Posted on 22. Oct, 2013 in: News

PM helps out Løkke

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt still has confidence in Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s ability to lead the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) despite the travel expenditure controversy. The PM said she believed the GGGI is…

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Posted on 22. Oct, 2013 in: News

DPP back Løkke for PM

Despite the negative media and political attacks on Liberal leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen he’s still the Danish People’s Party’s preferred candidate  for Prime Minister. In his weekly letter to party members, DPP leader…

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Posted on 22. Oct, 2013 in: News

Løkke’s travel troubles cost votes

Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s travel expenditure controversy continues to scare off voters. A new Megafon poll taken after the Liberal leader’s marathon press conference, Sunday, shows the main opposition party has dropped below its…

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Posted on 22. Oct, 2013 in: News

New travel expense problems for Løkke

Liberal leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen has been hit with new allegations of misusing his expense account as chairman of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). After sifting through the 200 pages of invoices…

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Posted on 22. Oct, 2013 in: News

Tax shelters cost the state billions

Affluent Danish nationals have stashed away between DKK100-150bn in foreign tax shelters, costing the state between DKK3-5bn every year in lost tax revenue. The explosive new figures were revealed in a TV documentary…

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Posted on 22. Oct, 2013 in: News

Denmark backs Dutch legal efforts against Russia

Denmark has backed the Netherlands’ legal efforts to free the 30 Greenpeace activists, including Danish national Anne Mie Roer Jensen, who are being held in pre-trial detention in the northern Russian city of…

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Posted on 22. Oct, 2013 in: News

PM, Queen, to greet leaders

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal will hold talks with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon today who’s in Copenhagen to attend the Global Growth Forum. Later in the day, Ethiopia’s…

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Posted on 22. Oct, 2013 in: News

Joint Franco-Danish declaration on green trade liberalisation

During their meeting in Copenhagen, Monday, Nicole Bricq, the French Minister for Foreign Trade, and Nick Hækkerup, the Danish Minister for Trade and European Affairs agreed on the following joint declaration on green…

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Posted on 22. Oct, 2013 in: News

Denmark launches ‘Opportunity Africa’

The Danish government has launched ‘Opportunity Africa’ , a political initiative aimed at combining traditional foreign policy with  development co-operation, as well as trade and investment, to support green economic growth in Africa….

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Posted on 21. Oct, 2013 in: TWTW

The Week That Was, October 14th – October 20th, 2013

Politics/Economy Under-fire opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen bowed to pressure and agreed to release details of the DKK1m he spent on first-class air tickets and five-star hotels travelling the world as chairman of…

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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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