Posted on 03. Mar, 2011 in: News

Couple freed of human trafficking charge

A marred couple from Silkeborg have been acquitted of human trafficking and released from jail. The couple had been in custody since August when they were reported to the police by a young…

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Posted on 02. Mar, 2011 in: News

Hostages arrive in Somalia

The Danish hi-jacked yacht is now off the coast of Somalia, although it’s unsure as to whether the family of five and two crew members who have been taken hostage by pirates are…

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Posted on 02. Mar, 2011 in: News

Aid organisations welcome Pind’s largesse

Danish aid organisations in Libya have welcomed the DKK60m that Minister of Development Aid Søren Pind will allow them to take from Danida’s emergency aid fund. Secretary General Anders Ladekarl of Danish Red…

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Posted on 02. Mar, 2011 in: News

Filipino workers to get compensation

Four Filipino workers have been taken off the Mærsk Discover oil rig in Western Australia after it was revealed they had been working for months without a labour permit and at ‘slave rates’….

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Posted on 02. Mar, 2011 in: News

Corporate tax income shrinks

The state’s earnings from the business sector continues to shrink. Corporation tax payments fell to DKK32.6bn in 2009, a DKK13.3bn/29% drop on the previous year and the lowest figure since 1999, new Statistics…

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Posted on 02. Mar, 2011 in: News

No additional aid for Libya

The people of Libya won’t be getting any extra aid funding from Denmark. Minister of Development Aid Søren Pind has told the major aid organisations that they can take DKK60m from Danida’s aid…

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Posted on 02. Mar, 2011 in: News

Minister attacks left-wing daily

Information has acted in an ‘extremely dubious manner’ according to Minister of Integration Birthe Rønn Hornbech who continues to deny she acted wrongly in the stateless Palestinians affair. The left-wing newspaper cited two…

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Posted on 02. Mar, 2011 in: News

Time to go, Birthe

A majority of the electorate believes that Minister of Integration Birthe Rønn Hornbech should resign as a direct consequence of the stateless Palestinians affair, and if she isn’t prepared to do so she…

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Posted on 02. Mar, 2011 in: News

UN: She could have asked us

Birthe Rønn Hornbech (V) could have received all the answers she wanted about the legal status of the stateless Palestinians if she had just taken the time to call the UN Refugee Agency,…

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Posted on 02. Mar, 2011 in: News

DPP leader reported to police

Pia Kjærsgaard has been reported to the police for publicly revealing information contained in a confidential memo about a group of stateless Palestinians. The Danish People’s Party leader has rejected the allegations, claiming…

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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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