Posted on 08. May, 2018 in: News

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Medical company hits stock-market high / Slight losses for Vestas in Q1 / Danish law firm opens office in New York to service wind industry Danish medical-equipment maker Ambu, the best performer in…

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Posted on 07. May, 2018 in: News

PM: No unilateral World Cup boycott

Denmark won’t go it alone and boycott the upcoming World Cup in Russia, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said in an interview with Politiken, Sunday, calling for a ‘common EU policy’. The PM…

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Posted on 07. May, 2018 in: News

Alternatives’ ‘soft’ immigrant policy threatens centre-left alliance

The Alternatives’ could stand in the way of opposition leader’s Mette Frederiksen’s hopes of putting together a centre-left majority after the next election. Although the ‘red’ bloc has led in the polls throughout…

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Posted on 07. May, 2018 in: News

Liberals reject home grown cannabis proposal

The Alternatives’ proposal to allow people to grow recreational drugs at home for personal use, such as pot and marijuana, has been dismissed as ‘misguided’ by the Liberals. The ruling party’s justice spokesman,…

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Posted on 07. May, 2018 in: News

East European workers desert Denmark

While Danish companies continue to complain about a lack of manpower a new Statistics Denmark report shows 40% of the 5,500 east Europeans who came to Denmark to work in 2010 have returned…

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Posted on 07. May, 2018 in: News

Government to monitor Crown Prince’s Olympic role

Crown Prince Henrik needs to be kept on a ’tight rein’ in his role as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen told tabloid daily Ekstra Bladet,…

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Posted on 07. May, 2018 in: News

Greenland PM forms fragile coalition

Greenland Prime Minister Kim Kielsen has put together a government coalition containing his Siumut party and three others Partii Naleraq, Atassut and Nunatta Qitornai, but with a very narrow majority – only 16…

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Posted on 07. May, 2018 in: News

Greenlanders reject Danish

English is to replace Danish as the main foreign language in Greenland schools, one of the main points of the new coalition’s political platform which states: “Greenlandic is our official language but we…

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Posted on 07. May, 2018 in: News

Danish aid workers facing prison in Greece

Two Danish nationals could be facing a five-year prison sentence when they appear in a Greek court today on charges of human trafficking. Salam Aldeen and Mohammed El-Abassi, two aid workers from the…

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Posted on 07. May, 2018 in: News

Denmark hands over Baltic mission to Portugal

Denmark has officially handed over the lead of the Baltic Air Policing mission to the Portuguese Air Force. During the traditional ceremony at the Šiauliai Airbase in Lithuania last week a detachment of…

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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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