Posted on 15. Apr, 2011 in: News

Fighter jet deal in danger?

Denmark’s biggest and most expensive purchase of military hardware ever – the DKK30-40 bn deal to buy a new fleet of fighter jets to replace the Air Force’s ageing fleet of F-16’s –…

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Posted on 15. Apr, 2011 in: News

Søren ‘foot in mouth’ Pind

Minister of Integration Søren Pind’s reputation for ‘shooting from the hip’ surfaced again yesterday when he called the Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner, Thomas Hammarberg, an ‘idiot’ and ‘a waste of space’….

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Posted on 15. Apr, 2011 in: News

Mohammed illustrator on trial in Jordan

A Jordanian court is ready to start a trial against Mohammed illustrator Kurt Westergaard. Zakary Sheik, spokesman for a local Amman media group that’s suing Mr Westergaard for blasphemy, said the illustrator has…

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Posted on 15. Apr, 2011 in: News

Government ignores Dalai Lama

Neither Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen nor Minister of Foreign Affairs Lene Espersen have any plans to meet the Dalai Lama during his visit to Denmark next week. In a formal response to…

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Posted on 15. Apr, 2011 in: News

Video surveillance of Nørrebro

Large parts of the inner city district of Nørrebro are to be placed under constant video surveillance. In response to safety concerns from local residents and the recent spate of gang-related shootings, Copenhagen…

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Posted on 15. Apr, 2011 in: News

Vincent and Josephine – and Waltzing Mathilda

Three months of speculation came to an end yesterday when the twins born to Crown Prince Frederik and Princess Mary were christened. The royal couple shunned more traditional names by naming the baby…

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Posted on 14. Apr, 2011 in: News

Lene E: More countries needed to bomb Gaddafi

Minister of Foreign Affairs Lene Espersen has called on more NATO countries to join the alliance’s bombing missions in Libya.  Ms Espersen said the USA’s withdrawn role has led to a shortage of…

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Posted on 14. Apr, 2011 in: News

APM splashes the cash

A.P. Møller-Mærsk (APM) is lining up a new multi-million dollar investment. According to the Singapore-based Business Times, APM CEO Nils Smedegaard said at the Singapore Maritime Lecture, Tuesday, that Mærsk Line is ‘likely’…

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Posted on 14. Apr, 2011 in: News

Copenhagen Airport in line with the big boys

The opening up of a new Middle East route has boosted the international status of Copenhagen Airport. When Gulf Air starts to fly from Copenhagen to Bahrain on the 1st of July, alongside…

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Posted on 14. Apr, 2011 in: News

Multi-million loss for DSB

The acting CEO of DSB, Klaus Pedersen, has been forced to resign after the release of figures showing the national rail carrier suffered a half-billion loss in 2010 after being forced to pump…

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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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