Posted on 05. Mar, 2018 in: News

Slight drop in jobless numbers

The unemployment rate decreased slightly in January. The latest figures from Statistics Denmark, released Friday, showed the seasonally adjusted jobless rate came in at 4.1 percent in January, virtually the same  as in…

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Posted on 05. Mar, 2018 in: News

Lego goes green

Lego will start selling sustainable toy building bricks this year. The Danish toy giant said production has begun on a range of Lego botanical elements or pieces such as leaves, bushes and trees,…

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Posted on 04. Mar, 2018 in: TWTW

The Week That Was, February 26th – March 4th 2018    

Politics/Economy: Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen presented the government’s 22-point plan, Thursday – ‘One Denmark, No Parallel Societies: Eradicate Ghettos by 2030’  – aimed specifically at stopping the growth of the parallel society…

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Posted on 02. Mar, 2018 in: News

PM presents ghetto plan: ‘Time to demand more from non-western immigrants’

Using the symbolic background of one of Copenhagen’s most immigrant-dominated areas, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen presented the government’s 22-point plan, Thursday, to rid Denmark of ghettos by 2030. Flanked by seven cabinet…

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Posted on 02. Mar, 2018 in: News

Analysts: Ghetto plan signals election countdown

Taking a team of seven cabinet ministers to a run-down district to present the government’s anti-ghetto plan is a sign that Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen is warming up for an election campaign,…

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Posted on 02. Mar, 2018 in: News

DPP: Deporting refugees is still the best policy

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has welcomed the government’s anti-ghetto plan but questioned whether it will be effective in the long-term. The party’s integration spokesman, Martin Henriksen, said there’s only one way to…

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Posted on 02. Mar, 2018 in: News

Pro-Russia DPP MP offers support for Putin’s nuclear strategy

The west needs to get used to the fact that Russia’s aim is to become a superpower, the Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) defence spokeswoman, Marie Krarup said last night after President Putin warned in…

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Posted on 02. Mar, 2018 in: News

Long may she reign

Queen Margrethe continues to enjoy majority public support. A new poll taken last week following Prince Henrik’s funeral shows nearly 50% of the electorate believe she should continue on the throne, although nearly…

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Posted on 02. Mar, 2018 in: News

Record-high figures for airport

For the seventh year in a row Copenhagen Airport has broken its own passenger record. Just under 29.2 million passengers passed through the airport in 2017, the latest figures, released Thursday, show. Overall…

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Posted on 01. Mar, 2018 in: News

Government ministers facing demonstration in local ghetto today

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and seven other top-ranking ministers will be met by an angry group of demonstrators when they arrive at the deprived social housing district of Mjølner Parken in Copenhagen…

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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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