Posted on 24. Mar, 2015 in: News

Russian threat: Britain’s Defence Secretary says NATO members  will not be intimidated

British media reported that during a one-day visit to Romania yesterday Defence Secretary Michael Fallon vowed that NATO will not be intimidated by threats to its members, after Russia’s ambassador to Denmark, Mikhail Vanin,…

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Posted on 24. Mar, 2015 in: News

Fewer foreign fighters

There’s been a significant drop in the number of young Danish Muslims travelling to Syria and Iraq to become foreign fighters – 37 last year compared to 66 in 2013. Although some could…

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Posted on 24. Mar, 2015 in: News

Jail time for Christiania pushers

16 drug dealers were sentenced to a total of 49 years in prison by Copenhagen District Court, Monday, in one of three major cases involving cannabis sales in the ‘free state’ of Christiania….

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Posted on 24. Mar, 2015 in: News

Consumer confidence highest since 2006

Consumer confidence improved for the third straight month in March to reach its highest level in more than 9 years, the latest figures from Statistics Denmark showed Monday. The consumer confidence index climbed…

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Posted on 24. Mar, 2015 in: News

Business shorts

Bank customers have suffered negative interest for years / SAS loses ground /  Novo Nordisk wins approval for obesity pill Negative interest: Negative interest has dominated the financial headlines over the past two…

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Posted on 23. Mar, 2015 in: News

Ambassador warns of possible attack on Danish warships

Denmark’s relationship with Russia could become even more strained after Russian Ambassador Mikhail Vanin warned that Danish warships could become legitimate targets for a nuclear attack. In an opinion piece in Jyllands-Posten, Saturday,…

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Posted on 23. Mar, 2015 in: News

‘Ambassador has Putin’s backing’

Russian ambassador Mikhail Vanin’s warning that Danish warships could become targets for Russian nuclear missiles will have no repercussions for his career – in fact, quite the opposite, according to a well-known Russian…

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Posted on 23. Mar, 2015 in: News

Thorning plays ‘immigration card’

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has played the ‘immigration card’ in an election campaign that hasn’t yet been announced but is, in reality, already underway. Immigration has traditionally been a difficult issue for the…

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Posted on 23. Mar, 2015 in: News

DPP: Social Democrats are distorting the truth

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has accused the Social Democrats of distorting the truth in their new ‘tough on immigration’ ad campaign. The DPP’s spokesman on immigration, Martin Henriksen, called it ‘manipulation of…

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Posted on 23. Mar, 2015 in: News

Swedish party denounces Danish racism

A Swedish left-wing party has dismissed the new Social Democrat ad campaign targeting immigrants as racist. The Vänsterparti, Sweden’s equivalent of the Red/Green Alliance, has launched a counter campaign in Copenhagen’s neighbouring city,…

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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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