Posted on 13. May, 2014 in: News

Liberals concerned about Russian threat

The Liberals have called for a reassessment of the military threat against Denmark. The party’s defence spokesman, former tax minister Troels Lund Poulsen, said Russia’s aggressive behaviour in Ukraine undermines the accepted view…

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Posted on 13. May, 2014 in: News

Population increase fuels immigration fears

The Danish population has grown by 115,000 people over the past five years, of whom 100,000 were foreigners. New Ministry for the Interior figures show that the influx was roughly equally distributed between…

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Posted on 13. May, 2014 in: News

EU provides billion-kroner funding for energy link to Germany

The EU has granted DKK1.1bn of funding to link the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in Denmark with the EnBW Baltic 2 project in Germany that’s currently under construction, making it easier to…

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Posted on 13. May, 2014 in: News

National Bank: No new housing bubble on the way

The head of Denmark’s National Bank has dismissed growing fears of a new housing bubble. Despite fast-rising apartment prices in Copenhagen and dire warnings from economists that the properly market in the capital…

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Posted on 13. May, 2014 in: News

Danish banks will continue to buy covered bonds in large scale

Danish banks will likely continue to buy Danish covered bonds in large scale if last week’s proposal from the European Commission comes into force in 2015, the banking association said on Monday. From…

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Posted on 12. May, 2014 in: News

Lars Løkke: It’s my way or no way

Liberal leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen has warned fellow opposition leaders that he has no intention of becoming prime minister again if it means he has to compromise his political principles, such as a…

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Posted on 12. May, 2014 in: News

Empty threat from Løkke

Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s pledge that he will not become prime minister ‘at any price’ has been dismissed as political posturing by leading commentators. Politiken’s political editor Mette Østergaard called the ultimatum an ‘empty…

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Posted on 12. May, 2014 in: News

National Bank: Upswing on the way

The Danish economy is healthier than it has been for a long, long time, according to National Bank Governor General Lars Rohde who claims the long-awaited upswing is now ‘just around the corner’….

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Posted on 12. May, 2014 in: News

It’s time to accept the EU says Commissioner

After 40 years’ membership it’s time for Denmark, and Danes, to accept and acknowledge the EU. In a hard-hitting op-ed article in Berlingske, Denmark’s Climate Commissioner, Connie Hedegaard, urges the Danish electorate to…

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Posted on 12. May, 2014 in: News

We’re not Marxist say Red/Greens

The far-left Red/Green Alliance has toned down its Marxist rhetoric in its latest political programme. After previously calling for revolution, state ownership of the banking sector and private companies, and the disbandment 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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