Posted on 21. Jan, 2011 in: News

Opposition backs off – but she may have to go

The opposition won’t be calling for the head of Henriette Kjær even though her reputation has once again been tarnished. The Social Democrats’ René Skau Björnson said even though Ms Kjær has been…

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Posted on 21. Jan, 2011 in: News

Green alliance could help Denmark

A new alliance of North European countries could provide Denmark with a stronger voice in the EU. After the successful culmination of the first-ever British-Nordic-Baltic summit, hosted by British Prime Minister David Cameron…

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Posted on 21. Jan, 2011 in: News

3 countries wiped off aid list

The stream of aid funding to three struggling nations will be closed off in three years’ time. Minister of Development Aid Søren Pind informed parliament’s Foreign Policy committee yesterday that Denmark is to…

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Posted on 21. Jan, 2011 in: News

Afghan POW demands compensation

A former Afghan prisoner of war has returned to Denmark to seek DKK50,000 in compensation for alleged abuse suffered in a Kandahar detention camp. Ghousoullah Tarin claims that after he and 30 other…

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Posted on 21. Jan, 2011 in: News

Shots fired

Two shots were fired in at an internet café in the inner-city district of Nørrebro last night, the latest in a series of shootings that, according to police, indicate the gang war is…

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Posted on 20. Jan, 2011 in: News

Mohammed illustrator meets his attacker

Kurt Westergaard called his attempted assassin a ‘small, cowardly liar’, when the two met face to face in an Århus courtroom today. The 29-year-old Somali has denied the murder charge and claimed his…

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Posted on 20. Jan, 2011 in: News

Terror threat raised

The Somali axeman trial in Aarhus has increased the terror threat against Denmark, according to terror expert Helle Lykke Nielsen of the Centre for Middle East Studies at the University of Southern Denmark…

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Posted on 20. Jan, 2011 in: News

Union against retirement reform

3F, Denmark’s biggest trade union, has urged the rest of the trade union movement to pull out of the government’s Growth Forum if the Lib/Con coalition continues to push for reform of the…

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Posted on 20. Jan, 2011 in: News

Tamils lose deportation appeal

Denmark has the right to deport nine rejected asylum seekers back to their homeland of Sri Lanka. The European Court of Human Rights ruled today against nine Tamils who had claimed that they…

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Posted on 20. Jan, 2011 in: News

News in brief

Axeman denies murder charge – Veterans against Hizb-ut Tahrir – Inflation will hit exports  The ‘mad axeman’ on trial for the attempted murder of Mohammd illustrator Kurt Westergard told an Aarhus court yesterday…

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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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