Posted on 12. Sep, 2012 in: News

Denmark leads the way on cluster bombs destruction

By the end of next year the Danish military will have totally destroyed its stockpile of cluster bombs. In a press release, Minister of Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal said: “Cluster munitions are terrible…

More

Posted on 12. Sep, 2012 in: News

Krag ready to run

Health Minister Astrid Krag will formally announce her candidacy to become Socialist People’s Party leader today, according to ‘highly-placed’ party sources. Ms Krag has emerged as favourite for the top job but has…

More

Posted on 12. Sep, 2012 in: News

Conservative leader rules out DPP

A future ‘blue’ government shouldn’t repeat the mistakes of the last one and base its parliamentary majority on the votes of the Danish People’s Party (DPP), Conservative leader Lars Barfoed said yesterday as…

More

Posted on 12. Sep, 2012 in: News

Robert isn’t alone

‘Work shy’ Robert Nielsen, who sparked off a national debate about welfare handouts after he openly admitted on national TV to being a ‘lazy pig’ who’s proud to have been unemployed for ten…

More

Posted on 12. Sep, 2012 in: News

Slaying in Vesterbro

A 48-year-old man was killed in cold blood on the streets of the inner-city district of Vestrbro last night. A police spokesman said the victim, a Pakistani convenience store owner, was shot once…

More

Posted on 11. Sep, 2012 in: News

SPP leadership battle looks like one-horse race

Another high-ranking Socialist People’s Party (SPP) MP has ruled himself out of the race to become party leader, paving the way for Health Minister Astrid Krag to suceed Villy Søvndal. Finance spokesman Jonas…

More

Posted on 11. Sep, 2012 in: News

Jobs available

Despite claims that it’s impossible to find work in Denmark right now, new figures show that there were 8,142 jobs available in the Greater Copenhagen region in Q2 and nearly 20,000 nationwide. Northern Jutland,…

More

Posted on 11. Sep, 2012 in: News

Medicine sales boost export figures

Pharmaceutical sales, especially to the USA, continue to boost Danish exports. Denmark exported DKK52.5bn of goods in July, according to new Statistics Denmark figures, a rise of 0.7 per cent on June. At…

More

Posted on 11. Sep, 2012 in: News

Ex-shipbuilders get multi-million EU grant

550 shipbuilders made redundant when the Lindø shipyard in Odense closed down in 2009 have been awarded a a DKK48m grant from EU to help them find new jobs. The money comes from…

More

Posted on 11. Sep, 2012 in: News

Eyes On Kenya: Business Conference in Copenhagen

The Danish Embassy in Nairobi presents Eyes On Kenya, in Copenhagen on October 5, 2012. From the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs website: The event will bring together Kenyan and Danish business leaders…

More

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.

More

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

More