Posted on 02. Apr, 2019 in: News

Big plans for tiny town

What at first appeared to be an April’s Fool story will soon become reality – a tiny Danish town in the middle of Jutland is set to host western Europe’s tallest skyscraper. The…

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Posted on 02. Apr, 2019 in: News

5% unemployment puts Denmark 12th in EU

With an unemployment rate of 5% Denmark was 12th out of 28 EU countries in February. The latest Eurostat figures show the lowest unemployment rates were recorded in the Czech Republic (1.9%) Germany…

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Posted on 02. Apr, 2019 in: News

Train, airport strikes

Copenhagen was hit by a couple of unrelated transport strikes, Monday. Flights from Copenhagen Airport were delayed after baggage handlers for cut price airlines such as Ryanair and Easyjet held left work to…

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Posted on 02. Apr, 2019 in: News

Auto sales hit record high but ‘green’ cars lag behind

26,323 new cars were sold in March, an average of 35 per hour and a single-month record. The number of new car registrations was 33% higher than the same month last year as…

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Posted on 02. Apr, 2019 in: News

Business shorts

Vestas wins Brazil orders / DSV concludes Swiss takeover bid / Lego launches U.S. copyright lawsuit… Vestas, named Monday as the world’s leading supplier of turbines, has won two major orders in Brazil….

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Posted on 01. Apr, 2019 in: News

New poll: Left makes gains

There was good and bad news for two parties on the opposite wings of Danish politics ahead of their annual conferences this weekend. A new Epinion poll for DR News showed government partner,…

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Posted on 01. Apr, 2019 in: News

Løkke wins first TV debate

Political commentators pronounced Prime Minister Lars Løkke Ramussen the winner of the election campaign’s first face to face TV debate with opposition leader Mette Frederiksen, Sunday evening. Berlingske reports that the PM is…

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Posted on 01. Apr, 2019 in: News

Despite defeats, LA will campaign for tax cuts

The Liberal Alliance (LA) will campaign to remove the punitive top rate of income tax even though previous attempts have failed miserably. Two years ago the business-friendly party threatened to topple the government if it…

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Posted on 01. Apr, 2019 in: News

LA leader has no regrets about government role

Liberal Alliance (LA) leader Anders Samuelsen continues to maintain he’s happy his party joined the government in 2016 even though he’s suffered embarrassing defeats in tax battles with the Danish People’s Party (DPP)…

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Posted on 01. Apr, 2019 in: News

PM urges UK to avoid no deal

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said the EU needs to intensify its preparations for a ‘no deal’ situation after the British parliament rejected Theresa May’s EU withdrawal deal for a third time, Friday….

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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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