Posted on 02. Jul, 2019 in: News

Social workers offered ice cream bonus

Social case officers at Helsingør Town Council were offered an ice cream and cake incentive to reduce the number of  sickness benefits claimants. TV2 reports how council management sent an e-mail three weeks…

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Posted on 02. Jul, 2019 in: News

New York passes gay baton to Copenhagen

Copenhagen and its south Sweden neighbor, Malmø, will jointly host Wordpride 2021, the biggest gay event in the world. At the closing ceremony of WorldPride 2019 in New York last week a delegation…

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Posted on 02. Jul, 2019 in: News

Denmark number 2 in workers’ rights

If you’re a salaried worker Denmark is one of the best places in the world to be. New research by SmallBusinessPrices.co.uk has revealed how workers around the world can expect to be treated across…

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Posted on 02. Jul, 2019 in: News

Business shorts

More el-cars on the road / Vestas wins El Salvador contract / Warning for Saxo Bank /  NETS in Hungary deal…. 2,290 new electric cars were sold in Denmark during the first six…

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Posted on 01. Jul, 2019 in: News

EU leaders fail to agree on top job but Vestager still in the race

After a long day of negotiations, Sunday, EU leaders were still divided early this morning about who should be the new president of the EU Commission but, according to Danish media reports, Margrethe…

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Posted on 01. Jul, 2019 in: News

Integration minister defends new policy

Integration Minister Mattias Tesfaye has urged his predecessor Inger Støjberg to ‘chill out’ after she accused him of a breach of promise over immigration policy. The new government’s political agenda,  ‘A Fair Direction…

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Posted on 01. Jul, 2019 in: News

Muslim integration regressing

Social experts have sounded the alarm about the lack of integration in this country following a new study showing that Muslims rarely choose a Danish spouse. According to the study by the Unitos…

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Posted on 01. Jul, 2019 in: News

New energy minister backs off on Nord Stream 2

Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said on Friday the Nord Stream 2 pipeline is ‘out of his hands’ after Russian state gas producer Gazprom withdrew its application for a route through Danish territorial waters…

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Posted on 01. Jul, 2019 in: News

Concerns about low growth, lack of manpower

Ex-prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen claimed last week he was handing over a country in ‘top form’ but new figures suggest the Social Democrat government is assuming power just as the economy is…

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Posted on 01. Jul, 2019 in: News

Business shorts

LEGO bids to buy back Legoland / Pension fund lifts ban on Macquarie / AP Pension launches green investment fund / Danish Crown cuts 175 jobs….. Toy giant LEGO has made moves to…

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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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