Posted on 26. May, 2014 in: News

Thulesen Dahl: I have no prime minister ambitions

Popular Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Krisian Thulesen Dahl has dismissed speculation that he could become the centre-right’s candidate for prime minister at the next election, despite a new Gallup survey showing him…

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Posted on 26. May, 2014 in: News

Socialist leader flirts with DPP

The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) will no longer fight to keep its traditional political enemy, the Danish People’s Party (DPP), away from political influence. Exactly 100 days after being elected SPP leader, Pia…

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Posted on 26. May, 2014 in: News

Grey gold

One in three of all people in this country over the age of 64 are kroner millionaires – on paper. A new report by the The Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Interior…

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Posted on 26. May, 2014 in: News

Immigrants provide boost for service industry

The service industry in this country is now so dominated by foreign workers that many hotels and restaurants would be forced to close down if they were reliant on Danish employees. A new…

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Posted on 26. May, 2014 in: TWTW

The Week That Was, May 19th – May 25th, 2014

Politics/Economy Under-fire leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen was given a unanimous show of support by the Liberals’ executive committee at a crisis meeting in Copenhagen after yet another expenses controversy – tabloid daily Ekstra…

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Posted on 23. May, 2014 in: News

Voters want to keep EU opt-outs

Danish voters are reluctant to shed Denmark’s EU opt-outs on justice and military policy. While a cross-party majority in parliament would like to see Denmark become a more active participant in EU affairs,…

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Posted on 23. May, 2014 in: News

PM to DPP: Welfare opt-out would threaten EU membership

With just two days to go to the EU election, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has lashed out at the Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) demand for a new EU opt-out, on welfare, that would…

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Posted on 23. May, 2014 in: News

’Bacon election’ in Sweden as Danish pork dominates EU campaign

Meat imports from Denmark have, surprisingly, become a dominant EU campaign issue in Sweden where a growing number of Swedish food stores have boycotted the sale of Danish pork due to animal welfare…

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Posted on 23. May, 2014 in: News

Denmark in competiveness top ten

Denmark has risen three places and has now joined the top-10 of the world’s most competitive countries. The World Competitiveness Yearbook, published annually by top-ranked business school IMD, ranks Denmark at no.9 and…

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Posted on 23. May, 2014 in: News

Denmark puts a hold on Mali aid

Denmark has put a hold its aid commitment to Mali after it emerged that the Malian government has spent $40m on a private jet for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and issued a $200-million…

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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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