Posted on 15. Apr, 2024 in: News

Government condemns Iran attack

The government has condemned Iran’s missile attack on Israel and warned that Denmark is facing a heightened terror threat. In a message on social media X after Iran launched drones and fired missiles…

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Posted on 15. Apr, 2024 in: News

Calls for more support for Israel

Denmark needs to support Israel even more after Iran’s attempt to ‘murder as many people as possible’ the chair of Parliament’s Foreign Policy Committee, Michael Aastrup Jensen, said Sunday.  He told TV2 that…

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Posted on 15. Apr, 2024 in: News

LA leader lays out political platform

Despite Liberal Alliance (LA) leader Alex Vanopslagh’s reluctance to speculate about his prime ministerial ambitions he laid out a political platform for a future centre-right government over the weekend. In a rousing speech…

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Posted on 15. Apr, 2024 in: News

PM heads for Poland after Argentina president cancels visit

Argentina’s President Javier Milei has cancelled an official visit to Denmark today due to the escalating situation between Iran and Israel. The now postponed top-level visit by the newly elected President, who’s been…

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Posted on 15. Apr, 2024 in: News

Minkgate costs grow and grow and….

Nearly four years after the government ordered the mass cull of Denmark’s entire mink population of approximately 17 million minks the ‘Minkgate scandal’ continues to grow. Mink breeders whose livelihood was ruined following the…

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Posted on 15. Apr, 2024 in: News

Border controls extended

The government has extended temporary border controls with Germany by six months due to the ‘continued high threat of terrorism’. The existing controls would have expired in May but the ‘safety and security…

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Posted on 12. Apr, 2024 in: News

Minister denies authorities use Google, Facebook to monitor taxpayers

Tax Minister Jeppe Bruus has confirmed that the Tax Agency (SKAT) doesn’t collect personal data from Google or Facebook for its Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems. After Politiken revealed this week that the tax…

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Posted on 12. Apr, 2024 in: News

Immigrants’ fertility rate less than Danish women

For the first time in many years ‘non-western’ immigrant women are having fewer children than ethnic Danes. A new report by Statistics Denmark shows non-western women, typically from the Middle East, Africa, certain…

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Posted on 12. Apr, 2024 in: News

Voters demand royals work more for their money

A majority of the electorate wants to see more demands placed on the royal family for the extra DKK17.3m they will receive this year, if the government’s proposal is passed by parliament. When…

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Posted on 12. Apr, 2024 in: News

Politico: Denmark’s tough immigration policy could deny Mette Frederiksen top EU job

Politico EU, seen as the most influential media in the EU, reports how Denmark, under Social Democrat Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her centre-right predecessor Lars Løkke Rasmussen, has pursued some of 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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