Posted on 08. Dec, 2017 in: News

Denmark tough on first-time asylum seekers

Denmark is one of the toughest countries for refugees to seek asylum in. A new study of asylum applications in the year’s second quarter by EU statistics agency Eurostat shows the Danish Immigration…

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Posted on 08. Dec, 2017 in: News

EU countries support Denmark’s move to change child benefit rules

Four EU countries have backed Denmark’s call for a change in child benefit rules. After a meeting in Brussels, Thursday, Employment Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said Germany, Holland, Austria and Ireland now share…

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Posted on 08. Dec, 2017 in: News

Danish embassy to remain in Tel Aviv

Denmark has no plans to follow the USA and relocate the Danish Embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen said yesterday. He characterised Jerusalem’s status as one of the most…

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Posted on 08. Dec, 2017 in: News

Industrial production up

Industrial production increased in October, after falling in the previous month. The latest figures from Statistics Denmark show industrial production climbed a seasonally adjusted 2.5 percent in October, reversing a 5.1 percent decline…

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Business minister questions EU buffer demand on banks

Business Minister Brian Mikkelsen has vowed to fight ‘tooth and mail’ for homeowners whose mortgages could become more expensive following new banking rules agreed by regulators on the Basel Committee on Thursday. Capital…

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Posted on 08. Dec, 2017 in: News

Banks reject bitcoin

Danish banks have said they said they won’t touch cash from bitcoin speculation and have now been joined by Denmark’s largest pension fund, ATP, with about DKK800bn ($ 120bn) in assets under management,…

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Posted on 08. Dec, 2017 in: News

Lego wins landmark copyright ruling in China

Danish toy giant Lego has won a major legal victory in China, where a court ruled in its favour in a copyright case against companies making bootleg copies of its iconic coloured bricks….

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Posted on 07. Dec, 2017 in: News

Refugees could be placed on deserted island

Integration Minister Inger Støjberg is considering the possibility of placing failed asylum seekers on a deserted island until they can be safely deported. As part of ongoing negotiations surrounding the 2018 budget the…

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Posted on 07. Dec, 2017 in: News

Government bows to DPP demands

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen is ready to accept the Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) demand to restructure immigration policy if they accept tax cuts. After a ‘clear the air’, one on one meeting…

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Posted on 07. Dec, 2017 in: News

‘Tough’ Støjberg popular with voters

The government’s ‘hardliners’ are the most popular with voters. In a new Norstat survey of cabinet ministers on the first anniversary of the Lib/Con/LA government, Integration Minister Inger Støjberg comes out on top….

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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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