Posted on 22. May, 2017 in: News

DPP demands night-time curfew on asylum seekers

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has called for a night-time curfew on asylum seekers to prevent them from committing crime. And according to the party’s integration spokesman, Martin Henriksen, any asylum seeker found…

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Posted on 22. May, 2017 in: News

Greenland withdraws UN complaint against Denmark

Greenland’s home rule government has withdrawn an official complaint against Denmark at the United Nations (UN). Greenland had called on the UN to investigate whether Denmark is guilty of violating human-rights conventions for…

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Posted on 22. May, 2017 in: News

DI predicts 50,000 new jobs in private sector

Job creation in the private sector will reach a record high over the next few years, the Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) predicts in its latest economic forecast. DI expects the economic growth…

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Posted on 21. May, 2017 in: TWTW

The Week That Was, May 15th – 21st 2017     

Politics/Economy In a new report the National Audit Office (Rigsrevisionen) questioned the controversial 2014 deal that saw a significant ownership share of DONG Energy sold to U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs – despite…

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Posted on 19. May, 2017 in: News

Støjberg: We need border control in the real world

In the final instance it’s Denmark that will decide whether to maintain border control, Integration Minister Inger Støjberg said yesterday from the EU Interior Minsters’ meeting in Brussels where she will be discussing…

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Posted on 19. May, 2017 in: News

Liberals defend Dong deal

Despite the National Audit Office’s (Rigsrevisionen) criticism of the controversial 2014 Dong deal there’s no reason to change the procedure for the sale of publicly-owned companies, the ruling Liberals’ finance spokesman, Jacob Jensen, said…

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Posted on 19. May, 2017 in: News

Vestager hits Facebook with €110m fine

Denmark’s feisty EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has slapped social media giant Facebook with a DKK825m (€110m/$122m) fine for giving misleading statements during the company’s $19 billion acquisition of the internet messaging service WhatsApp in…

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Posted on 19. May, 2017 in: News

Terrorist teenager gets 6 years in jail

The 17-year-old girl who was convicted of planning an act of terrorism, Tuesday, has been given a 6-year jail sentence. The prosecution had demanded she be detained indefinitely at a secure institution but…

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Posted on 19. May, 2017 in: News

Immigrant schoolkids ‘lagging behind’

Parties on both sides of the aisle have called for a cap on the number of immigrant children in classrooms, following a new survey showing a significant number perform far worse in virtually…

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Posted on 19. May, 2017 in: News

Multi-million boost for fishing industry

A cross-party majority has agreed to set aside DKK972m for a wide range of subsidies to secure the future of the Danish fishing industry. Environment & Food Minister Esben Lunde Larsen welcomed the…

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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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