Posted on 04. Oct, 2013 in: News

Afghan translators can bring their extended family to Denmark says Defence Minister

The translators who’ve worked for Danish forces in Afghanistan will be allowed to take their extended families with them if they win the right to asylum in this country. In an official response…

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Posted on 04. Oct, 2013 in: News

LEGO has a better reputation than Apple

Danish toymaker LEGO is no.10 on the Reputation Institute’s annual reputation survey of the 100 largest and most known brands, the so-called ‘RepTrak 100’, ahead of global brands such as Apple, Nike, and…

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Posted on 03. Oct, 2013 in: News

DONG sell-off

DONG’s billion kroner injection. Goldman Sachs, ATP and PFA will invest DKR 11 billion in the state-owned Dong Energy before the end of 2013, according to a company press release. Goldman Sachs is…

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Posted on 03. Oct, 2013 in: News

State has compromised its green energy policy say Red/Greens

State-owned DONG’s deal with Goldman Sachs will seriously weaken Denmark’s energy policy in the future, the Red/Green Alliance warned last night. By reducing its ownership stake the Danish state has in reality given…

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Posted on 03. Oct, 2013 in: News

‘Chinese note’ to be translated

Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal has backed down and agreed to translate the controversial ‘Chinese note’ from four years ago in response to an official parliamentary complaint by the Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) foreign…

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Posted on 03. Oct, 2013 in: News

Bankers plead innocent to stock market manipulation

Former chairman of the board at Ehb Bank, Egon Korsbæk has proclaimed his innocence in the biggest case of share manipulation in Danish history. ‘He most certainly pleads not guilty. He is shaken…

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Posted on 03. Oct, 2013 in: News

End of tax havens?

‘You’d be an idiot if you placed your fortune in a tax shelter right now’, is the blunt, straight from the heart analysis by Rasmus Bo Andersen, deputy director at the Danish Tax…

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Posted on 03. Oct, 2013 in: News

A new housing bubble?

Beware! The simple warning from chief economist at Danske Bank, Steen Bocian following Statistics Denmark’s release of house price trends. While the numbers reveal a slight fall in the prices of small detached…

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Posted on 03. Oct, 2013 in: News

Petrol prices down

Thursday, petrol prices will be the lowest they have been since February 2011. The price of diesel will also go down, but not below the annual all time low so far, on April…

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Posted on 02. Oct, 2013 in: News

PM’s appeal to lost voters

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt made a direct appeal to the 200,000 centre-left voters who’ve deserted the government since the 2011 election in her commencement speech at the state opening of parliament, Tuesday. Berlingske analyst…

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