Posted on 12. Apr, 2012 in: News

Island dispute could be settled soon

The years-long territorial dispute between Canada and Denmark over the tiny, barren Hans Island could end in a novel solution – dividing the island into two. According to the Canadian National Post newspaper,…

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Posted on 12. Apr, 2012 in: News

Hospitals renewal programme will create 61,000 jobs.

It’s estimated that the nationwide hospital construction project that’s underway will create around 61,000 extra jobs and have a positive effect on employment right through until the start of the 2020’s when the…

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Posted on 12. Apr, 2012 in: News

Relocation the key to fighting hunger, believes Minister

Minister for Development Cooperation Christian Friis Bach (Social-Liberals) has suggested a controversial new approach to preventing humanitarian crises in the developing world: curb population growth by forcibly relocating people from rural areas to…

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Posted on 12. Apr, 2012 in: News

Vestas is a bargain but also a ‘hornet’s nest’

Shares in Vestas reached their lowest level in almost nine years as prices yesterday sunk to DKK47,83, which significantly reduced the market value of the world’s largest windmill manufacturer. But despite the drop,…

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Posted on 12. Apr, 2012 in: News

Podio cashes in on market for business collaboration

American IT giant Citrix has bought Danish software company Podio for an undisclosed amount, with analysts speculating that the sale price is likely to be in the three-digit million kroner range. Podio has…

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Posted on 11. Apr, 2012 in: News

Identify the mole says former minister

Allegations of a previously unknown, top-level spy should be thoroughly investigated, former Justice Minister Brian Mikkelsen said yesterday. Cold War researcher and historian Thomas Wegener Friis has identified a Danish citizen who’s allegedly…

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Posted on 11. Apr, 2012 in: News

‘Red’ Ole was under suspicion after the Cold War

Danish Intelligence (PET) continued to investigate the Cold War activities of Ole Sohn, former Communist Party leader and current Minister for Business & Growth, for a long time after the Berlin Wall fell….

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Posted on 11. Apr, 2012 in: News

Countries’ development aid spending hit by crisis

New OECD figures show that overall aid to developing countries, known as Official Development Assistance (ODA), fell by nearly 3% in 2011 compared to 2010, the first drop since 1997 . Greece and…

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Posted on 11. Apr, 2012 in: News

Ministers warn against anti-gay law in Uganda

Development Minister Christian Friis Bach and Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal have warned the Ugandan government not to pass controversial legislation that could lead to the death penalty for homosexuals. During a meeting with…

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Posted on 11. Apr, 2012 in: News

Ambassador visits hunger striker

Denmark’s Ambassador to Bahrain has been given permission to visit the Danish-Bahrain human rights activist who’s critically ill in hospital after seven weeks on a hunger strike. Abdulhadi al-Khawaja’s family, lawyer, and the…

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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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