Posted on 20. Mar, 2012 in: News

40th day of hunger strike for Danish national

The Danish national who’s been on a hunger strike for 40 days in a Bahrain jail is probably so weak that he no longer knows what he’s doing, a Danish nutrition expert said…

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Posted on 20. Mar, 2012 in: News

Criminal asylum seekers divide coalition partners

The problem of refugees and asylum seekers, who’ve been convicted of crime in this country and given a deportation order but refuse to return home, has divided the coalition. The Social Liberals and…

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Posted on 20. Mar, 2012 in: News

Energy talks break down

Negotiations between the government and opposition about a new energy bill broke down last night when the two sides were unable to reach agreement on whether 200,000 households should be forced to replace…

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Posted on 20. Mar, 2012 in: News

Warning preceded stabbings at mental hospital

The psychiatric wing of Odense hospital, where a 47 year old mentally ill patient stabbed a doctor and two nurses, Friday, has suffered major problems for a long time. A new report by…

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Posted on 19. Mar, 2012 in: News

Voters’ anger at MP’s retirement age

A new poll shows that 9 out of 10 voters believe that politicians shouldn’t be allowed to retire at 60, after parliament raised the requirement age for early-retirement and state pensions for the…

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Posted on 19. Mar, 2012 in: News

Impressive environment figures for Carlsberg

Carlsberg has claimed the title of the most effective brewer in the world, based on impressive energy figures for 2011 and its top-5 placing in the Newsweek Green Rankings, where it scored highest…

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Posted on 19. Mar, 2012 in: News

Swedes file for patent on social democracy

Swedish Social Democrats’ attempt to patent the words ‘social democracy’ has sparked off a Nordic war of words about who originally initiated the concept of universal health care, social security, and free education…

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Posted on 19. Mar, 2012 in: TWTW

7.59 -Danish News Today – The Week That Was, March 12th – March 18th, 2012

Politics / Economy A number of anonymous Social Democrat and Social Liberal ministers claimed that Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt could be forced to reshuffle her team after summer and Socialist People’s Party (SPP)…

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Posted on 19. Mar, 2012 in: spanish

LA PASADA SEMANA: Resumen de Noticias del 12 al 18 de marzo de 2012

POLITICA/ECONOMIA Varios ministros Socialdemócratas y Social Liberales afirmaron que la PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt podría verse obligada a reorganizar su grupo después de verano y el líder del Partido Socialista Popular (SF) Villy Søvndal…

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Posted on 19. Mar, 2012 in: News

PM’s advisor takes the heat for disastrous poll figures

Leading Social Democrats have blamed the Prime Minister’s closest political advisor for the party’s disastrous poll figures. US educated Noa Reddington, who according to political commentators was instrumental in guiding Ms Thorning-Schmidt towards…

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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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