Posted on 04. Jun, 2014 in: News

Happiest country in the world – not really?

Berlingske’s editor in chief, Tom Jensen, an entertaining commentator on Danes and life in this country, questions in his latest blog the claim that Denmark is the happiest nation in the world. He…

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Posted on 04. Jun, 2014 in: News

Business shorts

APM Terminals plans expansion of Aqaba Logistics Village / Maersk fights EU price-fixing probe / Nice times for Netflix APM Terminals: To meet increasing demand, and growth, in Iran and Jordan, A.P. Møller’s…

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Posted on 03. Jun, 2014 in: News

Liberals hit rock bottom as government alliance storms ahead

Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s chances of leading the Liberal party into the next election look even slimmer today after a new Megafon poll showed the main opposition party has sunk to just 14.5% support,…

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Posted on 03. Jun, 2014 in: News

Former minister attacks Løkke

Former cabinet minister Birthe Rønn Hornbech has predicted a disaster for the Liberals if Lars Løkke Rasmussen is allowed to continue as party leader. The former integration minister, an MP for over 30…

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Posted on 03. Jun, 2014 in: News

Voters give Løkke an F (for failure)

Lars Løkke Rasmussen is Denmark’s worst party leader, by far, according to voters. In a new poll by weekly news magazine A4, the Liberal leader is given a resounding ‘F for failure’ with…

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Posted on 03. Jun, 2014 in: News

Foreign Minister fears new documentary could strain India relations

Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard fears a new documentary film about arms smuggler Niels Holck could cause the recent diplomatic crisis between Denmark and India to flare up again. The film, to be premiered…

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Posted on 03. Jun, 2014 in: News

Unemployment drops to 5%

Unemployment has fallen by 10,800 since the start of the year. 131,600 people were out of work in the April as the unemployment rate dropped to 5%, the lowest level since mid-2009, new…

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Posted on 03. Jun, 2014 in: News

EU withdraws disciplinary action against Denmark

The European Commission ended disciplinary budget action against Denmark, Monday. According to the EU Commission, the Danish economy has corrected and is no longer under the so-called excessive deficit procedure, imposed in 2010…

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Posted on 03. Jun, 2014 in: News

Justice Minister drops surveillance legislation

Justice Minister Karen Hækkerup has, with immediate effect, abolished legislation that required Danish mobile operators to log details about users’ locations, e-mails, text messages and internet use. The data directive was adopted in…

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Posted on 03. Jun, 2014 in: News

Banks red-line depressed regions

A new report shows how Danish banks have effectively ’red-lined’ remote, economically devastated areas of Denmark by denying loans to small companies. An analysis of banks’ lending practices before and after the crisis,…

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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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