Posted on 30. Aug, 2013 in: News

Syria: Denmark awaits UN inspectors’ report

No decision on Denmark’s possible involvement in a military strike on Syria will be made before UN inspectors have concluded their investigation into last week’s poison gas attack, Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal said…

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Posted on 30. Aug, 2013 in: News

Unemployment at 4-year low

The official unemployment rate fell to 5.7 per cent in June, the lowest since October 2009. Nearly 10,000 people have found work since December last year, leaving 151,500 people in the jobless queue…

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Posted on 30. Aug, 2013 in: News

Business minister tones down attack on banks

Minister for Business & Growth Henrik Sass Larsen has declared himself willing to compromise on some of the strict demands he’s trying to impose on the banking sector. The minister, who was accused…

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Posted on 30. Aug, 2013 in: News

Minister lobbies for US trade agreement at Lithuania meeting

Minister for Trade & European Affairs Nick Hækkerup is currently in Lithuania attending an informal meeting of EU trade ministers. Before leaving for the capital of Vilnius he mapped out two goals –…

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Posted on 30. Aug, 2013 in: News

Danish aid hit by new corruption allegations

Development Minister Christian Friis Bach has suspended all aid funding for an agricultural project in Afghanistan after allegations of nepotism. The Danish Embassy in Kabul has received ‘detailed information’ from an anonymous source…

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Posted on 30. Aug, 2013 in: News

Extremists return home with no questions asked

Extremist Danish nationals who’ve fought in Syria’s civil war have returned home to their normal lives in this country with no questions asked, even though Justice Minister Morten Bødskov has repeatedly stated that…

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Posted on 30. Aug, 2013 in: News

UN tribunal removes Danish judge from war crimes trial

The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal has removed Frederik Harhoff, a Danish judge, from the long-running war crimes trial of Serbian nationalist Vojislav Seselj. It’s claimed that a letter the judge wrote criticizing the…

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Posted on 29. Aug, 2013 in: News

Copenhagen wins international design award

Copenhagen is one of five winners of this year’s 2013 Index, arguably the world’s largest design awards. Mayor of Copenhagen, Frank Jensen, expressed hope that the international recognition would create more green jobs…

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Posted on 29. Aug, 2013 in: News

Naser Khader: I despise Søvndal

Minister for Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal is either extremely cynical, or extremely stupid, according to Middle East expert and former Liberal Alliance leader Naser Khader. The Syrian-born Mr Khader, who’s closely monitoring the…

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Posted on 29. Aug, 2013 in: News

Fogh Rasmussen: Syrian regime has to be held responsible

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said yesterday that the use of chemical weapons in Syria cannot go unanswered. After a meeting of NATO ambassadors in Brussels, the former Danish prime minister said…

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