Posted on 02. Jul, 2018 in: News

DPP demands tougher Tibet Commission agenda

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has refused to support the justice ministry’s draft agenda for the new Tibet Commission. Justice Minister Søren Pape Poulsen has ordered the Tibet Commission to be re-opened following the discovery…

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Posted on 02. Jul, 2018 in: News

TV licence fee dropped – cutbacks at DR

The contentious ‘media licence’ imposed on anybody who owns a TV, radio, computer, or smart phone in this country is to be phased out by 2022 and replaced by a tax – the…

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Posted on 02. Jul, 2018 in: News

Opposition backs energy bill but vows to fight on

The Social Democrats and Socialist People’s Party (SPP) signed the new energy bill, agreed Friday, but vowed to continue the ‘climate battle’ with the government this autumn. Both parties expressed satisfaction they had…

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Posted on 02. Jul, 2018 in: News

6-month reprieve for F-16s

Denmark’s ageing fleet of F-16 fighter jets, heading for the scrapyard in 2024, have been given a 6-month stay of execution due to a delay in the construction of the new base for…

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Posted on 02. Jul, 2018 in: News

Opponents claim anti-crime bill will criminalise 10-year-olds

Criminal kids as young as 10 could be punished by a new Juvenile Crime Board, part of the new, anti-crime package agreed by the government, Danish People’s Party (DPP) and Social Democrats (S),…

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Posted on 02. Jul, 2018 in: News

Companies gear up for summer hiring spree

Companies throughout Denmark are ready to hire an extra 18,000 new workers over the next few months. As in previous years, the Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) trade organisation has surveyed the heads…

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Posted on 02. Jul, 2018 in: News

Drastic cuts ahead for wind turbines

Years of wind turbine proliferation in Denmark are coming to an end, much to the joy of the Danish People’s Party (DPP). Ahead of negotiations for a new, long-term energy bill the populist…

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Posted on 02. Jul, 2018 in: News

Business shorts

Orsted inks world’s biggest turbine deal / KMD signs agreement with IBM /  2 big South America contracts for Vestas Partially state-owned energy giant Orsted has signed the world’s largest single turbine deal…

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Posted on 01. Jul, 2018 in: TWTW

The Week That Was, June 25th – July 1st 2018

Politics/Economy Uffe Elbæk, head of the radical green Alternative party, put himself forward as a potential prime minister after the next election, claiming he’s tired of the usual ‘presidential run-off’ between two candidates….

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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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