Posted on 05. Dec, 2012 in: News

Dire construction projections

Employment in the construction sector could hit rock bottom next year, despite the government’s claim that its kick-start programme of public investment will create thousands of building jobs. The Danish Construction Industry (DCI)…

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Posted on 05. Dec, 2012 in: News

SAS attacks unfair competition

Just two weeks after narrowly avoiding bankruptcy, struggling airline SAS has accused its cut-price rivals of unfair competition. CEO Flemming J.Jensen has asked the authorities to launch an investigation into airlines that don’t…

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Ambassador’s death casts shadow over NATO summit

Foreign Ministers at the NATO Summit in Brussels were shocked, Wednesday, by the news that Serbia’s ambassador to NATO had jumped to his death from a multi-storey car park at Brussels airport. According…

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Denmark – world’s least corrupt

Denmark is the world’s least corrupt country, according to Transparency International’s latest global corruption index. With 90 points out of a 100, Denmark shares first place with Finland and New Zealand, followed by…

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Culture Minister facing the sack

Under pressure Culture Minister Uffe Elbæk admitted during a parliamentary consultation, Tuesday, that he had been warned by his civil servants not to grant extra funding to The Academy for Untamed Creativity (AFUC),…

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Genocide exhibition creates controversy

Lars Aslan Rasmussen, a member of Copenhagen City Council, claims to be ‘deeply insulted’ that the Royal Library is to host an ‘alternative’ exhibition expressing Turkey’s own view of the Armenian genocide in…

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Fear of unemployment

The threat of unemployment is the no.1 concern for the Danish electorate. In a new Epinion poll for DR News, in which voters were asked what issues should be given the highest priority,…

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ROJ TV on the air again

Copenhagen-based ROJ TV, found guilty of terrorism by Copenhagen district Court in January and hit with a DKK5.2m fine, resumed transmissions at midnight last night. The Kurdish TV-network has been on an involuntarily…

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Posted on 04. Dec, 2012 in: News

Søvndal’s balancing act in China

As he prepares for a third meeting in just over a year with his Chinese counterpart, Yang Jiechi, Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal again faces the prospect of a balancing act – promoting Danish…

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Posted on 04. Dec, 2012 in: News

Crisis could have permanently damaged the economy

The crisis has been so damaging to the economy that high unemployment figures could be here to stay. The latest economic outlook from major bank Nordea paints a gloomy picture of Denmark’s prospects…

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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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