Posted on 28. Jun, 2012 in: News

Helle on Hard Talk: Euro shouldn’t be used as a scapegoat for EU’s problems

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt rejected that the euro was the cause of Europe’s economic woes when she was asked to appraise the Danish EU Presidency in an interview with the BBC’s legendary Hard…

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Posted on 28. Jun, 2012 in: News

Danes shouldn’t be liable for others’ debt says Helle

Denmark won’t stand in the way of eurozone countries’ latest rescue attempt but at the same time won’t pay one single krone to pay other countries’ debts or help out failing banks. Before…

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Posted on 28. Jun, 2012 in: News

Presidency? What Presidency?

A large proportion of the electorate knows nothing about the Danish EU Presidency. In a new Epinion poll for DR News, 33 per cent of respondents say they have no idea how the…

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Posted on 28. Jun, 2012 in: News

Drastic poll numbers have to be taken seriously says PM

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt characterised a new poll, showing that the Social Democrats have plunged dramatically and are in danger of being overtaken by the far-left Red/Green Alliance, as ‘extremely dissatisfying’ and something…

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Posted on 28. Jun, 2012 in: News

Socialists stop unrest

Socialist People’s Party (SPP) leadership has quashed a mini-rebellion within the ranks. Two leading MP’s who had threatened to vote against the government’s tax reform bill in parliament have been ordered to toe…

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Posted on 28. Jun, 2012 in: News

al-Assad is desperate says Søvndal

President Bashar al-Assad’s claim that his country is at war is the last act of a desperate man, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal who said the Syrian despot’s use of…

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Posted on 28. Jun, 2012 in: News

Vestas bombed back to square one

Vestas shares closed last night at their lowest level since the company was first listed on the stock market in 1998. After topping at DKK 692 in 2008, when the wind-energy giant had…

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Posted on 27. Jun, 2012 in: News

Red/Greens – the darling of the left

The Red/Green Alliance, who’ve been a protest voice on the outer fringe of Danish politics for years, could soon become the left-wing’s biggest party. While a new Rambøll poll shows that the Social…

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Posted on 27. Jun, 2012 in: News

Agreement on transparency in African investements

After Berlingske revealed how major private and public investors have bought government bonds from eight African countries renowned for corruption, a lack of democracy, and violating human rights, Minister for Business and Growth…

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Posted on 27. Jun, 2012 in: News

Hard Talk hot seat for Helle

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt can be seen on the BBC’s flagship programme, Hard Talk, Wednesday evening, in an interview to mark the culmination of the Danish EU Presidency. After the 25-minute taping at…

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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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