Posted on 11. Nov, 2015 in: News

Upmarket region excludes refugees

The high number of Filipino au-pairs working in Gentofte, an affluent suburb north of Copenhagen, is restricting the number of refugees allocated to the local municipality. When the Danish Refugee Council decides how…

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Posted on 11. Nov, 2015 in: News

Inflation slows

The rate of fconsumer inflation slowed  slightly in October after remaining stable in the previous month, figures from Statistics Denmark showed Tuesday. The consumer price index rose 0.4 percent year-over-year in October, slower…

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Posted on 11. Nov, 2015 in: News

Business shorts

Multi-billion fraud linked to global tax shelters / Pension boss ranked no.3 in world / Illegal immigrants in service sector Fraud: The proceeds from Denmark’s biggest-ever tax fraud have been traced to tax shelters…

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Posted on 11. Nov, 2015 in: News

Foreign Ministry: Special report on food and agriculture

Focus Denmark, published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has released a 24-page special report on food and agriculture: ‘The task for future farmers: Feed 9,000,000,000 people.’ The free special report is available…

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Posted on 10. Nov, 2015 in: News

Experts: Denmark faces ridicule in border control debate

Denmark would be forced to pull out of the Schengen open-borders agreement if the government bows down to the Danish People’s Party’s call for permanent border control, EU expert Gerd Battrup of the…

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Posted on 10. Nov, 2015 in: News

Budget negotiations stalled

Claus Hjort Frederiksen (Lib) has pulled out of today’s EU Finance Ministers’ meeting in Brussels to concentrate on putting together a majority for the government’s budget draft. After a number of joint negotiations…

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Posted on 10. Nov, 2015 in: News

Tax Authority gives PET personal travel info

A number of political parties have expressed concern that Danish Intelligence (PET) has, illegally, been provided with citizens’ sensitive tax details. Confidential documents obtained by news radio 24/7 reveal that, for the past…

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Posted on 10. Nov, 2015 in: News

High Court to rule on Iraq torture case

The High Court will be asked to rule whether the lawsuit launched by 23 Iraqi prisoners captured by Danish troops during Operation Green Desert in 2004 has exceeded the statute of limitations. The…

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Posted on 10. Nov, 2015 in: News

OECD: GDP to grow but property market at risk of overheating

The OECD has urged the government to intervene in the red-hot Danish housing market to prevent overheating. The organisation’s latest economic forecast suggests an increase in property tax, a winding down of the…

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Posted on 10. Nov, 2015 in: News

Mohammed editor steps down

The man behind the Mohammed cartoons, Flemming Rose, is leaving Jyllands-Posten where as culture editor in 2005 he gave the go ahead to print the controversial images of the Prophet Mohammed that sparked…

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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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