Posted on 18. Mar, 2015 in: News

Sydbank: Economy on the right track

The Danish economy is heading in the right direction – after two years of stagnation there were signs of improvement in 2014 and there are definite indications of an upturn this year, Sydbank…

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Posted on 18. Mar, 2015 in: News

Business shorts

Pig farmers embrace EU aid offer / Maersk loses money in Russia / Canadians buy out Danish Shell / Nordic countries lead the way in tech start-ups EU aid: Danish farmers have seized…

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Posted on 17. Mar, 2015 in: News

Foreign Minister: We must never forget Crimea

12 months after Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula, Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard has urged the international community never to accept the unlawful occupation. Ahead of yesterday’s foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels, Mr Lidegaard…

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Posted on 17. Mar, 2015 in: News

Denmark supports move to negotiate with Assad

US moves to negotiate a political transition in Syria with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and explore ways to pressure him into agreeing to talks are fully in line with the Danish government’s position,…

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Posted on 17. Mar, 2015 in: News

Red/Greens back government on anti-terror funding

The Red/Green Alliance has come to the rescue of the government in the impasse surrounding the DKK970m anti-terror package. The far-left party’s justice spokesperson, Pernille Skipper, claimed yesterday that negotiations had been hi-jacked…

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Posted on 17. Mar, 2015 in: News

Parties near agreement on opt-out text

The final details of the referendum on Denmark’s opt-out on EU justice affairs are expected to be ironed out this morning when Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt hosts a meeting of the five pro-EU…

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Posted on 17. Mar, 2015 in: News

Think tank: Social benefits are too high

Social benefits are far too high in Denmark – that’s the conclusion of the right-leaning think-tank CEPOS after using the Economy Ministry’s ‘family model’ to calculate the differential between a life on welfare…

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Posted on 17. Mar, 2015 in: News

‘Female friendly’ mosque in Copenhagen

A Danish woman is ready to shake up the Muslim community in Denmark by opening a mosque for women in Copenhagen. Well-known womens’ rights campaigner and debater, Sherin Khankan, plans to open up…

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Posted on 17. Mar, 2015 in: News

New housing bubble?

Despite signs of a new housing bubble in Copenhagen, lawmakers are reluctant to intervene. 49 per cent of the country’s leading economists believe a new housing bubble is gaining strength in the capital…

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Posted on 17. Mar, 2015 in: News

Boeing has confidence in Copenhagen Airport

Despite high Danish wages and cost-cutting European budget airlines, US aviation giant Boeing has chosen Copenhagen Airport as the site of its new workshop. At the official opening ceremony yesterday, the airport’s CEO…

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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-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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