Posted on 25. Mar, 2021 in: News

Fogh faces Tibet Commission today

Former prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and former foreign minister Per Stig Møller will appear before the Tibet Commission today to give their versions of why pro-Tibet demonstrators were denied the right to…

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Posted on 25. Mar, 2021 in: News

Virus updates

Positivity rate on the rise…Health authorities to provide Astra Zeneca update today but Danes say no….Sweden relaxes entry requirements for Danish travellers…. There were 824 new corona cases, Wednesday, based on 191,462 tests,…

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Posted on 25. Mar, 2021 in: News

Business shorts

Reopening helps consumer confidence…Vestas no.1 in global ranking…. Consumer confidence improved slightly in March following the gradual easing of restrictions on retailers. The latest Statistics Denmark data shows the consumer confidence index rose…

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Posted on 24. Mar, 2021 in: News

Prominent Liberal MP deserts sinking ship

The Liberals’ policy spokeswoman, Britt Bager, has become the third prominent MP to quit the party this year, signalling even more problems for leader Jacob Ellemann-Jensen. Ms Bager, who followed former prime minister…

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Posted on 24. Mar, 2021 in: News

Law experts: Danish mothers in Syria camps should be brought home and prosecuted

The government’s argument that Danish mothers in Syrian detention camps shouldn’t be allowed to return home because it would be virually impossible to convict them of terrorism is ‘fundamentally flawed’ according to legal…

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Posted on 24. Mar, 2021 in: News

Straight talk for China’s ambassador

China’s ambassador to Denmark, Feng Tie, was given a very clear message during a meeting at the Danish Foreign Ministry, Tuesday – both Europe and Denmark will be ‘vigilant’ in the protection of freedom…

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Posted on 24. Mar, 2021 in: News

Grand reopening pencilled in for May 9th

May 9th could be the grand reopening day for Denmark – the day when everybody over the age of 50 has received at least one shot of a corona vaccine. After announcing the…

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Posted on 24. Mar, 2021 in: News

Infection rate on the rise but ‘under control’

The epidemic is slowly on the rise again, as seen by an increase in the ‘R’ rate – the average number of people each infected person passes the disease onto – from 1…

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Posted on 24. Mar, 2021 in: News

Queen picks new Lord Chamberlain

HM Queen Margrethe has named the Royal Danish House’s master of ceremonies, Kim Kristensen, as the new Lord Chamberlain, replacing Michael Ehrenreich who’s retiring after six years of service. Mr Ehrenreich, former head…

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Posted on 24. Mar, 2021 in: News

Job figures plunge

21,600 lost their jobs from December to January, the biggest drop in employment since April last year and the second month in a row that 25,000 jobs disappeared. Senior Arbejdernes Landbank economist Jeppe…

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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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