Posted on 28. Sep, 2022 in: News

Sanctions on Russia could lead to oil spillage in Danish waters

The Maritime Authority has warned that Russian oil tankers passing close to Denmark may be more likely to crash and spill their cargoes due to EU sanctions that could prevent specialist pilots from…

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Posted on 28. Sep, 2022 in: News

Business shorts

Banks provide staff with blankets as temperatures drop….Supermarket chain turns down the heating….SAS ‘haemorrhaging’ money….. Some Danish banks are handing out blankets to help staff cope with lower office temperatures introduced as part…

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Posted on 27. Sep, 2022 in: News

PM aims to bring welfare to the people

The third installment of the government’s ‘Denmark can do more’ welfare reform plan is aimed at making the public sector less bureaucratic by improving transparency and reducing red tape. At a press conference,…

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Posted on 27. Sep, 2022 in: News

Belarus Ambassador: West to blame for…everything

It’s the West that’s to blame for the war in Ukraine, high energy prices, and the military escalation according to Belarus’s ambassador to Denmark and Finland, Aleksei Samosuev. In a lengthy interview with…

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Posted on 27. Sep, 2022 in: News

Ukrainians appeal for Danish battle tanks

Ukrainian civil organisations have made a direct appeal to Denmark for battle tanks. Denmark has so far sent 2,700 anti-tank weapons to Ukraine and, according to Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, is willing to send…

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Posted on 27. Sep, 2022 in: News

Ex-PM joins call for independent Minkgate investigation

Ex-prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has demanded an independent legal probe of his successor, Mette Frederiksen’s role in the Minkgate affair before announcing which candidate he’ll back at the upcoming election. The ex-prime…

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Posted on 27. Sep, 2022 in: News

Danish filmmaker to testify before January 6th select committee in Washington DC

Christoffer Guldbrandsen, a Danish documentary maker who was an eyewitness when Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in 2021, will provide testimony when the January 6th select committee investigating the violent attack reconvenes…

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Posted on 27. Sep, 2022 in: News

UN criticism for Denmark’s failure to support human rights activist

Denmark has received strong criticism from the UN for its ‘mishandling’ of the case against Danish-Bahraini activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who’s serving a life sentence in Bahrain for inciting an insurgency against the Sunni Muslim…

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Posted on 27. Sep, 2022 in: News

Russia-Germany pipeline leaks gas into Danish waters

The Danish Maritime Authority has imposed a safety zone of 5 nautical miles around the island of Bornholm and instructed ships to steer clear after a leak was discovered in the Nord Stream…

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Posted on 26. Sep, 2022 in: News

Controversial ex-minister eyes government role

Inger Støjberg is determined her new Denmark’s Democrats party should be an integral part of a centre-right government if the opposition wins power at the upcoming election. In an interview with TV2, 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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