Posted on 05. Jun, 2014 in: News

Taxgate Commission clears main suspects

The initial findings of the ‘Taxgate’ Commission appear to clear the main suspects of any serious wrong doing. The Commission, set up in 2011  to investigate possible political intervention in Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s, and…

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Posted on 05. Jun, 2014 in: News

Three way deal rescues Bornholm slaughterhouse – and hundreds of jobs

Danish Crown’s slaughterhouse on the island of Bornholm, under the threat of closure for months, has been rescued by a last minute deal between The Danish Food and Allied Workers’ Union (NNF) and…

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Posted on 05. Jun, 2014 in: News

More euro isolation for Denmark as EU Commission green-lights Lithuania

The European Commission has given Lithuania the OK to join the euro . The small Baltic state will now become the 19th member of the single currency from the start of next year….

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Posted on 05. Jun, 2014 in: News

Business shorts

Maersk backs Panama Canal alternative /  Dankort transactions up / Confident Coloplast  / Vestas ups production in Brazil / Maersk: Maersk Line, the world’s largest container carrier, believes it makes good sense to…

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Posted on 04. Jun, 2014 in: News

Løkke lives to fight another day

Lars Løkke Rasmussen is to continue as Liberal leader after resisting moves to unseat him at a marathon seven-hour meeting of the party’s executive committee last night. After media speculation throughout Monday that…

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Posted on 04. Jun, 2014 in: News

‘The biggest comeback since Lazarus rose from the dead’

Liberal leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s fighter instinct is praised by leading commentators in today’s papers, although there’s still widespread doubt as to whether he can now convince voters that he’s the right man…

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Posted on 04. Jun, 2014 in: News

Merkel to Thorning: ‘Lets eat lunch’

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel has invited Prime Minister Helle Thoring-Schmidt to a ‘working lunch’ in Berlin on the 19th of June. According to the Danish Embassy in the German capital, there’s no fixed…

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Posted on 04. Jun, 2014 in: News

Fogh Rasmussen calls for a ‘fitter, faster NATO’

“We need to make NATO fitter, faster and more flexible” – that was the opening salvo from NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the commencement of a two-day meeting of the alliance’s…

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Posted on 04. Jun, 2014 in: News

44 break-ins over 11-day period

Two Romanian nationals, accused of carrying out 44 break-ins over an 11 day crime spree, told Lyngby District Court yesterday that they had originally come to Denmark to find work. The court heard…

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Posted on 04. Jun, 2014 in: News

New car sales up again

New car sales rose by 1.4% in May compared to the same month last year, after a 4.3% increase in April and 12% in March. Despite the slowdown, industry insiders still believe 2014…

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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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