Posted on 18. Aug, 2011 in: News

Crisis hits car sales

Private car sales dropped by 6% between May and July as consumers kept a tight rein on spending. Encouraging sales in 2009, 2010, and the start of 2011, have now been hit by…

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Posted on 18. Aug, 2011 in: News

Minister warns USA of red threat

Defence Minister Gitte Lillelund Bech signalled the start of the Danish election campaign during a visit to Washington DC, Wednesday, when she sounded the alarm about the ‘red threat’ facing Denmark. The minister…

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Posted on 18. Aug, 2011 in: News

Defence Minister is ‘talking nonsense’ say Social Democrats

The Social Democrats have accused Minister of Defence Gitte Lillelund Bech of ‘talking nonsense’ after her Washington DC warning that a left-wing government in Denmark would seriously compromise Denmark’s close relationship with the…

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Posted on 18. Aug, 2011 in: News

Løkke: Now isn’t the time

The electorate is going to have to wait a while yet before Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen calls an election, which in accordance with the Constitution has to be held by November at…

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Posted on 18. Aug, 2011 in: News

Danish People’s Party: Løkke isn’t the Messiah

The Danish People’s Party’s Jesper Langballe said it’s ‘stupid’ of Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen to write off his party even before the first vote has been cast. After the PM dismissed the…

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Posted on 18. Aug, 2011 in: News

Bet on Helle as PM – and Villy to become Foreign Minister

Betting professionals are in no doubt as to the outcome of the upcoming election – the Social Democrats and Socialist People’s Party (SPP) will seize power with a convincing majority. According to the…

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Posted on 18. Aug, 2011 in: News

Lykketoft becomes tourist guide in Burma

Leading Social Democrat Mogens Lykketoft has come under fire for agreeing to head a tourist trip to Burma. Travel agency Horisont Rejser is advertising a 19-day trip to the dictator state, for DKK…

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Posted on 18. Aug, 2011 in: News

Stock market ups and downs

It was up and down for two of Copenhagen Stock Exchange’s most popular names, Wednesday, Although the trend-setting C20 index fell by 0.82%, to 370, wind energy giant Vestas, buoyed by two recent…

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Posted on 18. Aug, 2011 in: News

Tear gas in Christiania

Police officers patrolling the ‘free state’ of Christiania were forced to respond with tear-gas yesterday after coming under attack from stone-throwing youths whilst arresting a drug dealer. The confrontation later spilled out on…

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Posted on 17. Aug, 2011 in: News

Liberals demand EU help in India dispute

The Liberals want the EU to threaten India with a freeze on the free trade agreement the two sides have been negotiating since 2007, in retaliation for the Indian boycott on bilateral trade…

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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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