Posted on 19. Dec, 2014 in: News

Denmark best for business

Denmark is the best country in the world for business, according to influential business magazine Forbes. The magazine attributes Denmark’s top ranking to an ‘extremely positive business climate’ and the  ‘flexisecurity’ model, which…

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Posted on 19. Dec, 2014 in: News

EU Court rules it’s OK to fire fat guy

The Court of Justice of the European Union (EJC) ruled in favour of a local Danish authority yesterday in a case brought by a Danish court, which wanted guidance over a complaint of…

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Posted on 19. Dec, 2014 in: News

Fraud Squad nabs OW Bunker employee wanted in Italy

The Danish Fraud Squad arrested a former manager of collapsed ship fuel supplier OW Bunker , Thursday, with the aim of handing him over to Italy where he’s suspected of embezzlement and fraud. Announcing…

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Posted on 19. Dec, 2014 in: News

SAS: Free flights by 2018

Management at Scandinavian airline SAS predicts that passengers could be travelling free by 2018. Vice President for Sales & Marketing Eivind Roald said the price war with Norwegian Air is already lost and…

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Posted on 19. Dec, 2014 in: News

Business shorts

Novozymes determined to turn waste into fuel…..Novo inks DKK1bn deal Novozymes: Novozymes , the world’s largest enzymes producer, will stick to its plans to develop transportation fuel made from agricultural waste, despite a…

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Posted on 18. Dec, 2014 in: News

Justice Minister tries to put cap on Eritrea scandal

Supplementary information supplied by the Immigration Service denies any political intervention in the original Eritrea report that’s been heavily criticised in both this country and abroad. Justice Minister Mette Federiksen, who earlier this…

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Posted on 18. Dec, 2014 in: News

Human Rights Watch: Danish report ‘deeply flawed’

The controversy surrounding the Danish Immigrations Service’s fact-finding  report on conditions in Eritrea is also being closely monitored abroad. The international human rights organisation, Human Rights Watch, urges other countries to ignore the…

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Posted on 18. Dec, 2014 in: News

Left-wing MEPs happy as EU moves towards recognition for Palestine

Left-leaning Danish MEPs welcomed yesterday’s European Parliament resolution that recognises the state of Palestine ‘in principle’. Social Democrat, left-wing and Green members of the European Parliament had initially put forward the motion for…

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Posted on 18. Dec, 2014 in: News

Conservatives launch election campaign – tax cuts for all

The Conservatives will fight next year’s election campaign on a platform of widespread tax cuts. Conservative leader Søren Pape Poulsen said yesterday that allowing people to keep more of the money they earn…

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Posted on 18. Dec, 2014 in: News

Prosecutor demands deportation for terrorist

The Public Prosecutor has appealed the ‘lenient’ sentence handed down to Danish/Moroccan Said Mansour and demanded he be thrown out of the country – the convicted terrorist’s defence lawyer has launched a counter…

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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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