Posted on 27. Jun, 2014 in: News

Foreign Ministry officials reprimanded

Foreign Minister Martin Lideggard has dismissed allegations that three high-ranking ministry civil servants were politically motivated when they failed to inform former development minister, Christan Friis Bach, about the correct travel procedures employed…

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Posted on 27. Jun, 2014 in: News

Danish OSCE observer released last night

Rebels in southeast Ukraine released a Danish OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) observer and three colleagues held by Russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine for the past month early this morning,…

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Posted on 27. Jun, 2014 in: News

Government pushes for better pig welfare standards

Government moves to improve welfare standards for pigs have been positively received by the The Danish Agriculture & Food Council (L&F), a special-interest organisation representing the Danish farming and food industry. A new…

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Posted on 27. Jun, 2014 in: News

DEA reduces oil and energy outlook

The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has cut its outlook for the country’s oil and gas production over the next five years. The agency said Thursday it expected oil production next year to be…

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Posted on 27. Jun, 2014 in: News

Business shorts

Airport strike could lead to delays today / Vestas in $5m settlement / Maersk Line inks New Zealand deal Airport: Passengers were left stranded at Copenhagen Airport yesterday when SAS ground staff called…

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Posted on 26. Jun, 2014 in: News

German media predicts top job for Thorning

The respected German newspaper, Die Welt, predicts that Helle Thorning-Schidt will be named next President of the European Council at the EU summit that gets underway today in Brussels, replacing Herman Van Rompuy…

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Posted on 26. Jun, 2014 in: News

Green fund to boost jobs, exports

A left-wing alliance consisting of the two government partners, the Red/Green Alliance, and the Socialist People’s Party reached agreement on a new ’green fund’, Wednesday, aimed at boosting exports and creating jobs. Finance…

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Posted on 26. Jun, 2014 in: News

Greenpeace condemns fracking decision

Environmental organisations have condemned Frederikshavn’s decision to allow fracking. After the local town council granted French oil giant Total permission to test drill for shale gas from the deep Danish underground in North…

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Posted on 26. Jun, 2014 in: News

Denmark high on refugee list

Denmark is no.4 on the list of European countries for refugees. 3,889 residency permits were granted here last year, which, in per capita terms, places Denmark behind Austria, Sweden, and the no.1, Malta….

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Posted on 26. Jun, 2014 in: News

Danske Bank: The upswing has landed

The Danske Bank’s latest state of the economy report confirms that the Danish economy is on the verge of an upswing. The bank’s senior economist, Steen Bocian, said the economy got off to…

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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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