Posted on 19. Mar, 2015 in: News

Demonstrators delay Ryanair flight

Ryanair has demanded more protection from the Danish authorities after union activists delayed its first-ever departure from Copenhagen Airport by three hours yesterday. In an email to Ritzau news the budget airline wrote…

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Posted on 19. Mar, 2015 in: News

Another Arabic ambassador quits Sweden

The United Arab Emirates recalled its ambassador from Sweden Wednesday, widening a diplomatic row triggered by the country’s criticism of Saudi Arabia. From the Daily Mail:  The protest came a week after Saudi…

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Posted on 19. Mar, 2015 in: News

National Bank: Pressure on krone came from within

The National Bank has revealed it wasn’t international speculators who launched the recent attacks on the Danish krone – it was domestic institutions such as insurance companies and pension funds. The Bank also…

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Posted on 18. Mar, 2015 in: News

Commission suggests cuts in benefits

A government-appointed commission has suggested cuts in social benefits are the key to encourage the unemployed to look for work. After two years of studying the problem of how to get 530,000 people…

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Posted on 18. Mar, 2015 in: News

DKK44m to get immigrants into job market

The government will give jobcentres a DKK44m cash injection over the next two years in an effort to get 30,000 more immigrants and refugees into the labour market. The new ‘Everybody needs to…

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Posted on 18. Mar, 2015 in: News

Pro-EU parties agree on referendum text

The five pro-EU parties, representing 75 percent of parliament, have reached agreement on the text of the referendum (see below) that Danish voters will be asked to vote on sometime within the next…

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Posted on 18. Mar, 2015 in: News

Denmark moves closer to referendum

The Danish government reached a political agreement with the Liberal Party (Venstre), the Conservative Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) and the Socialist People’s Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) on the list of legislative files that Denmark…

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Posted on 18. Mar, 2015 in: News

Police raid homes for links to terror attack

Copenhagen Police made a pre-dawn swoop on eight homes in and around the capital yesterday searching for new leads concerning last month’s terror attack. The force has said it is still trying to…

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Posted on 18. Mar, 2015 in: News

Government backs down from surveillance proposal

The government has backed down from its controversial proposal to allow Military Intelligence (FE) to conduct electronic surveillance of Danes abroad without first acquiring a warrant. After fierce criticism from a host of experts who claimed the proposal…

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Posted on 18. Mar, 2015 in: News

Royal visit from Netherlands

HM Queen Margethe hosted at a gala dinner at Christiansborg Palace last night in honour of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of The Netherlands. Earlier in the day the King and The Queen…

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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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