 2011 in: News

Ash cloud heading for Denmark

The Icelandic volcanic ash cloud appears to be heading for Denmark. The latest prognosis from the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre in London shows that major parts of Scottish and Irish airspace have been…

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Posted on 24. May, 2011 in: News

Business welcomes growth initiatives

The government’s economic growth initiative has been warmly welcomed by the Danish Chamber of Commerce (DE) business organisation. The government intends to ease the administrative burden on small and medium-sized companies by 10%,…

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Posted on 24. May, 2011 in: News

Government will lower tax burden on companies

The government intends to gradually decrease corporation tax from 25% to 20% in an effort to encourage companies to plant new jobs and growth in this country, but it’s the business sector that…

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Posted on 24. May, 2011 in: News

Opposition will investigate crisis

If the opposition wins this year’s election it will set up a commission to investigate what went wrong in Denmark ahead of the financial crisis. The Social Democrats’ finance spokesman Morten Bødskov said…

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Posted on 24. May, 2011 in: News

Jyllands-Posten terrorist warned Pakistan

Prosecutors in the trial of alleged terrorist David Headley, accused of plotting to bomb Jyllands-Posten offices in Denmark, claimed in a Chicago courtroom, Monday, that he made Pakistan Intelligence (ISI) aware of the…

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Posted on 23. May, 2011 in: News

Danes evacuated after bomb threat in Brussels

All Danish employees working in the Danish EU offices were earlier today evacuated after the Finnish newspaper, Helgingin Sanomat, received a bomb threat directed against the Danish offices during last night.  The offices…

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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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