Posted on 10. Aug, 2015 in: News

Nørrebro demonstration turns violent

Left-wing anarchists smashed bank windows and attacked the police with Molotov cocktails, stones, and bottles, in Copenhagen, Saturday. According to reports around 200 youths, purportedly supporting the Reclaim the Streets group, gathered in…

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Posted on 07. Aug, 2015 in: News

Løkke warns against unrealistic budget demands

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has cautioned his support parties on the right not to anticipate funds for many new initiatives in upcoming 2016 budget negotiations, despite the prospect of a lower deficit…

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Posted on 07. Aug, 2015 in: News

Lower budget deficit as economy recovers

The budget deficit looks like being far less than forecasted. A new study by the Economic Council of the Labour Movement, based on National Bank figures, indicates a deficit of DKK10bn this year,…

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Posted on 07. Aug, 2015 in: News

LA demands release of Iraq Commission papers

The Liberal Alliance continues to put pressure on the government to release all the documents from the now disbanded Iraq/Afghanistan Commission. The Liberal government pulled the plug on the Commission shortly after coming…

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Posted on 07. Aug, 2015 in: News

Jobless Muslim rejects work involving pork, alcohol

The Danish People’s Party has asked Integration Minister Inger Støjberg to review the residency permit of an unemployed Muslim dentist who’s been denied social benefits because he refused to take any jobs involving…

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Posted on 07. Aug, 2015 in: News

Sell off depopulated islands says expert

An Aalborg University lecturer has sparked off a political and social outcry by urging the state to sell off tiny, de-populated Danish islands to rich foreigners, business people, or investment funds. According to…

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Posted on 07. Aug, 2015 in: News

Newspaper accused of racial insensitivity

Left-leaning daily Politiken has been accused of racial insensitivity for publishing a graph rating famous Afro-American on a ‘scale of evil’. The London Metro newspaper reports how the graph has created a ‘shit…

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Posted on 07. Aug, 2015 in: News

Police hunted innocent man for years

Danish police have for years tried to track down a Chilean man who’s registered as a criminal in this country, even though he’s never been outside Chile. Up until one week ago, 33-year…

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Posted on 07. Aug, 2015 in: News

Poppy seeds killed Danish backpacker in Australia

An Australian coroner has ruled that 26-year-old Dane Jonas Pedersen died from accidental morphine intoxication last year after brewing poppy heads from Tasmanian plantations in a cup of tea. From Australian Associated Press:…

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Posted on 06. Aug, 2015 in: News

DONG disclosures could embarrass ex-finance minister

Full disclosure of all documents surrounding Goldman Sachs’ controversial purchase of a 19% ownership stake in the state-owned energy giant DONG could prove awkward for former Social Democrat finance minister Bjarne Corydon. The…

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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-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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