Posted on 11. Apr, 2014 in: News

Business shorts

IKEA buys Vestas wind farm / Tryg profits down / Africa success for Danish game company IKEA: Global furniture giant IKEA has announced plans to buy its first wind farm in the United…

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Posted on 10. Apr, 2014 in: News

East Europeans provide multi-million boost for Danish state

Migrant workers from Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, and other new EU member states aren’t the drain on welfare resources as often claimed by politicians and the media. New calculations by the Danish Employers’ Confederation…

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Posted on 10. Apr, 2014 in: News

New record balance of payments surplus ‘unhealthy’ say economists

Denmark’s balance of payments surplus hit DKK9.5bn in February – 1.6bn kr. up on January and 3.1bn kr. higher than the same period last year. Over a 12-month period the surplus was DKK…

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Posted on 10. Apr, 2014 in: News

No backdown on employment says minister

Employment Minister Mette Frederiksen has already rejected the Liberals’ main demand in upcoming stimulus package negotiations. In a parliamentary response, Wednesday, she said there’s ‘no chance’ of the government cutting back on its…

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Posted on 10. Apr, 2014 in: News

Former Danish military base is now a field of opium poppies

A former Danish military base in Afghanistan has been transformed into an opium plantation. The Rahim camp in Helmand, the largest opium-producing province in Afghanistan, was used as a patrol base for Danish…

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Posted on 10. Apr, 2014 in: News

Danish fighter jets over Baltics

Four Danish F-16’s will be patrolling the Baltic region when Poland takes over responsibility for providing air policing from May 1st. NATO will triple its usual number of fighter jets patrolling over the…

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Posted on 10. Apr, 2014 in: News

Syrian bigamist granted temporary residency

Denmark has been trying to extradite Syrian Mohammed Hussein Kourdi to Italy since last summer, but now the Danish Immigration Service has finally agreed to process his asylum application. Mr Kourdi entered Denmark…

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Posted on 10. Apr, 2014 in: News

Business shorts

Success for Danish game company /  Serendex aims for stock market listing Game: Danish game company Tactile Entertainment’s ‘Skyline Skaters’ skateboard app was downloaded more than 2 million times in the first four…

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Posted on 09. Apr, 2014 in: News

Irish solution to Denmark’s child benefit problem?

Irish unemployment legislation could help Denmark’s efforts to limit EU migrants’ right to benefits in this country. Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has backed Finland’s challenge to the EU Commission concerning entitlement rules –…

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Posted on 09. Apr, 2014 in: News

PM grilled on rising inequality

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt was bombarded with questions regarding the widening economic gap between rich and poor in Parliament, Tuesday. During the weekly Question Time session, the normal issues of welfare tourism, the…

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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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