Posted on 20. Jan, 2011 in: News

Mohammed illustrator meets his attacker

Kurt Westergaard called his attempted assassin a ‘small, cowardly liar’, when the two met face to face in an Århus courtroom today. The 29-year-old Somali has denied the murder charge and claimed his…

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Posted on 20. Jan, 2011 in: News

Terror threat raised

The Somali axeman trial in Aarhus has increased the terror threat against Denmark, according to terror expert Helle Lykke Nielsen of the Centre for Middle East Studies at the University of Southern Denmark…

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Union against retirement reform

3F, Denmark’s biggest trade union, has urged the rest of the trade union movement to pull out of the government’s Growth Forum if the Lib/Con coalition continues to push for reform of the…

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Posted on 20. Jan, 2011 in: News

Tamils lose deportation appeal

Denmark has the right to deport nine rejected asylum seekers back to their homeland of Sri Lanka. The European Court of Human Rights ruled today against nine Tamils who had claimed that they…

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News in brief

Axeman denies murder charge – Veterans against Hizb-ut Tahrir – Inflation will hit exports  The ‘mad axeman’ on trial for the attempted murder of Mohammd illustrator Kurt Westergard told an Aarhus court yesterday…

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Swedish politician’s rant against Denmark

Maria Wetterstrand, departing leader of the Swedish environment party, The Greens, lashed out at Denmark as a ‘closed off, intolerant country’ in her concluding speech to parliament, Wednesday. She expressed concern that Sweden…

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Løkke at no.10

British Prime Minister David Cameron welcomed his Danish counterpart Lars Løkke Rasmussen and seven other Nordic leaders to Downing Street last night for a ‘free exchange of ideas’. Mr Cameron, a long-time admirer…

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Espersen denies duplicity allegations

Minister of Foreign Affairs Lene Espersen was once again forced to deny allegations of duplicity yesterday when parliament debated the CIA rendition flights affair. She rejected an accusation by the Social Democrats’ Mogens…

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A flock of communists

The Danish People’s Party has dismissed the left-wing’s demand for an independent inquiry into the CIA flights as ‘communist paranoia’. The party’s foreign affairs spokesman, Søren Espersen, said the whole situation creates a…

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Posted on 20. Jan, 2011 in: News

The prosperous live longer

High earners have a greater life expectancy than those who earn least. A new survey by the National Institute for Public Health (SIF) finds that those termed ‘prosperous’ can expect to live ten…

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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-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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