Posted on 23. Sep, 2015 in: News

Government: OK for EU to rule on other countries’ asylum policy

The EU shouldn’t be allowed to decide Denmark’s refugee policy – that’s been the constant message from both Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and opposition leader Mette Frederiksen over the past few weeks…

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Posted on 23. Sep, 2015 in: News

DPP MP: What’s GDP?

A Danish People’s Party MP has admitted she was ‘talking nonsense’ when she suggested in a radio interview that refugees could be helped by cutting GDP. Pernille Bendixen told news radio 24/7 on…

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Posted on 23. Sep, 2015 in: News

PET: No terrorists amongst refugees

Danish Intelligence (PET) doesn’t believe Islamic radicals are trying to use the migration flow and Europe’s passport-free Schengen travel zone to smuggle terrorists into the West. However, at a press conference alongside Justice…

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Posted on 23. Sep, 2015 in: News

New poll: Majority yes in EU referendum

A majority of the electorate is ready to drop Denmark’s EU justice and home affairs in the upcoming December 3rd referendum. In a new Gallup poll, 58% of voters say yes to replacing…

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Posted on 23. Sep, 2015 in: News

Police were ordered to seize Tibet flag

Audio files indicate that the police violated demonstrators’ freedom of expression rights during the state visit to Denmark of former Chinese President Hu Jintao three years ago. A lower court had previously ruled…

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Posted on 23. Sep, 2015 in: News

Novo to invest €70m in Iran as sanctions ease

As a direct result of the nuclear deal with Iran, Novo Nordisk, the world’s largest diabetes drug maker, is to invest around DKK522m (€70mln) to build an insulin manufacturing plant in the Middle…

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Posted on 23. Sep, 2015 in: News

Drop in retail sales

Denmark’s retail sales dropped marginally in August after rising in the previous two months, preliminary figures from Statistics Denmark showed Tuesday. Retail sales edged down 0.1 percent month-over-month in August, reversing a 0.8…

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Posted on 23. Sep, 2015 in: News

Consumer confidence down

Denmark’s consumer confidence declined to a 19-month low in September, Statistics Denmark revealed Tuesday, the sixth consecutive month on month decline. The consumer confidence index dropped to 5 in September from 9.2 in…

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Posted on 22. Sep, 2015 in: News

Asylum applications remain stable despite refugee chaos

An estimated 12,400 refugees and migrants have crossed the Danish border since September 6th but only a minority have applied for asylum – around 100 a day, according to the Immigration Service, or…

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Posted on 22. Sep, 2015 in: News

Løkke at 10 Downing Street

British PM David Cameron greeted Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen for bilateral talks at his Downing Street residence, Monday, which included Britain’s forthcoming referendum on European Union membership and the refugee crisis facing…

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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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