Posted on 10. Feb, 2016 in: News

PM defends benefits cap

Allowing thousands Danes to live off welfare while at the same time thousands of East Europeans have found work in Denmark isn’t economically viable, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said yesterday in response…

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Posted on 10. Feb, 2016 in: News

Jobs for refugees top labour negotiations

Getting refugees and asylum seekers into the labour market will be the main issue when tripartite labour market negotiations between the government, employer organisations, and trade unions get underway Thursday, Prime Minister Lars…

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Posted on 10. Feb, 2016 in: News

City Hall funds anti-Semitism campaign

Copenhagen City Hall is planning to combat anti-Semitism in the capital with a new information centre, run by the Jewish Society, which will be given a million kroner to inform and advise the…

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Posted on 10. Feb, 2016 in: News

Boom time for Vestas

Wind energy giant Vestas enjoyed is enjoying record revenues and expects sales to top €9bn in 2016 as the market for wind turbines continues to boom. Net profit for 2015 rose to €685…

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Posted on 10. Feb, 2016 in: News

Dankort purchases up

Retail purchases with the Danish national debit card, Dankort, rose 7.8 percent in January from a year earlier to DKK28.2 bn ($4.2 bn), card payment services firm Nets said on Tuesday. The data…

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Posted on 10. Feb, 2016 in: News

Business shorts

Stock market down again/Pandora hard-hit/New Denmark-Germany power link Shares: The Copenhagen Stock Market downturn continued, Tuesday, when the trend-setting OMX-20 index of blue-chip shares closed 2.35% down. Big names were hard-hit again –…

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Posted on 09. Feb, 2016 in: News

Who’s the Liberal leaker?

A series of damaging leaks from the ruling Liberals have created an atmosphere of insecurity and mistrust, party whip Søren Gade said yesterday. He said he had no idea who the leaker is,…

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Posted on 09. Feb, 2016 in: News

Trump presidency a ‘frightening prospect’

The prospect of Donald Trump becoming the next US president is ‘frightening’, leading Danish politicians told left-wing daily Information. The Danish People’s Party’s foreign affairs spokesman, Søren Espersen, said it’s ‘ridiculous’ that a…

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Posted on 09. Feb, 2016 in: News

Red tape stops asylum seekers from working

Rules and red tape are preventing asylum seekers from getting jobs, according to the Red Cross after it was revealed that just 31 found work last year. Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said…

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Posted on 09. Feb, 2016 in: News

Terror attack: ‘Police could have done better’

The police have acknowledged they could have handled the security of the Krudttønden café better when killer Omar El-Hussein launched his initial attack 12 months ago. After an internal review of procedures showed…

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