Posted on 13. May, 2011 in: News

Pakistani Intelligence linked to attack on Danish newspaper

A high-ranking major in the Pakistani intelligence agency, ISI, was allegedly involved in the plans to launch a terrorist attack on Jyllands-Posten, publisher of the original Mohammed cartoons. Pakistani-American David Headley, who was…

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Posted on 13. May, 2011 in: News

Justice Minister’s damage limitation exercise

Minister of Justice Lars Barfoed was forced to call his European colleagues yesterday and assure them that Denmark isn’t becoming a closed off country. After widespread criticism of Denmark’s plans to impose stringent…

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Posted on 13. May, 2011 in: News

Visa demand for Danes

If the Danish government implements stringent border controls as planned then Danes should be required to be in possession of a visa when they travel through Europe. That’s the response of leading French-German…

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Posted on 13. May, 2011 in: News

Hillary praises Lene E.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was full of praise for her Danish colleague Lene Espersen after the Arctic Council’s ministers’ meeting in Nuuk, Greenland, yesterday. The former First Lady said it was…

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Posted on 13. May, 2011 in: News

Negotiations finished today?

The long-drawn out negotiations about retirement reform could finally be drawing to a close. After another three hours of talks yesterday, Social Liberal leader Margrethe Vestager said there was now agreement on most…

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Posted on 13. May, 2011 in: News

No changes in reform bill say Social Liberals

The Social Liberals won’t accept any attempt to repeal retirement reform legislation after this year’s election. The Social Democrats and Socialist People’s Party warned yesterday they would invite parties to a new round…

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Posted on 13. May, 2011 in: News

International backing for Libya mission

A new international poll reflects positive worldwide support for NATO’s intervention in Libya. People in Belgium, South Africa, Australia, India, France, Sweden and Canada are the most supportive, with positive ratings above 70%,…

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Posted on 12. May, 2011 in: News

Denmark and South Korea’s green deal

Denmark and South Korea have signed a ‘green technology’ partnership agreement. At a Copenhagen meeting today, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and South Korea’s President Lee Myung-bak proudly presented a bilateral agreement between…

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Posted on 12. May, 2011 in: News

Pind deflects border control criticism

Minister of Integration spent the morning ‘putting out fires’ as he tried to deflect widespread European condemnation of Denmark’s new border controls. The government’s decision to introduce strict control of the country’s national…

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Posted on 12. May, 2011 in: News

Socialists: Government should come clean

Socialists: Government should come clean The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) has dismissed the government’s refusal to comment on whether Danish bombs were responsible for the death of Muammar Gaddafi’s son as ‘ridiculous’. After…

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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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