Posted on 18. Jan, 2017 in: News

Democracy in the nursery

A government proposal to give toddlers as young as one year of age democratic rights has been dismissed as a ‘step too far’ by children’s rights organisations. A new bill put forward by…

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Posted on 18. Jan, 2017 in: News

British couple demand compensation for false counterfiet charge

A British couple has launched a DKK1.3m ($200,000) compensation claim for unlawful detention in this country. 57-year-old businessman Alistair Blackburn and his Chinese-born wife, Wen Zu, were arrested in 2014 trying to exchange…

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Posted on 18. Jan, 2017 in: News

How powerful is your passport?

Denmark has, jointly, the world’s third most ‘powerful’ passport according to a new global ranking. The latest 2017 Passport Index ranks Germany first, Singapore and Sweden joint second, and Denmark joint third alongside Finland,…

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Posted on 18. Jan, 2017 in: News

Business shorts

Test centre for mega windmills /  Germany approves DONG project /  Vestas upgrades 2016 expectations Mega windmills: The government has put forward a proposal to extend the two National Test Centres for Large Wind Turbines, at Østerild…

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Posted on 17. Jan, 2017 in: News

Voters desert DPP

A new analysis of voter migration reveals the Danish People’s Party (DPP) is losing support at an alarming rate. 41,000 DPP voters have crossed over to the Social Democrats in the wake of…

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Posted on 17. Jan, 2017 in: News

Local pol claims City Hall cover-up

A local politician charged with leaking confidential information about slain terrorist Omar El-Hussein to the press claims he did so because Copenhagen City Hall was involved in a cover-up. The Danish People’s Party’s…

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Posted on 17. Jan, 2017 in: News

Support for Trump’s migrant comments

US President-elect Donald Trump’s claim that Germany’s Chancellor Merkel made ‘one very catastrophic mistake’ by admitting more than 1m migrants is echoed by politicians in this country. According to the Danish People’s Party’s integration…

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Posted on 17. Jan, 2017 in: News

Ex-PM backs Trump on NATO

Former Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen believes Donald Trump has the potential to ‘stabilise American politics and rebuild confidence in US political leadership over the next few years’. In a self-written article…

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Posted on 17. Jan, 2017 in: News

Støjberg stands firm on UN refugees

Local authorities won’t be permitted to defy the government by unilaterally offering shelter to UN quota refugees, Integration Minister Inger Støjberg said yesterday in response to a request from Social Democrats in the…

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Posted on 17. Jan, 2017 in: News

DPP blocks anti-terror bill

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has come out against a new bill that would legally ban access to websites promoting terrorist propaganda. Although the new bill, which was given its first hearing last…

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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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