Posted on 06. Jun, 2011 in: News

German no thanks to nuclear power opens door to Danish energy companies

The closure of all German nuclear power stations by 2022, announced by Chancellor Angela Merkel last week, represents a huge opening for Danish energy companies. Danish Energy has looked closely at the figures…

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Posted on 06. Jun, 2011 in: News

Killing of Kashmiri important for Denmark

Assassinated terrorist leader Ilyas Kashmiri was obsessed with attacking Jyllands-Posten, claims Swedish researcher, Magnus Ranstorp. The Swede explained that Kashmiri was known to have given revenge for the Mohammed cartoons a high profile…

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Posted on 06. Jun, 2011 in: News

Danish sales tax hits tourism

Sales tax in Denmark, known as moms in Danish, is having a major impact on the tourist business, reports financial daily, Børsen, today. The internationally high level of 25% has led to the…

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Posted on 06. Jun, 2011 in: News

Distortion street festival over to mixed reviews

The phenomenally successful Distortion four day street festival was attended by double the expected amount of people, organisers and local politicians said in the aftermath of the party. This, admitted Pia Allerslev, Copenhagen…

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Posted on 06. Jun, 2011 in: News

Haarder owes the public an explanation

Opposition politicians from Social Democrats, (S), and the Socialist People’s Party, (SF), moved to capitalise on the revelations in Friday’s Information that then Integration Minister, Bertel Haarder, had ignored civil servants’ advice on…

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Posted on 06. Jun, 2011 in: News

Rocket reaches the skies, sort of

After a week of media hype, the privately built space rocket was launched from somewhere off the coast of Bornholm on Friday afternoon. The maiden journey of “Tycho Brahe” was fairly modest, however,…

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Posted on 06. Jun, 2011 in: News

Liberals unleash attack on Social Liberals

Just days after mutually signing an agreement on the state’s budget plans up until 2020, the main government party launched a ferocious attack on Margrethe Vestager’s Social Liberal Party, (R). A vote for…

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Posted on 05. Jun, 2011 in: TWTW

The Week That Was: May 30th-June 5th

Politics The latest opinion poll showed the opposition with a comfortable 94-81 seat majority. Finance Minister Frederiksen announced a final agreement on the government’s 2020 spending plans, meaning that the state could now…

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Posted on 03. Jun, 2011 in: News

New variant of MRSA bacteria present in Denmark

A recent mutation of the anti-biotic resistant staphylococcus bacteria, (MRSA),  has been found in Denmark, it was today revealed by researcher, Robert Leo Skov from the State Serum Institute.  The bacteria, which originally…

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Posted on 03. Jun, 2011 in: News

Danish job market stuck in doldrums

The latest employment figures in Denmark make for grim reading.  14,600 companies were recently asked about their recruitment situation for a survey carried out by the Labour Market Board and Rambøll Management, and…

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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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