Posted on 26. Sep, 2016 in: TWTW

The Week That Was, September 18th – September 25th 2016

Politics/Economy The Danish People’s Party (DPP) and Liberal Alliance (LA) continued to argue about tax relief for higher earners, making a centre-right deal on the government’s 2025 political and economic agenda unlikely –…

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Posted on 23. Sep, 2016 in: News

Maersk split into two

Denmark’s biggest company, A.P. Moeller- Maersk, announced on Thursday it will split its business into two distinct entities, oil and shipping. The century old company has been battered by low oil prices, plummeting…

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Posted on 23. Sep, 2016 in: News

DPP welcomes new competition from the right

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) ‘isn’t afraid of anything’ when it comes to competing with the recently formed far-right party, the New Conservatives. The New Conservatives were founded in October of last year…

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Posted on 23. Sep, 2016 in: News

Social Democrats’ alternative 2025 plan

Social Democrat leader Mette Frederiksen has put forward an alternative long-term economic and political agenda plan as the centre-right alliance continues to fight over the finer details of the government’s 2025 plan The…

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Posted on 23. Sep, 2016 in: News

Denmark joins effort to cut off ISIS funding

Denmark is set to open a new front against the Islamic State, as it joins the international coalition’s working group to cut off the clash flow of the terrorist organization. The group will…

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Posted on 23. Sep, 2016 in: News

Nine out of ten Danes aren’t part of the sharing economy

After the tax minister announced earlier this week that he wanted to turn Denmark into a mecca for the sharing economy, a new poll indicates that only a tenth of the population are…

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Posted on 23. Sep, 2016 in: News

Faroe islands economy is heading for a bubble

According to the Danish Central Bank, a combination of an upswing in the economy, increasing prices on fish exports, and massive public infrastructure investments has put the Faroese economy in danger of overheating….

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Posted on 23. Sep, 2016 in: News

Greenland opens up for new oil and gas exploration

Greenland has opened its second licensing round for onshore oil and gas exploration in a 13,000 sq km area covering Disko Island and the Nuussuaq Peninsula on the country’s western coast, The Arctic Journal reports. “It’s…

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Posted on 23. Sep, 2016 in: News

Post Denmark undergoes new round of layoffs

National mail carrier, Post Denmark, is to lay off a furhter 520 employees as one of Denmark’s most iconic brands adjusts to a rapidly shrinking market. Decreasing use of traditional mail has put…

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Posted on 22. Sep, 2016 in: News

Danes linked to Bahamas tax leak

Hundreds of Danish names appear in the cache of 1.3 million files leaked yesterday by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The documents, concerning more than 175,000 companies registered in the Bahamas…

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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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