Posted on 07. Mar, 2014 in: News

Business Minister threatens financial sector

Business & Growth Minister Henrik Sass Larsen has vowed to come down hard on the financial sector to avoid a new crisis in the future. During the first parliamentary reading of a new…

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Posted on 07. Mar, 2014 in: News

Danish theme-park closes down after neo-Nazis target Muslims

The Danish-owned Legoland adventure park in Windsor, UK, has been forced to close this weekend after far-right extremists threatened to target a planned Muslim fun day booked by a radical cleric.  From the…

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Posted on 07. Mar, 2014 in: News

Turnover up but profit down for Grundfos

Profits at global Danish pump maker, Grundos, are down for the third year in a row. Year-end figures for 2013 show a pre-tax profit of DKK1.5bn, far less than management’s projection of a…

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Posted on 07. Mar, 2014 in: News

Nordic seminar on the economic benefits of a Cyprus solution

Following the recent resumption of the Cyprus peace negotiations Denmark together with the Nordic countries have taken the initiative for a  Brussels based seminar organised by the Peace Research Institute Oslo. From the…

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Posted on 06. Mar, 2014 in: News

Lib/Con coalition ignored benefit warning

The former Lib/Con coalition ignored a warning in 2010 that imposing a qualifying period for child allowance and other social benefits on EU migrant workers would be in breach of EU law. Leading…

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Posted on 06. Mar, 2014 in: News

Thousands of Danes get Swedish child allowance

The number of Danish parents in receipt of child allowance from Sweden outweighs the number of Polish nationals claiming benefits from Denmark. As politicians continue to discuss EU migrants’ right to child support…

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Posted on 06. Mar, 2014 in: News

Denmark next to last in GDP growth

The Danish economy ended 2013 on a disastrous note, with negative GDP growth of -0.5% in Q4, only slightly better than bottom-placed Cyprus. The latest figures by Eurostat, the statistical office of the…

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Posted on 06. Mar, 2014 in: News

Danish men are the most misogynous in the EU

A new report by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), the world’s biggest-ever survey of the extent of abuse suffered by women at home, work, in public and online, shows that…

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Posted on 06. Mar, 2014 in: News

Health determined by social ranking

Unskilled workers smoke, drink, and eat more than trained professionals, and have far more sick leave, leading to calls for new health legislation and higher duties on unhealthy products. A new National Board…

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Posted on 06. Mar, 2014 in: News

Human trafficking a ‘lucrative business’

Human trafficking has become a lucrative business in this country. 36 traffickers were charged last year, nearly four times as many as 2011 and 2012, a result of a police crackdown and a…

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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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