Posted on 18. Jul, 2011 in: News

Smoking puts Danish women at bottom of EU cancer rankings

Denmark has the second-worst cancer statistics for women in the EU. New Eurostat figures put Denmark at No.26, just ahead of Hungary, with a mortality rate of 168.2 per 100,000 women, and far…

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Posted on 18. Jul, 2011 in: News

Slip the euro says leading bank

Denmark should free itself from the Euro, according to currency strategist Chris Walker of the major Swiss bank UBS who said to Bloomberg News that the Danish krone could become a safe haven…

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Posted on 18. Jul, 2011 in: News

Violent weekend

Six men have been arrested in connection with a series of stabbings in Copenhagen over the weekend. A convenience store owner had his throat slashed and another man received a head wound during…

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Posted on 18. Jul, 2011 in: News

Summer house break for asylum seekers

The party’s over for three asylum seekers who’ve been temporarily housed in an expensive summer house for the past three weeks. The three men, from Syria, Afghanistan, and Iran have reportedly cost taxpayers…

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Posted on 18. Jul, 2011 in: News

Left rejects school performance rankings

The opposition has rejected Education Minister Troels Lund Poulsen’s proposal to rank all schools according to exam result performance. Although Mr Poulsen has promised to make allowances for social disparity, the Social Democrats’…

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Posted on 18. Jul, 2011 in: News

Chinese expertise will link Scandinavia

Passengers travelling from Copenhagen to Gothenborg or Oslo could soon be transported by a high-speed Chinese train. Three representatives of the China National Machinery Import & Export Corporation (CMC), which exports Chinese expertise…

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Posted on 18. Jul, 2011 in: News

Maccy D’s – obesity isn’t our fault

McDonalds Denmark has refused to acknowledge any partial responsibility for the obesity epidemic that’s spread through the country over the past twenty years. Australian MD Stephen Shillington said people will always eat burgers…

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Posted on 18. Jul, 2011 in: TWTW

The Week that Was, July 11th – July 17th, 2011

Politics Conservative party leader Lars Barfoed refused to offer any guarantee of a new term alongside coalition partners, the Liberals, even if Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen remains in power. Barfoed also criticised…

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Posted on 15. Jul, 2011 in: News

Denmark’s tarnished reputation

The Mohammed cartoons, well-publicised immigration restrictions, and the prospect of low growth for years ahead have seriously damaged Denmark’s reputation abroad. That’s the view of international experts from the global branding company Reputation…

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Posted on 15. Jul, 2011 in: News

Denmark ‘a problem for Europe’

Finland is the latest country to denounce Denmark’s border control. In an interview with Finnish newspaper Hufvudstadsbladet, newly-installed Minister of Foreign Affairs Erkii Tuomioja characterises Denmark as a country that’s becoming more and…

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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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