Posted on 19. Aug, 2011 in: News

New poll signals comfortable victory for opposition

No matter when the Prime Minister calls an election it’s going to be an uphill struggle for the government. A new Megafon poll for Politiken and TV2 shows the opposition has strengthened its…

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Posted on 19. Aug, 2011 in: News

More election rumours

The Social Democrats have shortened their summer conference scheduled for next week in response to fast-growing election rumours. Party MP’s should have gathered in Jørlunde, northern Zeeland, on Tuesday for a two-day conference…

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Posted on 19. Aug, 2011 in: News

Repatriation package for Iraqi asylum seekers

The opposition will make amends for former Integration Minister’s failure to offering rejected Iraqi asylum seekers willing to return home a generous repatriation financial package. The government signed an agreement with Baghdad in…

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Posted on 19. Aug, 2011 in: News

Secret witness tells court about PKK

Media representatives and spectators attending the trial of Kurdish ROJ-TV were asked to leave the courtroom yesterday when a top-secret Danish Intelligence (PET) source gave evidence. Although they weren’t allowed to see the…

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Posted on 19. Aug, 2011 in: News

PM: al-Assad should step aside

The Danish government has backed a EU declaration condemning the Syrian regime’s violent cracdown on the civilian population and calling on President Bashar al-Assad al-Assad to resign. Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said al-Assad has…

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Posted on 19. Aug, 2011 in: News

More terrorism charges against extremists

The five left-wing extremists charged under the anti-terror act (see below) allegedly had plans to set fire to Christiansborg, home of the Danish parliament, and nine other prominent buildings in Copenhagen including the…

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Posted on 19. Aug, 2011 in: News

Anti-smoking policy ‘weak, insufficient’.

Denmark is failing to live up to the demands of the Tobacco Control Convention it joined in 2004, according to a number of health organisations who claim that anti-smoking efforts in this country…

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Posted on 18. Aug, 2011 in: News

Left-wing arsonists on terror rap

The police have heightened the charges against five young men  accused of a number of incidents of arson in the Copenhagen area to include terrorism. Four of the five who were remanded in custody…

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Posted on 18. Aug, 2011 in: News

Pirates strike a deal

The Danish family held by Somali pirates since February could be home by the end of the month. The normally reliable news site, Somali Report, claims to have been in contact with one…

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Posted on 18. Aug, 2011 in: News

Bridges and schools would provide more jobs than tax relief

Leading economists agree that if Denmark really wants to kick-start growth and unemployment, publicly-funded renovation and building projects are the best solution, as suggested by the opposition, than the Conservatives’ proposal of tax…

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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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