Posted on 10. Sep, 2024 in: News

Mother in Syrian detention camp refuses repatriation offer

A mother with two children has refused Denmark’s offer of repariation, saying she would rather remain in the al-Roj detention camp in Syria than face being separated from her kids in this country….

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Posted on 10. Sep, 2024 in: News

Swedish teen to face murder rap in Denmark

A 16-year-old Swedish boy will be handed over to Denmark to face charges for attempted murder after Sweden’s Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal against extradition. The youth is among the suspects…

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Posted on 10. Sep, 2024 in: News

Copenhagen to bid for Olympic Games?

Copenhagen is exploring the possibility of hosting the Olympics in the near future. Following the success of Paris this summer, City Hall lawmakers have appropriated half a million kroner (€67,000) in the capital’s annual…

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Posted on 10. Sep, 2024 in: News

Manufacturing bounces back

Manufacturing production expanded 7.3% month on month in July and 2.5% over the May-July period.  The latest Statistics Denmark figures show the July uptick, following June’s flat result, was largely due to rebounds…

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Posted on 09. Sep, 2024 in: News

Løkke tries to put a cap on Moderates’ scandal

Moderates’ leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen has been accused of ‘jumping the gun’ by claiming that a week-long probe by the Working Environment Authority (WEA/Arbejdstilsynet) found no evidence of sexism or sexual harassment within…

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Posted on 09. Sep, 2024 in: News

Military command flip-flops on NATO exercise

Danish Military Command withdrew a full brigade of 2,500 troops from NATO’s 2025 ‘Allied Spirit’ military exercise in Germany last month due to a lack of funding, even though a July 2 memo,…

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Posted on 09. Sep, 2024 in: News

Minister for Europe: Ukraine ‘unprepared’ for EU membership

While getting Ukraine into the EU remains a top priority for the government the war-torn country is ‘seriously unprepared’ for membership right now, new Minister for Europe Marie Bjerre said in an interview…

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Posted on 09. Sep, 2024 in: News

Ex-PM accuses former colleagues of plotting coup

Helle Thorning-Schmidt has claimed that ‘certain people’ within the Social Democrats were planning to launch a coup against her during her time as prime minister between 2011-15. In an interview with political news…

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Posted on 09. Sep, 2024 in: News

Foreign Minister kicks off Africa Strategy in Cairo

Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has arrived in Egypt on the first step in implementing the government’s new Africa Strategy. The capital of Cairo has been pinpointed as one of four regional hubs,…

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Posted on 09. Sep, 2024 in: News

New political party

Denmark’s latest political group, the ‘People’s Party’ (Borgernes Parti) has received around a quarter of the voter declarations it needs to be put on the ballot at the next general election. Founder Lars…

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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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