Posted on 26. Mar, 2012 in: News

Insiders say military is too top-heavy

Officers should be the first to go in the government’s plan to cut DKK3bn from the annual defence budget, according to Peter Viggo Jakobsen, a security expert and associate professor at the Royal…

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Posted on 26. Mar, 2012 in: News

Prince asks environment minister for help

Britain’s Prince Charles met with Minister for the Environment Ida Auken (Socialist People’s Party) for approximately 40 minutes in Copenhagen on Saturday to discuss programmes to improve global food safety, protect water sources…

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Posted on 26. Mar, 2012 in: News

Majority fed up with ‘summer time’

Most people believe that the twice-annual time shift is more trouble than it’s worth – and it may also be unnecessarily expensive. According to surveys conducted by two media organisations this weekend, nearly…

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Posted on 23. Mar, 2012 in: News

Prime Minister’s ratings drop

As voters desert her party in droves (see below), Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s personal approval ratings continue to head south. A new poll by Epinion for DR shows that the number of voters…

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Posted on 23. Mar, 2012 in: News

Voters desert Social Democrats

Thousands of Social Democrat voters have made a sharp left-turn. A new Epinion poll for DR News shows that 43,000 SD voters would choose the far-left Red/Green Alliance if there was an election…

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Posted on 23. Mar, 2012 in: News

Politicians agree new DKK3.5bn energy bill

The cross-party, DKK3.5bn ($600m) energy bill finalised Thursday will cost every single Danish household an extra DKK1,300 per year by 2020. After both sides agreed on the final details, including plans to make…

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Posted on 23. Mar, 2012 in: News

Consumers facing hefty electricity charges

Danish consumers, already paying Europe’s highest electricity prices, will be forced to pay even more after politicians agreed a new energy bill, Thursday. A report by the EU statistics agency shows that Denmark…

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Posted on 23. Mar, 2012 in: News

DPP demand public hearings for gay weddings bill

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has dismissed the proposal to allow homosexuals to get married in church as the ‘sloppiest piece of legislation’ in modern times and demanded a public hearing to clarify…

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Posted on 23. Mar, 2012 in: News

Denmark condemns Mali coup

Denmark has condemned the coup in Mali and frozen all development aid with immediate effect after renegade Malian soldiers seized power from Mali’s democratically elected government. Mali, one of Denmark’s partner nations, received…

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Posted on 23. Mar, 2012 in: News

DONG in shady property deal

DONG allowed a former top executive to buy a luxury coastal property in Fredericia for around half of what it was actually worth. After the recent controversy about excessive salaries, sky-high bonuses, and…

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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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