Posted on 28. Aug, 2014 in: News

Ukraine Embassy vandalised

Vandals have smashed windows at the Ukrainian Embassy in Copenhagen and sprayed the walls with graffiti. The embassy’s chargé d.affaires, Andriv Biriuchenko said he suspected the attack was linked to the crisis between…

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Posted on 27. Aug, 2014 in: News

Finance Minister presents 2015 budget: “The future looks bright”

Economic growth is improving and the situation isn’t as gloomy as just a few years ago, said Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon, Tuesday, as he presented the government’s draft budget for 2015. He said…

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Posted on 27. Aug, 2014 in: News

Løkke: Government gambling with the economy

The government is gambling with the economy, opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen said yesterday in response to the 2015 draft budget that, if passed, would push the deficit towards the European Union ceiling…

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Posted on 27. Aug, 2014 in: News

Business leaders criticise budget

Business leaders predict the government’s draft budget for 2015, published Tuesday, won’t be sufficient to sustain the fragile economic upswing. Head of the Danish Construction Association, Lars Storr-Hansen, expressed concern that the transition…

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Posted on 27. Aug, 2014 in: News

Information: Budget agreement will redefine Danish politics

The government’s draft budget signals a new era in Danish politics as the centre-left coalition targets an agreement with its traditional allies on the left – the Socialist People’s Party (SPP) and the…

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Posted on 27. Aug, 2014 in: News

Economic Survey 2014: Reforms have created growth and jobs says Minister

Denmark is definitely emerging from the economic crisis, Minister for the Economy Margrethe Vestager claimed yesterday as she presented the government’s Economic Survey 2014, shortly after Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon laid out the…

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Posted on 27. Aug, 2014 in: News

EU social democrats turn away from Thorning

European social democrats are ready to drop Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt as a candidate for President of the European Council because she’s ‘too liberal’, according to acknowledged German news service Spiegel Online  whose sources…

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Posted on 27. Aug, 2014 in: News

Government expects fewer asylum seekers despite global refugee problems

Despite the EU’s plea to Denmark to accept more refugees the government expects a drop in asylum seekers next year. Although Justice Minister stated last week that at least 10,000 asylum seekers will have…

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Posted on 27. Aug, 2014 in: News

Assad in danger from Islamic State says ambassador

The Syrian regime, led by President Assad, has played an integral role in the rise of the Islamic State’s (IS) in the region but is now itself at danger from the brutal jihadists,…

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Posted on 26. Aug, 2014 in: News

Finance Minister offers budget sweeteners to left-wing support parties

Finance minister Bjarne Corydon has dangled a multi-billion carrot in front of the Socialist People’s Party (SPP) and the Red/Green Alliance. If the two-left wing parties, the government’s guarantor of a parliamentary majority,…

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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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