Posted on 14. Aug, 2012 in: News

Vestas cuts Colorado workforce

Wind energy giant Vestas is to fire 90 workers at its tower manufacturing plant in Colorado, USA, around 20 per cent of the workforce. Management blamed the job losses on uncertainty surrounding an…

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Posted on 14. Aug, 2012 in: News

APM Terminals in race to win $4bn contract

A.P. Moeller-Maersk isn’t alone in its bid to operate the Virginia Port Authority in the USA for the next 48 years. The local Virginia Pilot newspaper reports that two rival companies have challenged…

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Posted on 14. Aug, 2012 in: News

C20 rescued by finance and jewellery

Two names stood out on a slow day for Copenhagen’s Stock Exchange, Monday. The Danske Bank rose by 3.34% to 102, its highest level since Summer 2011 and proof that Denmark’s biggest bank…

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Posted on 13. Aug, 2012 in: TWTW

7.59 -Danish News Today – The Week That Was, August 6th – August 12th, 2012

Politics / Economy Pia Kjærsgaard dropped a post-summer political bombshell by resigning as head of the Danish People’s Party (DPP). ‘Leader in waiting’ Kristian Thulesen Dahl immediately urged all four centre right opposition…

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Posted on 13. Aug, 2012 in: spanish

LA PASADA SEMANA: Resumen de Noticias del 6 al 12 de agosto de 2012

POLITICA/ECONOMIA La noticia de que la dirigente del Partido Popular Danés (Dansk Folkeparti), Pia Kjersgaard presentó su renuncia cayó como “una bomba” en el ámbito político. Su próximo sucesor, Kristian Thulesen Dahl, urgió…

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Posted on 13. Aug, 2012 in: News

CIA snoops were kicked out of Denmark

Three CIA agents were expelled from Denmark in the 1970’s after alleged illegal surveillance of the North Korean Embassy in Copenhagen. According to a new book by former head of PET (Danish Intelligence)…

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Posted on 13. Aug, 2012 in: News

No arms for Syria says Søvndal

Minister of Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal won’t provide Syrian insurgents with more arms and has dismissed calls for military intervention. Despite 16 months of bloody conflict and the rebels’ desperate plea for more…

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Posted on 13. Aug, 2012 in: News

Unemployment benefits divide government

Social Democrat leadership is refusing to come to the rescue of the jobless whose right to unemployment insurance benefits runs out in the New Year as a consequence of legislation passed by the…

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Posted on 13. Aug, 2012 in: News

Workers desert Social Democrats

The Social Democrats’ traditional role as a workers’ party is under threat. A new Aarhus University report shows that a third of the party’s voters have fled since last year’s election and the…

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Posted on 13. Aug, 2012 in: News

Skilled foreigners bypass Copenhagen

Denmark is missing out in billions in tax revenue and much-needed job growth because Copenhagen is unable to attract highly skilled immigrants and lags far behind capitals such as Stockholm, Stuttgart, and even…

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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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