Posted on 15. Jul, 2016 in: News

Vestager targets Google again

Danish EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has stepped up the fight against Google by alleging its shopping and advertising-related practices breach EU rules. At a press conference in Brussels, Thursday, she said: “Google…

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Posted on 15. Jul, 2016 in: News

Denmark 2nd most innovative in EU

Denmark is ranked number 2 on the European Commission’s 2016 ‘European Innovation Scoreboard’, which finds that EU innovation is catching up with Japan and the US. Sweden is once more the EU innovation…

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Posted on 15. Jul, 2016 in: News

Business shorts

DONG sells 10% of oil business / APM fights for Guatemala port /  Siemens to pay sick workers DONG: Partially state-owned DONG Energy has announced plans to divests its ownership shares in five…

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Posted on 14. Jul, 2016 in: News

USA should be asked about Iraq war memo

The government should request permission from the USA to publish confidential paperwork regarding Denmark’s motive for going to war in Iraq, a leading media analyst said yesterday after parliament’s ombudsman ruled that the Ministry…

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Posted on 14. Jul, 2016 in: News

Call for trafficking inquiry

The Social Democrats and Danish People’s Party have joined together to demand a full inquiry into the so-called ‘hornets’ nest affair’ in which criminal ringleaders exploited Romanian migrants in what has been termed…

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Posted on 14. Jul, 2016 in: News

Government creates loophole for money launderers

Although the government is determined to crack down on money laundering, tax evasion, and terrorism financing, it put forward a bill, Wednesday, aimed at easing demands on the financial sector. Since 2012, banks…

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Posted on 14. Jul, 2016 in: News

Ministries in agriculture cover-up

The Red/Greens have summoned Justice Minister Søren Pind to a parliamentary consultation to explain why various ministries have removed sensitive information from documents concerning the government’s controversial agriculture bill, which led to the…

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Posted on 14. Jul, 2016 in: News

Defence Minister faces grilling on veteran murder

Defence Minister Peter Christensen has been asked to explain whether Danish Army veterans are receiving adequate psychological help when they return home from combat abroad, after a soldier who served in Bosnia during…

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Posted on 14. Jul, 2016 in: News

Russia ready to discuss Baltic airspace concerns

Russia is willing to discuss security and safety issues in Baltic airspace, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said last night following a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council at NATO headquarters in Brussels. The threat…

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Posted on 13. Jul, 2016 in: News

Minister calls for sanctions against budget-busting countries

EU countries that continually run budget deficits should be hit with sanctions, Finance Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen said on arrival in Brussels, Tuesday, for a meeting of the economic and financial affairs council…

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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-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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