Posted on 05. Aug, 2011 in: News

Lack of consumer spending signals bad news for economy, employment

Consumers’ lack of enthusiasm for spending indicates that Denmark has a long way to g before it emerges from the current crisis. Turnover of the national debit card, Dankort, fell by 5.5% in…

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Posted on 05. Aug, 2011 in: News

Another day, another stock-market dip

Copenhagen Stock Exchange’s trend-setting C20 index fell again, Thursday, for the ninth consecutive day, matching the rather unfortunate record set in August 2001, shortly before 9/11. The C20 closed at 389.5 and has…

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Posted on 04. Aug, 2011 in: News

Famous film director not welcome at DPP

The Danish People’s Party will do everything within its power to stop extremists becoming members, party leader Pia Kjærsgaard vowed yesterday. After it was revealed that Norwegian mass-murderer Anders Breivik was formerly a…

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Posted on 04. Aug, 2011 in: News

Dane arrested in paedophile bust

At least one Danish national is amongst 52 people arrested as part of one of the largest international paedophile rings police busts ever. ‘Operation Delego’ was launched by the US authorities in 2009,…

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Posted on 04. Aug, 2011 in: News

Opposition split on Royal Orders

The Socialist People’s Party (SF) will demand the final say on who receives a Royal Order in the futire if the opposition wins power at this year’s election, while left-wing allies, the Social Democrats…

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Posted on 04. Aug, 2011 in: News

More aid to Africa?

The Danish People’s Party has urged the government to place a military Hercules aircraft at the UN’s disposal to ease the famine disaster in the Horn of Africa and Eastern Africa, where an…

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Posted on 04. Aug, 2011 in: News

Denmark didn’t tell UN about restraining method

When Denmark took the human rights exam in May, government officials ‘forgot’ to tell the UN that the potentially dangerous use of leglocks, the so-called Total Appendage Restraint Position (TARP) is still widely…

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Posted on 04. Aug, 2011 in: News

New crisis for business sector

One in four companies in this country is under the threat of bankruptcy and at least 1,000 retail outlets could be forced to stop trading within the next six months. That’s the shock…

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Posted on 04. Aug, 2011 in: News

European aid for fired workers

1,775 workers who’ve been made redundant in Denmark can look forward to a helping hand from the European Global Adjustment Employment Fund (EGF). 950 former employees of the Odense Steel Shipyard and 825…

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Posted on 04. Aug, 2011 in: News

Stockholm outstrips Copenhagen

Stockholm has become far better at attracting international companies and creating new jobs than Copenhagen. The Swedish capital’s population has grown by 120,000 over the past five years, to 1.4m, a figure that…

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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-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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