Posted on 09. Sep, 2015 in: News

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Maersk Terminals buys Spanish company/ Maersk line cuts Asia-Europe capacity/Telecom companies fight for EU approval Maersk Terminals: APM (AP Moeller-Maersk) Terminals will pay an undisclosed sum for Barcelona-based Grup Maritim TCB, thereby adding…

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Posted on 08. Sep, 2015 in: News

Refugees demand free passage to Sweden

Denmark experienced chaotic refugee scenes, Monday as some 800 people entered the country from Germany and tried to head to Sweden. Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told journalists after an emergency meeting of political party…

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Posted on 08. Sep, 2015 in: News

300 refugees have disappeared

An estimated 300 of the 800-1,000 refugees who arrived in Denmark on Sunday have failed to register with the authorities, as required, and disappeared. Police believe they may have been provided with shelter,…

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Posted on 08. Sep, 2015 in: News

Expert: No clear rules for refugees in transit

EU regulations provide no clear answers as to how Denmark should act when refugees arrive here but are only in transit on their way to Sweden. Gerd Battrup, senior lecturer at the Centre…

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Posted on 08. Sep, 2015 in: News

Anti-refugee campaign launched in Lebanon

As reported by 7.59, Monday, the government has launched its anti-refugee campaign abroad by placing advertisements in Lebanese newspapers aimed at deterring potential migrants. Danish social media reacted sharply after the advertisements contrasted…

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Posted on 08. Sep, 2015 in: News

Danish troops witnessed handicap slayings in Balkans, but failed to act

Danish troops witnessed cold-blooded executions in the Balkans war 20 years ago but failed to intervene. A new documentary, ’Massacre in Dvor’, shown on TV2 last night, revealed how nine handicapped Serbs and…

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Posted on 08. Sep, 2015 in: News

New tax scandal

The Tax Authority’s (SKAT) debt-collecting methods are severely criticised in a new report by the Kammeradvokaten, the legal advisor to the government. The not-yet published report, obtained by Berlingske, was commissioned by the…

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Posted on 08. Sep, 2015 in: News

Løkke’s diplomacy troubleshooter is settled in India

Denmark’s former ambassador to the US, Peter Peter Taksøe-Jensen, hotly tipped to become Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s personal ‘troubleshooter’ at the Foreign Ministry, has taken up his new role as Ambassador to…

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Posted on 08. Sep, 2015 in: News

Fall in industrial output

Denmark’s industrial production declined in July after climbing in the previous month. The latest figures from Statistics Denmark, published Monday, showed industrial production fell a seasonally adjusted 3.7 percent month-over-month in July, reversing…

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Posted on 07. Sep, 2015 in: News

Foreign Minister: EU facing biggest-ever crisis

The EU is facing it’s biggest crisis ever as member countries struggle to find answers to the ever-escalating refugee crisis, Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen said, Saturday. At an informal EU foreign ministers meeting…

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