Posted on 27. Mar, 2014 in: News

Hypocritical EU

US ambassador to Denmark Rufus Gifford said that the EU, including Denmark, should stop complaining about US surveillance and instead take part in an open debate about intelligence services. ‘Right now, The US…

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Posted on 27. Mar, 2014 in: News

Six Danish combat airplanes to monitor airspace over the Baltics

As Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania reportedly feel threatened by Russia following their recent action in the Crimea, the three Baltic countries have requested air support as they have no combat planes of their…

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Posted on 27. Mar, 2014 in: News

Social Democrats want Helle Thorning to go to Brussels

The Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and her close allies have long known that the imminent change of central guards in Brussels would lead to speculation about her future in Danish politics, and…

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Posted on 27. Mar, 2014 in: News

The European Court does not necessarily have the last say

Nobody can expect a EU member state to give up its own welfare system because of a ruling by the European Court, Chairman of the European Parliament, German Social Democrat Martin Schultz explained…

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Posted on 27. Mar, 2014 in: News

No more anonymity for Danish police officers

It has taken the Ministry of Justice and the Danish Police three years to come up with three suggestions as to how individual police officers can be identified in relation to complaints. In…

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Posted on 27. Mar, 2014 in: News

New NETS owner to be investigated

One of NETS’ new owners, the US venture capital fund Advent International (AI), will be subjected to further scrutiny by the Danish Competition Authority as it appears that AI also owns Oberthur, the…

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Posted on 27. Mar, 2014 in: News

Danish builders are the ‘Eastern Europeans’ in Norway

Many a Danish craftsman will sneer at foreign, Eastern European, craftsmen who are not organised in a union and hence are not subjected to the relevant agreements in their field. However, Danish craftsmen…

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Posted on 27. Mar, 2014 in: News

An Englishman intent on making Magasin du Nord flourish

Peter King spent most of his career running the British department store Debenhams but now he takes a daily stroll through the Danish department store Magasin du Nord on Kongens Nytorv because it…

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Posted on 26. Mar, 2014 in: News

Head of EU Parliament to Helle Thorning-Schmidt: ‘Nothing compares to you’

At a Copenhagen press conference, Tuesday, German President of the EU Parliament Martin Schulz spoke freely about the ‘welfare tourism’ issue and joked about his possible rival for a top EU post, Helle…

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Posted on 26. Mar, 2014 in: News

Four lions join Marius the giraffe on Copenhagen Zoo’s death list

Copenhagen Zoo has again hit the headlines worldwide. After provoking international outrage last month for putting down ‘Marius’, a healthy giraffe, and dissecting it in front of children, the Zoo has now destroyed…

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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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