Posted on 16. Dec, 2020 in: News

Virus updates

Nearly 3,000 new infections….Vaccinations could start before New Year….Care homes hit by virus… 2,992 new corona cases were registered, Tuesday, as the number of hospitalisations rose by 10, to 439. There were 11…

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Posted on 16. Dec, 2020 in: News

Opposition leader supports child brides probe as division with Støjberg widens

Liberal (Venstre) leader Jacob Ellemann Jensen has come out in support of an independent legal review of the Child Bride Commission’s interim report that found former integration minister Inger Støjberg had misled parliament….

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Posted on 16. Dec, 2020 in: News

Vestager targets Google, Amazon and Facebook…again

Denmark’s Executive Vice President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager launched new measures, Tuesday, aimed at restricting U.S. ‘Big Tech’ companies. She told reporters at a Brussels press conference: “We now have such…

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Posted on 16. Dec, 2020 in: News

Denmark tops anti-bribery index

Despite the recent financial scandals at a Defence Ministry agency and Velux, the world’s leading manufacturer of roof windows and skylights, Denmark leads the way on a global list of countries where companies…

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Posted on 16. Dec, 2020 in: News

Business shorts

FBI probes Danske Bank….Producer prices head south….Uncertainty surrounds Nord Stream 2…… Shares in Danske Bank plunged yesterday following reports that Denmark’s biggest bank is being investigated by the US Justice Department and the…

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Posted on 15. Dec, 2020 in: News

Commission finds ex-minister acted illegally

The Child Brides Commission has found that former integration minister Inger Støjberg acted illegally when she ordered the separation of refugee couples at asylum reception centres and also that she willfully misled parliament….

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Posted on 15. Dec, 2020 in: News

Editorials: Støjberg should be tried

Leading newspapers agree that deputy Liberal leader Inger Støjberg should face charges after the Child Brides Commission found she acted illegally in 2016. In a hard-hitting editorial. Politiken’s editor in chief, Christian Jensen,…

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Posted on 15. Dec, 2020 in: News

Inger problem gives opposition leader a political headache

Liberal (Venstre)  leader Jakob Ellemann-Jensen is faced with a major headache after the  the Child Brides Commission found Inger Støjberg had issued an illegal order and misled parliament – whether to come out…

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Posted on 15. Dec, 2020 in: News

Virus expert: Next three days are decisive

Health experts have warned that the next three days are decisive for the containment of the corona virus after 3,337 people tested positive, Monday. However, Dr Eskild Petersen, a specialist in infectious diseases at Aarhus…

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Posted on 15. Dec, 2020 in: News

‘Frightening’ Copenhagen virus figures

The rate of infection in Copenhagen – the highest in the country – is ‘frightening’ Lord Mayor of Copenhagen Lars Weiss said last night after the latest National Serum Institute figures showed the…

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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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