Posted on 18. Dec, 2014 in: News

Human Rights Watch: Danish report ‘deeply flawed’

The controversy surrounding the Danish Immigrations Service’s fact-finding  report on conditions in Eritrea is also being closely monitored abroad. The international human rights organisation, Human Rights Watch, urges other countries to ignore the…

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Posted on 18. Dec, 2014 in: News

Left-wing MEPs happy as EU moves towards recognition for Palestine

Left-leaning Danish MEPs welcomed yesterday’s European Parliament resolution that recognises the state of Palestine ‘in principle’. Social Democrat, left-wing and Green members of the European Parliament had initially put forward the motion for…

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Posted on 18. Dec, 2014 in: News

Conservatives launch election campaign – tax cuts for all

The Conservatives will fight next year’s election campaign on a platform of widespread tax cuts. Conservative leader Søren Pape Poulsen said yesterday that allowing people to keep more of the money they earn…

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Posted on 18. Dec, 2014 in: News

Prosecutor demands deportation for terrorist

The Public Prosecutor has appealed the ‘lenient’ sentence handed down to Danish/Moroccan Said Mansour and demanded he be thrown out of the country – the convicted terrorist’s defence lawyer has launched a counter…

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Posted on 18. Dec, 2014 in: News

Rich landowners paid millions in farming subsidies

Super-rich Danish landowners have received millions of kroner in EU agricultural subsidies while struggling farmers are struggling to make ends meet. Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, who as head of Denmark’s richest family retains a…

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Posted on 18. Dec, 2014 in: News

German road toll unfair for Danish motorists

Danish business leaders believe the new German road tax is disproportionally unfair towards Danish motorists. The toll, which will impact approximately 700 million foreigners who drive in Germany, is set to come into…

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Posted on 18. Dec, 2014 in: News

Business shorts

Denmark leads the way in transparency/ Vestas welcomes US tax break/ Danish companies react to Russian crisis Transparency: The European Union has agreed rules to stamp out tax evasion and stop dirty money…

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Posted on 17. Dec, 2014 in: News

Electioneering dominates final PM’s question time

Helle Thorning-Schmidt utilised the final prime minister’s question time of 2014, Tuesday, to attack the opposition parties – and particularly Liberal leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen – about their lack of a cohesive policy…

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Posted on 17. Dec, 2014 in: News

No short-term solution for Syrian refugees says deputy PM

There’s little chance of Syrian refugees returning home in the near future so local authorities need to start integrating them immediately – that was the message from Social Liberal (R) leader, and deputy…

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Posted on 17. Dec, 2014 in: News

Left wing urges government to drop asylum bill

The left wing has urged the government to drop its planned asylum restrictions after Social Liberal leader Morten Østergaard’s comments that Syrian refugees will in all likelihood remain in Denmark for years. The…

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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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