Posted on 15. May, 2013 in: News

Denmark ready to help new UN Mali mission – but no troops

The government is considering how to make a contribution to the 12,600-strong UN peacekeeping force in Mali, starting July 1 to combat Islamist extremists. Although the Danish Hercules transport plan, sent to provide…

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Posted on 15. May, 2013 in: News

North Pole is Danish says Søvndal

Minister of Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal is in no doubt that the region surrounding the North Pole is Danish territory. In an interview with Jyllands Posten ahead of today’s Arctic Council meeting in…

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Posted on 15. May, 2013 in: News

Coca Cola in Danish flag dispute

Coca-Cola has been accused of ‘hijacking’ the Danish flag, the Dannebrog’ in an advertising stunt at Copenhagen Airport. After discovering that parts of the internationally-recognised Coca-Cola logo resembled the Dannebrog, opportunist ad-men at…

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Posted on 14. May, 2013 in: News

PM backs down on unemployment benefits

The government has bowed down to political and trade union pressure by finally agreeing to help the thousands of jobless who have lost, or stand to lose, their rights to unemployment benefits this…

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Posted on 14. May, 2013 in: News

‘Keep whining and they’ll give you money’

If you whine log enough in this country a Social Democrat will eventually come along and write you a cheque – outspoken Liberal Alliance Joachim B.Olsen’s view of the government’s backdown on unemployment…

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Posted on 14. May, 2013 in: News

Tax boss rejects witnesses’ testimony

Head of department Peter Loft told the Taxgate Commission, Monday, that his former boss, ex-tax minister Troels Lund Poulsen, ordered him to investigate if the ruling that cleared Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s husband, Stephen Kinnock,…

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Posted on 14. May, 2013 in: News

Controversial Muslim scholars in Copenhagen

The Social Democrats are demanding assurances that two London-based Muslim scholars don’t incite hatred against Jews and homosexuals when they speak at a Copenhagen conference this weekend. Copenhagen Town Hall social administrator, Lars…

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Posted on 14. May, 2013 in: News

Give Afghan interpreters a ticket to Denmark say Red/Greens

The Red/Green Alliance has urged the government to provide all Afghan interpreters who’ve assisted Danish troops with a visa and flight ticket to Denmark. After a report by the human rights organisation Avaaz…

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Posted on 14. May, 2013 in: News

New terrorism charge

Convicted Danish-Moroccan terrorist Said Mansour, the ‘Bookshop owner from Bronshøj’, has again been charged under anti-terrorism legislation, according to DR News. He was sentenced to three and a half years in prison in…

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Posted on 14. May, 2013 in: News

New ghetto initiative

Minister of Housing Carsten Hansen has set a goal of reducing the number of deprived housing districts in Denmark from 33 to 29. Backed by the government’s latest ‘ghetto report’, the minister said…

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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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