Posted on 15. Jun, 2011 in: News

Professors accuse Ministry of fiddling windmill noise figures

Three sound experts from Aarhus University accuse the Environment Ministry of manipulating the noise figures emitted by industrial windmills, in today’s Berlingske Tidende.  The problem is the background operational noise of the machines,…

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Posted on 15. Jun, 2011 in: News

Tighter sanctions against Syria on the way

Foreign Minister, Lene Espersen, yesterday outlined more specific proposals to maintain pressure on Assad’s Syrian regime to end the use of violence. The Minister will propose extending travel restrictions and freezing of assets…

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Posted on 15. Jun, 2011 in: News

Border update: permanent checks or not?

The government’s border deal with the Danish People’s Party, (DPP), does not entail permanently manned border checks, revealed the head of Copenhagen Tax, Erling Andersen. In an attempt to clarify the highly controversial…

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Posted on 15. Jun, 2011 in: News

Political attacks on experts are almost Soviet-like

EU legal expert, Marlene Wind, hit back yesterday against her critics, Pia Kjærsgaard, (Danish People’s Party), and Søren Pind, (Liberals). The two politicians had used the harshest of rhetoric against the professor of…

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Posted on 15. Jun, 2011 in: News

Right wing populists the winners in border spat

It appears that the Danish People’s Party, DPP, are the major political beneficiaries of the diplomatic conflict unleashed by their initiative to reinforce the Danish borders. The latest opinion poll shows a surge…

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Posted on 15. Jun, 2011 in: News

CNN sing Copenhagen cyclists’ praises

CNN, the international news giant, has recently visited Copenhagen as part of its “Future Cities” series. And the show highlighted, in the most glowing of terms, the cycling culture and provision that distinguishes…

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Posted on 15. Jun, 2011 in: News

Danes need whipping into shape

Danes’ lifestyles need greater regulation if the average life-span is to be raised. That’s the uncompromising verdict of head of research, Knud Juel, at the State Institute for Public Health, after a new…

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Posted on 15. Jun, 2011 in: News

Shock! Danish income tax not world’s highest

There is one myth that can be safely laid to rest. Danes do not spend all their hard earned money on paying more income tax than the rest of the world, or the…

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Posted on 14. Jun, 2011 in: News

Police off the streets

There will be a markedly lower police profile in the capital and throughout Zeeland in the coming months, warned a police official today. In the Northern Zeeland region, police are being shifted from…

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Posted on 14. Jun, 2011 in: News

Windmill test centre case goes to court

An important case for the future of the windmill industry is today aired for the first time in the Western High Court. The plans for a test centre for giant windmills, seen as…

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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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