Posted on 18. Apr, 2012 in: News

Carlsberg aims high in China

Brewing giant Carlsberg has launched its Tuborg label in China, part of a rejuvenation project following a re-launch in Russian and India earlier this year and part of its strategy to introduce the…

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Posted on 18. Apr, 2012 in: News

Falck growth abroad

Falck, market-leader in Denmark and Europe’s largest private emergency services provider, continues to expand abroad. 46 per cent of the company’s total DKK10.2bn ($1.8bn) business came from foreign-based business last year, according to…

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Posted on 18. Apr, 2012 in: News

Cimber cuts 200 workers

Struggling Danish-Ukranian airline Cimber Sterling is to make 200 workers redundant in a desperate effort to cut costs. At the same time, the company will in future concentrate on domestic flights in Denmark…

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Posted on 18. Apr, 2012 in: News

Nordic countries loan money to IMF’s crisis fund

Denmark, Norway and Sweden have pledged to contribute a total of US26bn (DKK147bn) to the new crisis fund established by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Denmark alone will contribute approximately US7bn (DKK40bn), with…

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Posted on 18. Apr, 2012 in: News

Leftists demand DKK15,000 per month safety net

A Red/Green Alliance proposal that anybody dependent upon the state for an income – social benefits recipients, students, pensioners – should be given a flat rate of at least DKK15,000 per month would…

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Posted on 18. Apr, 2012 in: News

Two-year bonus for unemployed

The government is prepared to give long-term unemployed welfare recipients a tax-free bonus if they get a job. At her weekly press conference, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said newly employed workers would get…

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Posted on 18. Apr, 2012 in: News

Hunger striker’s supporters condemn DPP

Supporters of the Danish-Bahraini Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who’s now been on a hunger strike for 69 days, have condemned the Danish People’s Party’s Søren Espersen for questioning the human rights activist’s true motives by…

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Posted on 18. Apr, 2012 in: News

Boom in internet trading costs the state

The state is losing out on hundreds of millions of kroner every year as Danish consumers increasingly buy items abroad on the internet. Although EU retailers are required to add Danish VAT to…

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Posted on 18. Apr, 2012 in: News

Penkowa’s research freezer found at University

A 400-liter chest freezer containing tissue samples that belong to disgraced University of Copenhagen neuroscientist Milena Penkowa, accused of embezzlement, forgery, scientific fraud, and misappropriation of research grants, has suddenly appeared at the Faculty…

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Posted on 18. Apr, 2012 in: News

Datacentre will strengthen research collaboration

Full of new hardware from Hewlett-Packard and Intel, a new Danish super-computer has been unveiled that delivers computing power equivalent to 10,000 modern laptops. The computer, called Thor Datacentre, was developed as part…

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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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