Posted on 15. Nov, 2011 in: News

Car sales down

Further evidence of the tightening economic squeeze in the country came with the October fall in sales of new cars, for the first time in 2 years. The figures came from the Danish…

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Posted on 15. Nov, 2011 in: News

War and peace

The money that Denmark saves by withdrawing from Afghanistan in 2014 will go directly towards promoting and maintaining democracy in Africa and the Middle East, part of a new ‘peace and stabilisation fund’…

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Posted on 15. Nov, 2011 in: News

British spy infiltrated left-wing Danish activist groups

A British spy claims he infiltrated the Jagtvej ‘Youth Centre’ (Ungdoms Huset) and gained intelligence that helped police when they stormed the building in 2007 to flush out left-wing activists. In a TV…

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Posted on 15. Nov, 2011 in: News

Was minister involved in Thorning’s tax returns?

Professor in Administrative Law Claus Haagen Jensen said last night it’s ‘highly improbable’ that former Tax Minister Troels Lund Poulsen was unaware that his head of department Peter Loft was closely involved in…

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Posted on 15. Nov, 2011 in: News

New Mohammed trial

The Mohammed cartoons will be in the spotlight again today when an Oslo court tries three men accused of plotting to bomb the offices of Jyllands-Posten and shoot illustrator Kurt Westergaard. The three…

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Posted on 15. Nov, 2011 in: News

Maersk eyes used tanker market

Maersk Tankers are ready to buy up second-hand ships if the global crisis throws up some good deals. In an interview with Bloomberg News, CCO Klaus Rud Sejling said that tankers that have dropped significantly…

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Posted on 15. Nov, 2011 in: News

Where’s the Prime Minister effect asks leading political analyst

The honeymoon period that a government usually enjoys in the first couple of months after an election has become more of a wake for Helle Thorning-Schmidt – a Prime Minister ‘defect’ rather than…

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Posted on 14. Nov, 2011 in: News

Investigation of PM’s tax case widens

Tax Minister, Thor Moger Pedersen, today decided to widen the investigation into Prime Minister Thorning-Schmidt’s tax case. He requested on Monday morning a full account of departmental head, Peter Loft’s role in the…

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Posted on 14. Nov, 2011 in: News

Round of firings announced at Telia

More bad news on the Danish jobs front today, as leading telecommunications company, Telia, announced that one in five of its workforce in Denmark would be made redundant. The sad news was delivered…

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Posted on 14. Nov, 2011 in: News

Thorning-Schmidt pays visit to Cameron and Merkel

Danish PM, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, held talks with her  British counterpart David Cameron, in London, Monday, laying the groundwork for Denmark’s upcoming EU Presidency. They also iscussed the ongoing economic and debt crisis in Europe. Thorning-Schmidt will…

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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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