Posted on 07. Feb, 2014 in: News

New problems for GGGI

The much-maligned GGGI (Global Green Growth Institute), at the centre of the Lars Løkke Rasmussen travel expenditure controversy last year, continues to suffer problems with its monitoring and accounting systems, according to the Foreign…

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Posted on 07. Feb, 2014 in: News

New transport minister wants to privatise trains

Denmark needs to improve its transport network and the only way to do that is to privatise local regional trains and build new motorways, new Transport Minister Magnus Heunicke said yesterday. Whilst stressing…

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Posted on 07. Feb, 2014 in: News

More trouble at PET

Two leading PET (Danish Intelligence) officials have been fired, allegedly because they failed to question former head of the agency Jacob Scharf’s aggressive style of leadership. Head of operations, Magnus Andersen, and police…

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Posted on 07. Feb, 2014 in: News

Danske Bank emerges from crisis

The Danske Bank is ready to declare the financial crisis dead and buried. Impressive year-end accounts containing optimistic key figures indicate that the massive crisis that hit the banking sector, and especially Danske,…

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Posted on 07. Feb, 2014 in: News

Danske Bank looks to offload 600 homes in Ireland

The Danske Bank is is planning to sell about 600 residential properties around Ireland as it retreats from the country after the real estate meltdown. From Bloomberg News: Danske Chief Executive Officer Thomas…

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Posted on 06. Feb, 2014 in: News

PET leadership ‘arrogant, power hungry’

Employees at Danish Intelligence (PET) found leadership ‘arrogant and power hungry’ a new hard-hitting report of the internal division at the agency finds. The lack of faith in management was so widespread last…

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Posted on 06. Feb, 2014 in: News

We could learn from Sweden says PM

Denmark should look towards Sweden for economic inspiration, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt told top business leaders at a Copenhagen conference, Wednesday. She pinpointed two areas where Denmark could learn a lot from its…

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Posted on 06. Feb, 2014 in: News

Speaker complains about ‘paparazzi’ methods at parliament

Speaker of the House Mogens Lykketoft has made an official complaint about the ‘paparazzi-like behaviour’ of the journalists and photographers covering events at parliament. In a letter to the chairman of parliament’s press…

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Posted on 06. Feb, 2014 in: News

‘Red Ole’ becomes more pro-business

Former business minister Ole Sohn, who defected from the Socialist People’s Party to the Social Democrats earlier this week, has already caused a stir with his new colleagues by urging them to embrace…

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Posted on 06. Feb, 2014 in: News

Fogh Rasmussen criticises Russia

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen criticised Russia, Wednesday, for expanding its border deeper into Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region. Moscow has defended the move as a temporary step to expand a security zone…

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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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