Posted on 03. Dec, 2010 in: News

Israel looks for Danish allies

Israel has asked its embassy in Copenhagen to recruit pro-active allies and launch a PR campaign to promote a more positive view of the Holy Land. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz writes that Ambassador…

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Posted on 03. Dec, 2010 in: News

Reds ahead

Another new opinion poll shows the centre-led opposition heading for power. A new Greens poll for financial daily Børsen indicates a significant majority for the ‘red’ bloc, although the debate about the points…

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Posted on 03. Dec, 2010 in: News

Argentina threatened Mærsk

The Mærsk shipping line was threatened with sanctions by the Argentine government earlier this year. According to a report by the US Embassy in Buenos Aires for the US State Department, leaked by…

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Posted on 03. Dec, 2010 in: News

Development Minister suggests ‘freedom fund’

Minister of Development Søren Pind (L) wants to transfer millions of kroner from Danish aid to a ‘freedom fund’ in an effort to combat radicalisation and promote democracy in the world’s poorest countries….

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Posted on 03. Dec, 2010 in: News

Send the homeless home, says Social Minister

All foreign homeless people should be sent home. That’s the message from Minister of Social Affairs Benedikte Kjær, alarmed that emergency shelters in Copenhagen are becoming a magnet for homeless foreign nationals. A…

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Posted on 03. Dec, 2010 in: News

Long-term unemployed give economy a battering

Nearly a third of all those in the ever-lengthening jobless queue are long-term unemployed, putting any potential labour market recovery at risk, economists claim. Frederik I. Pedersen, senior analyst at the Economic Council…

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Posted on 03. Dec, 2010 in: News

Abromovich interested in FCK?

A spokesman for Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich has dismissed rumours that the Russian billionaire is attempting to buy a stake in FC Copenhagen (FCK). Rumours of a takeover have been rife since…

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Posted on 02. Dec, 2010 in: News

Ambassador was Bush’s ‘hatchet man’

The Social Democrats claim to be neither insulted nor surprised by former US Ambassador James Cain’s admission that he warned President Bush about the danger of Helle Thorning-Schmidt becoming Prime Minister in 2007….

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Posted on 02. Dec, 2010 in: News

Unemployment up again

The jobless figures continue to rise. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show that 170,300 are now officially unemployed, or 6.2% of the workforce. Minister of Employment Inger Støjberg warned that things are going…

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Posted on 02. Dec, 2010 in: News

Swedish court rejects WikiLeaks appeal

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lost his appeal to the Swedish Supreme Court against the international warrant issued for his arrest. Mr Assange is wanted for questioning in Sweden in connection with rape…

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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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