Posted on 25. Feb, 2020 in: News

Shares plummet as coronavirus hits stock market

Copenhagen Stock Exchange’s trend-setting C25 index of blue-chip shares fell to a 4-year low, Monday, losing 3.59% as the number of coronavirus cases surged in Italy and South Korea, putting two more major…

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Posted on 24. Feb, 2020 in: News

PM returns from EU budget meeting empty-handed

Denmark and its partners in the ‘gang of four’ – Austria, the Netherlands, and Sweden – refused to back down, Friday, on their demand for an EU budget cap as the 27 EU…

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Posted on 24. Feb, 2020 in: News

Social Democrats urge members to find dirt on Liberals

A leaked internal Social Democrat e-mail could prove to be highly embarrassing for the prime minister. The mail, sent from the party’s policy and press department but seen by Jyllands Posten, urges members,…

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Posted on 24. Feb, 2020 in: News

Government’s allies issue climate warning

The Red/Greens have threatened to topple Climate Minister Dan Jørgensen unless he kick-starts negotiations for a climate action plan. Titular head of the far-left party, Pernille Skipper, warned that if the climate minister…

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Posted on 24. Feb, 2020 in: News

Ministry shuts down anti-Iran TV station

The Danish Radio and Television Board, part of the Culture Ministry, has shut down a satellite TV station run by anti -Teheran exiled Iranians. In its ruling, the Board said the station’s programming…

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Posted on 24. Feb, 2020 in: News

Conservatives: No citizenship for criminals

Foreign nationals with a criminal record should be denied Danish citizenship according to the Conservatives. Under current legislation applicants with a suspended prison sentence but party leader, former justice minister Søren Pape Poulsen,…

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Posted on 24. Feb, 2020 in: News

UN report: Danish kids are ‘flourishing’

Danish children are ‘flourishing’ but CO2 is a major issue, an extensive new report from the World Health Organisation and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) finds. In the final rankings, which included…

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Posted on 24. Feb, 2020 in: News

Polish praise for ‘special relationship’

During a visit to Copenhagen, Friday, Poland’s foreign minister Jacek Czaputowicz praised Denmark as ‘Poland’s special partner.’ Security issues were high on the agenda and the minister thanked his Danish counterpart, Jespe Kofod,…

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Posted on 24. Feb, 2020 in: News

News in brief

Latvian woman avoids South Africa deportation….Denmark gives $1.2m to WHO fight against coronavirus….Foreign royals line up to celebrate Queen’s 80th… A 46-year-old Latvian woman who’s spent the past 14 months in a Danish…

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Posted on 23. Feb, 2020 in: TWTW

The Week That Was, February 17th – 26th 2020:

Politics/Economy: Danish politicians and IT experts reacted angrily to reports that the Danish Military, and Defence Ministry, have since the 1990s spent millions on encryption devices from the Swiss company Crypto AG, owned…

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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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