Posted on 06. Mar, 2017 in: News

Danish Crown makes China pork grab

Food giant Danish Crown is aiming to grab a bigger chunk of the Chinese pork market by building a new factory in Shanghai. Plans for the DKK300m ($42.44 million) plant come after a…

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Posted on 06. Mar, 2017 in: News

Conservatives want to double down on conscription

The Conservatives want to follow Sweden by increasing military conscription, despite opposition from the Enlisted Soldiers’ Union (Hærens Konstabel og Korporalforening – HKKF) who claimed it would be more trouble than it’s worth….

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Posted on 06. Mar, 2017 in: News

Danes are both borrowing and investing more

Danes are accruing more debt while at the same time investing more, a paradox that experts say is costing them money. A new survey from VP Securities shows that since early 2015, 80…

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Posted on 06. Mar, 2017 in: News

PM to visit former slave colony

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen will visit the American Virgin Islands at the end of this month to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the USA’s purchase of the former slave colony. The Danish West…

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Posted on 05. Mar, 2017 in: TWTW

The Week That Was, February 27th – March 5th 2017      

Politics/Economy: Integration Minister Inger Støjberg lashed out at ‘greedy refugees’ whose only aim is to demand more and more from the Danish state. Social Liberal leader Morten Østergaard said he was confident he…

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Posted on 03. Mar, 2017 in: News

Boeing sues government over fighter jet choice

Last year the government recommended that the Danish Air Force upgrade its aging fleet of F-16s with 27 of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II fighter jets, passing over Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornets among other options. But Boeing…

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Posted on 02. Mar, 2017 in: News

Incident at Iranian embassy

Denmark’s Ambassador to Iran was summoned to the foreign ministry in Teheran yesterday, following a ‘violation’ of the country’s embassy in Denmark. ABNA, a news agency  in Iran with ties to the revolutionary…

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Posted on 02. Mar, 2017 in: News

Crackdown on foreign fighters claiming welfare

Minister for Employment Troels Lund Poulsen is exploring harsher punishments for foreign fighters who continue to claim Danish social benefits while in combat abroad. After it was revealed earlier this year that 36…

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Posted on 02. Mar, 2017 in: News

Border control stops thousands

Nearly 3000 people, most of them from the Middle East, have been turned away since border control was reimposed in January of last year. New Ministry of Justice figures show that spot checks…

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Posted on 02. Mar, 2017 in: News

EU data ruling divides government

A ruling from the European Court of Justice disallowing Denmark’s data-logging surveillance strategy has divided the three coalition parties. Danish law requires telecom companies to maintain logs of all mobile calls, text messages, and…

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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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