Posted on 13. Dec, 2011 in: News

New Liberal leak scandal

The Liberal Party has been rocked by another leak scandal. On an audio file obtained by tabloid daily Ekstra Bladet, TV2 journalist Rasmus Tantholdt is heard explaining very clearly how former defence minister…

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Posted on 13. Dec, 2011 in: News

New poll, new nose-dive for Social Democrats

A new opinion poll provides even more problems for Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt as she struggles with the repercussions of the euro pact agreement. The latest Voxmeter poll for Ritzau gives the ruling…

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Posted on 13. Dec, 2011 in: News

Analyst: PM should come down hard on Søvndal

Minister of Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal committed a major political blunder by claiming that Denmark can’t accept certain elements of the new EU pact and should be reprimanded. That’s the view of Berlingske…

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Referendum demands

A new Rambøll opinion poll shows that a majority of votes want a referendum if Denmark decides to join the new euro fiscal pact. 53.9% believe the electorate should be heard if politicians…

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Chinese counterfeit problems for Novo

An extremely professional Chinese manufacturer has sent a very exact, and illegal, counterfeit version of Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk’s insulin pens onto the Chinese market. A Novo spokesman said 300 copies have…

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Consumer prices up

Danish consumer prices rose by 2.6% in November compared to the same month last year, the latest Statistics Denmark figures show, although the rate of inflation fell slightly from the 2.8% of the…

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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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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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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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