Posted on 15. Sep, 2015 in: News

Sweden criticises anti-refugee campaign

Sweden’s Migration Minister Morgan Johansson was highly critical of the Danish government’s anti-refugee campaign in foreign media when he arrived at EU emergency migration talks in Brussels, Monday. Ahead of private talks with…

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Posted on 15. Sep, 2015 in: News

NGO’s ‘Welcome to refugees’ in Lebanese newspaper

A Lebanese newspaper has printed an opinion article by the Danish NGO ‘Refugees Welcome’ describing the advantages for refugees in Denmark. The article, written by head of the NGO Michala C. Bendixen, comes after experts denounced…

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Posted on 15. Sep, 2015 in: News

Police struggling with workload but reject help from Home Guard

The cash-strapped Danish police force, which has put in hundreds of hours of overtime after the February terror attack and is now having to deal with the massive influx of refugees, is ‘worn…

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Aid organisations: Government trying to conceal poverty figures

The government stands accused of trying to cover up the extent of poverty in this country. Both the Red Cross and child aid agency, Save the Children, claimed yesterday that Social Minister Karen…

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Posted on 15. Sep, 2015 in: News

Washington Post: Refugees are fleeing Danish ‘wonderland’

Denmark’s international reputation, which sank to an all-time low after the Mohammed cartoons crisis in 2006 but had recovered two years later, could, according to Politiken, have suffered irreparable damage after the recent…

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Posted on 15. Sep, 2015 in: News

Foreign Minister arrives in Ukraine with €8m anti-corruption gift

In the midst of the EU’s refugee crisis, Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen has taken a quick trip to Ukraine, backed by DKK60m (€8m) to help fight the country’s widespread corruption. Mr Jensen has…

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Posted on 15. Sep, 2015 in: News

Thorning-Schmidt faces Italian competition for UNHCR job

Helle Thorning-Schmidt will be competing with an Italian in her bid to replace current UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres who’s stepping down at the end of the year. The deadline for…

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Posted on 15. Sep, 2015 in: News

Business optimism

Increased turnover, lots of new orders, and rising profits – that’s the optimistic forecast for the business sector in a new poll of 187 top business leaders. A majority say the good times…

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Posted on 14. Sep, 2015 in: News

Denmark won’t join EU quota scheme

Denmark will refuse to join any EU scheme for a fair distribution of 160,000 migrants In a statement on Friday Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said: “The situation in Europe has escalated significantly…

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Posted on 14. Sep, 2015 in: News

Danes want to help refugees but…

A majority of Danes believe that refugees have the right to help but also that they should be sent back to their country. While a new DR News poll reveals that 63% of 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-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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