Posted on 02. Feb, 2012 in: News

Afghanistan: Fogh Rasmussen reaffirms 2014 pull-out

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said ahead of the military alliance’s defence minsters’ meeting in Brussels, Thursday and Friday, that there’s been no change in the withdrawal policy for international troops in…

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Denmark proposes joint purchase of bombs

NATO countries could cut costs by joining together when purchasing bombs and arms – an idea that Defence Minister Nick Hækkerup will be presenting to his NATO colleagues during the next two days…

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US home care provider eyes Danish market

Home Instead, an American provider of home care for the elderly and the largest senior care franchise in the world, is eyeing the Danish market in expectation of strong growth in the private…

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Is Danske Bank fighting terrorism with vigilantism?

After being convicted last month of promoting terrorism, the Kurdish television station ROJ-TV has now had its accounts at Danske Bank frozen and been told to find another bank. According to the station’s newsletter…

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Danes in debt

Hundreds of thousands of people in this country can’t pay what they owe – and it’s not just those at the bottom of the social scale. A new Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) report…

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Prime Minister loses her voice but wins accolades

After being heralded by Britain’s Financial Times as the centre-left’s most influential representative within the EU, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt (Social Democrats) was forced to cancel meetings on Thursday with Parliament’s Foreign Policy…

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‘FAT’ not ‘Tobin’ says Vestager

Minister for the Economy Margethe Vestager has suggested a tax on all bank operations instead of the controversial Tobin Tax on all stocks and shares transactions. According to the EU Commission, a European…

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Revival of the housing package ‘deeply damaging’

Amid hopes that the former government’s planned housing package would go into effect this year and provide the struggling housing market with a much needed boost by suspending conveyance taxes and duties for homebuyer ,…

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Pesticide dispute

Despite earlier promises, Minister for the Environment Ida Auken (Socialist People’s Party) is reluctant to ban the toxic substance Bentazon, a pesticide used to control weeds growing in bean, rice, and corn fields….

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Posted on 01. Feb, 2012 in: News

The Christmas boom that wasn’t

Hopes that Christmas would provide a much-needed boost for flagging consumer demand have been dashed by new Statistics Denmark figures showing retail sales fell by 0.1 per cent from November to December. A…

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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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