Posted on 12. Dec, 2016 in: News

Consumer wins Apple dispute

A Danish consumer has won a courtroom battle with American multinational technology giant Apple. Glostrup District Court ruled that Apple violated consumer protection laws by giving a refurbished iPhone with used components as…

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Posted on 12. Dec, 2016 in: TWTW

The Week That Was, December 4th – December 11th 2016

Politics/Economy Although Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has stressed the ‘optimism’ of the new tripartite coalition a new opinion poll revealed widespread voter apathy – if an election was held today the opposition…

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Posted on 09. Dec, 2016 in: News

PM: Europol deal good but not perfect

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen believes the limited Europol deal offered by the EU is ‘workable’ but it won’t be plain sailing. Denmark was facing total exclusion from the European Union’s law enforcement…

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Posted on 09. Dec, 2016 in: News

DPP MP steps back from shooting remarks

Danish People’s Party MP Kenneth Kristensen Berth spent Thursday backtracking on his remarks that security forces should take shots at refugees trying to reach Europe illegally. After a storm of criticism the MP…

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Posted on 09. Dec, 2016 in: News

What labour shortage?

Dire warnings of a labour shortage in the near future are exaggerated according to the Liberal Alliance’s Joachim B. Olsen, who claimed in a TV debate that many of the nearly 2.2 million…

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Posted on 09. Dec, 2016 in: News

Socialists call for 30-hour week

The Red/Green Alliance has put forward a model for a 30-hour working week in the future. Titular head of the far-left party, Pernille Skipper, said it’s time to concentrate on other values than…

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Posted on 09. Dec, 2016 in: News

Government postpones state of the economy report

The government has come under for fire for postponing the latest Financial Review, a thrice-yearly ‘state of the economy’ report. In a letter to parliament’s Finance Committee, new minister for the economy Simon…

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Posted on 09. Dec, 2016 in: News

Two ‘terrible’ years for the police

2015 and 2016 have been two ‘terrible’ years for Danish police, head of the Police Union, Claus Oxfeldt, said yesterday following the fatal shooting of an officer in Albertslund. The brutal slaying was…

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Posted on 09. Dec, 2016 in: News

Pension funds set to invest in multi-billion tunnel project

A number of Denmark’s biggest pension funds are ready to invest in the construction of the long awaited tunnel road link under Copenhagen Harbour that would connect the major road systems north and…

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Posted on 09. Dec, 2016 in: News

Stock exchange expands ‘blue-chip’ index

Copenhagen Stock Exchange’s trend-setting Nasdaq index of Denmark’s 20 best-selling shares (the C20) is to be expanded to 25. The C25 index will be effective from December 19, 2016 and after a 12-month…

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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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