Posted on 13. Dec, 2011 in: News

Vestas blown back to 2004

Vestas shares were being traded at 65.65, Monday, the lowest rate since 2004. Shares in the wind energy giant topped at 692 in 2008 at the height of the ‘green boom’ but have…

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Posted on 12. Dec, 2011 in: News

Prime Minister in Portugal

On arrival in Portugal, Monday, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said it’s far too early too speculate about whether Denmark will participate in the new euro-pact and declined to comment about possible division within…

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Posted on 12. Dec, 2011 in: News

Durban talks: How Connie Hedegaard got countries to agree on climate deal

Denmark’s EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard has been hailed as ‘the hero of the Durban Climate Conference’ by the British newspaper, The Guardian, who describe her as ‘the architect of the EU plan…

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Posted on 12. Dec, 2011 in: News

Learning Danish doesn’t help job prospects

Mandatory Danish language lessons haven’t been successful in getting more non-western immigrants into the labour market. An extensive research project by the Danish Institute for Government Research, which monitored two groups of 700…

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Posted on 12. Dec, 2011 in: News

Coalition division on euro pact

What’s the Danish government’s position on the fiscal pact agreed by 17 eurozone countries just before the weekend? The Social Democrats have remained quiet while Socialist People’s Party leader Villy Søvndal has expressed…

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Posted on 12. Dec, 2011 in: News

Good news for Liberals after turbulent week

Voters would still like to see Lars Løkke Rasmussen back in the Prime Minister’s office even though his party has been tainted by the Taxgate affair. A new Gallup poll, conducted after the…

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Posted on 12. Dec, 2011 in: News

Søvndal questions euro pact

Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Socialist People’s Party leader, Villy Søvndal has signalled potential conflict within the government by claiming that Denmark shouldn’t accept everything in the fiscal pact proposed by eurozone countries…

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Posted on 12. Dec, 2011 in: News

Climate deal – good or bad?

The agreement that emerged from the UN Climate Conference in Durban, which for the first time ever commits all countries to cutting carbon emission, has split Danish politicians along party lines. The Liberals’…

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Posted on 12. Dec, 2011 in: News

Was Sass Larsen departure staged by Thorning-Schmidt?

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt was far more involved in the decision that close advisor Henrik Sass Larsen couldn’t become a cabinet minister than she’s previously chosen to reveal. According to Ekstra Bladet, Sunday,…

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Posted on 12. Dec, 2011 in: News

Massive social fraud

Danes are guilty of widespread social security fraud that costs the state billions every year. According to a new report by KMD Analyse, ‘benefits chisellers’ cheat the system out of between DKK7m-12m every…

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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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