Posted on 16. Mar, 2015 in: News

New poll: Opposition’s lead is shrinking

The opposition is still ahead in the polls but its comfortable lead is shrinking. A new Voxmeter poll for financial daily Børsen indicates that the opposition parties, led by Lars Løkke Rasmussen, would…

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Posted on 16. Mar, 2015 in: News

Election ‘too close to call’ says commentator

Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s comeback as prime minister is far from certain, leading political commentator, former Conservative leader, Hans Engell said yesterday after a new poll (above) showed the opposition’s lead has narrowed to…

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Posted on 16. Mar, 2015 in: News

Liberal leadership rejects user fees on health services

Paying for a visit to the family doctor definitely isn’t part of the Liberals’ official policy, deputy leader Kristian Jensen was quick to stress yesterday after a number of the party’s candidates in…

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Posted on 16. Mar, 2015 in: News

Liberals’ tax cuts ‘less than a packet of cigarettes’

The Liberals’ trump-card in the upcoming election campaign –lower taxes for low-paid workers, coupled with a cap on social benefits – will provide minimum incentive for those on welfare to look for work,…

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Posted on 16. Mar, 2015 in: News

Netanyahu: Scandinavian governments are trying to unseat me

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has accused ‘western governments, and mostly Scandinavian’ of trying to remove him from power by spending millions of dollars on meddling with Israeli upcoming elections where he’s facing…

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Posted on 16. Mar, 2015 in: News

Economy: Denmark lagging behind neighbours

Although the Danish economy is looking healthier, any upswing looks like being very moderate according to the latest Nordea ‘state of the economy’ report. Despite record-low interest rates, booming share prices, the housing…

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Posted on 16. Mar, 2015 in: News

German recovery good news for exporters

The recovering German economy is good news for Danish exporters, especially in the wind-turbine and environmental technology fields. Senior economist Jacob Warburg of Denmark’s Export Council said the German economy, driven by rising…

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Posted on 16. Mar, 2015 in: News

Danish Crown slashes 280 jobs

Danish Crown has announced 280 redundancies at its Ringsted slaughterhouse. Slaughtering capacity at the plant will be reduced to 15,000 pigs a week over the summer months to adapt to the constantly falling…

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Posted on 15. Mar, 2015 in: TWTW

The Week That Was, March 9th – March 15th, 2015

Politics/Economy A new YouGov poll gave the newly-founded Alternative Party 2.2 per cent of the vote, just above the 2 per cent threshold needed for parliamentary representation and four seats – the government,…

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Posted on 13. Mar, 2015 in: News

Minister to EU: We’ll run our own asylum policy

Denmark is responsible for its own asylum policy, not the EU – that was the defiant message from Justice Minister Mette Frederiksen yesterday after a top-level meeting of EU justice and inferior ministers…

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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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