Posted on 02. Sep, 2011 in: News

IT jobs to India – bad business for Denmark says union

Industry insiders have expressed concern about the number of highly skilled public sector IT employees who are out of work because their jobs have been outsourced to India. Hanne Lykke Jespersen, head of…

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Posted on 01. Sep, 2011 in: News

Unemployment up

Yesterday’s good news about economic growth was tempered today by new jobless figures that continue to rise. 163,000 people are now officially unemployed, 6.1% of the workforce. Although jobs aren’t being created, senior…

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Posted on 01. Sep, 2011 in: News

Retail sales down

The downward spiral for retail sales has continued for the third month in a row. Statistics Denmark has reported a drop of 1% in July, far greater than the estimated 0.2%. At the…

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Posted on 01. Sep, 2011 in: News

Economy still needs a boost says Helle

Opposition leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt said the latest unemployment figures confirm the need for new initiatives to boost the struggling economy. She said both growth and employment figures are insufficient and it’s young people…

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Posted on 01. Sep, 2011 in: News

Helle approves Villy’s socialist pep-talk

Social Democrat leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt claims she has nothing against her close political ally, Villy Søvndal, reasserting his socialist credentials (http://seven59.dk/were-more-left-wing-than-social-democrats-says-villy) and said it would have no effect on the two parties’ close…

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Posted on 01. Sep, 2011 in: News

Villy isn’t scared – he’s too busy

Socialist People’s Party leader Villy Søvndal is more than willing to debate foreign policy with Minister of Foreign Affairs Lene Espersen – he’s just too busy. That was the excuse from the SPP’s…

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Posted on 01. Sep, 2011 in: News

14 days to go – full steam ahead for opposition

The Social Democrats and their political allies would win 53.2% of the vote if an election were held today, compared to 46.8% for the government alliance parties, the latest Megafon poll for TV2…

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Posted on 01. Sep, 2011 in: News

We’re more left-wing than Social Democrats says Villy

The Social Democrats and Socialist People’s Party (SPP) may appear to be joined at the hip in the election campaign but cracks are appearing in the four-year long political love affair. SPP boss…

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Posted on 01. Sep, 2011 in: News

Socialists get the youth vote

Villy Søvndal would be the election’s outright winner if it was up to young, first-time voters. Nearly one in three, or 29%, would vote for the Socialist People’s Party, according to the findings…

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Posted on 01. Sep, 2011 in: News

Løkke the ‘statesman’ takes a campaign break

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s decision to leave the hectic election campaign to attend President Sarkozy’s Libya summit in Paris this evening is a ‘strategically wise’ move, according to election expert Robert Clemmensen…

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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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