Posted on 03. Sep, 2013 in: News

Drop in bankruptcies

The Danish business sector is in a healthier state than it’s been for a long time. New figures from Nordic credit ratings agency Bisnode Credit show that 331 businesses filed for bankruptcy in…

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Posted on 03. Sep, 2013 in: News

Town Hall boost for social housing

The left-wing majority at Copenhagen Town Hall has set aside DKK200m in next year’s budget to help finance 1,065 units of low-cost social housing in the capital. Mayor of Copenhagen Frank Jensen said…

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Posted on 03. Sep, 2013 in: News

Pharma giant appeals record fine

Lundbeck has filed an appeal against a DKK 700M (€93.8m) fine imposed by the European Commission in June, the biggest ever handed down to a Danish company. The pharmaceutical giant was slapped with…

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Posted on 02. Sep, 2013 in: TWTW

LA PASADA SEMANA: Resumen de Noticias del 26 de agosto al 1 de septiembre de 2013

POLITICA/ECONOMIA El gobierno publicó el día jueves el borrador del presupuesto público para el 2014 bajo el título de “Crecimiento y Balance”, dos palabras que, de acuerdo al Ministro de Finanzas, Bjerne Corydon,…

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Posted on 02. Sep, 2013 in: News

Syria: Søvndal backs Obama’s move for political backing

Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal has welcomed President Obama’s decision to consult the US Congress before making a final decision about any possible military strike on Syria. The Minister said he has ‘respect’ that…

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Posted on 02. Sep, 2013 in: News

Assad should be tried not bombed

Bashar al-Assad has committed war crimes against his own population but has to be tried by the war crimes tribunal, not bombed, according to the Red/Green Alliance who continue to maintain that only…

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Posted on 02. Sep, 2013 in: News

Move over Red/Green Alliance

A united opposition has urged Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon to drop talks with the Red/Green Alliance and join a broad-based, cross party 2014 budget. The Liberal Party, Liberal Alliance, Danish Peoples’ Party and…

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Posted on 02. Sep, 2013 in: News

Criminal asylum seekers are ‘ungrateful’

The Liberal Alliance is determined to weed out asylum seekers who have no respect for the law. The party’s legal affairs spokesman Simon Emil Ammitzbøll said he was shocked  to see so many people ‘benefit…

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Posted on 02. Sep, 2013 in: News

The fall of a giant

Although things were looking rosy just three months ago for top Copenhagen developer H.Pihl, who went bust last week putting a number of prestigious Copenhagen construction projects at risk, the optimism quickly turned…

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Posted on 02. Sep, 2013 in: News

Economy slowly moving forward

The economy is showing signs of gradually edging towards recovery. New Statistics Denmark figures show 0.5 per cent growth in Q2 compared to Q1, helped by an increase in exports, investment, and public…

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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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