Posted on 16. Jun, 2016 in: News

Greenpeace’s Arctic appeal to Kerry

Greenpeace has urged John Kerry to ‘knock some sense’ into Denmark about Arctic protection. The environment organisation has sent an open letter to the Secretary of State ahead of his arrival in Copenhagen…

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Posted on 16. Jun, 2016 in: News

New asylum agreement could breach conventions

A new cross-party agreement on ‘tolerated residency’ for rejected asylums who refuse to leave the country could be in violation of international conventions. 69 people granted tolerated residency will in future be housed…

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Posted on 16. Jun, 2016 in: News

Fraud squad seizes DKK 400m of tax scam money

The State Prosecutor’s Office for Serious Economic and International Crime, popularly known as the fraud squad, has seized a further DKK 400m (€53m) of the DKK9.1bn the Danish tax authorities were tricked into paying in…

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Posted on 16. Jun, 2016 in: News

Ex-minister assaulted

Former Justice Minister Morten Bødskov was assaulted while watching the European Championship match between Portugal and Iceland on an outdoor screen at Islands Brygge, Tuesday. A police spokesman said Mr Bødskov was with…

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Posted on 16. Jun, 2016 in: News

Denmark tops EU price list

Denmark had the highest consumer prices for food in 2015. The latest survey  by the EU’s statistical agency, Eurostat, reflecting the price level of a comparable basket of food and non-alcoholic beverages across…

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Posted on 16. Jun, 2016 in: News

Producer prices down

Pproducer prices declined at a faster pace in May, figures from Statistics Denmark showed Wednesday. The producer price index fell 3.9 percent year-over-year in May, which was worse than the 2.5 percent decrease…

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Posted on 16. Jun, 2016 in: News

National Bank warns of ‘unlimited intervention’ to protect krone

The National Bank has warned that Denmark is ready to slash interest rates and make unlimited interventions in the currency market to defend the krone’s peg to the euro. Uncertainty over the outcome…

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Posted on 16. Jun, 2016 in: News

Muslim student makes Facebook protest after prayer ban

A female Muslim pupil has launched a Facebook protest after her school slapped a ban on praying during working hours.  From the British Independent: Students at a training college for health care and…

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Posted on 15. Jun, 2016 in: News

Government welcomes European court’s benefit ruling

The government has welcomed a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling that Great Britain is within its rights to restrict social benefits to some EU migrants. The European Commission had challenged the British…

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Posted on 15. Jun, 2016 in: News

Danes demand British-style EU concessions

If Britons vote to leave the EU this month a majority of Danes want Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen to go to Brussels and demand the same safeguards against welfare tourism that his…

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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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