Posted on 03. Dec, 2014 in: News

Religious persecution should trigger aid cuts says opposition

Countries that can’t guarantee freedom of religion and the protection of religious minorities should be penalised by cuts in development aid – the latest proposal from centre-right opposition parties in response to the…

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Posted on 03. Dec, 2014 in: News

Expert: Saudis don’t support Islamic State

There is no evidence to suggest that the Saudis share the aims of the Islamic State (Isis), a leading Danish expert said yesterday after the Jihadist terror organisation claimed responsibility for the shooting…

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Posted on 03. Dec, 2014 in: News

Unemployed should accept any job says PM

It’s disheartening to see the unemployed turn down jobs, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said during parliament’s question time, Tuesday, when she was bombarded with questions concerning a TV documentary showing that for many…

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Posted on 03. Dec, 2014 in: News

Denmark continues to push for response in prisoner affair

At the NATO foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels, Tuesday, Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard again asked his Turkish counterpart, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, for clarification regarding the Danish national who was detained in Turkey on suspicion…

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Posted on 03. Dec, 2014 in: News

Løkke tries to cap leadership debate

The Liberals’ leadership battle earlier this year is a ‘closed chapter’, party leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen said yesterday in response to a new book that alleges deputy leader Kristian Jensen was involved in…

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Posted on 03. Dec, 2014 in: News

Copenhagen inner-city districts ‘dangerous’ says US

The US State Department has warned American tourists to steer clear of Copenhagen’s inner-city districts of Nørrebro and Vesterbro at night and also warns of the ‘hostile environment’ in the ‘free state of…

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Posted on 03. Dec, 2014 in: News

Sweden on the verge of snap election

Sweden’s government appears close to collapse after the far-right anti-immigration Sweden Democrat party, which holds the balance of power in parliament, said yesterday it would support an alternative budget proposed by the centre-right Alliance…

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Posted on 03. Dec, 2014 in: News

Business shorts

Pandoro guilty of stock market manipulation / Novozymes launches ground-breaking technology / Swiss company nabs bankrupt company’s employees: Pandora: Danish jewellery maker Pandora has been fined DKK2m($334,000) for issuing a profit warning too…

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Posted on 02. Dec, 2014 in: News

Islamic State shot Dane in Saudi Arabia

The Islamic State (Isis) has claimed responsibility for the shooting of a Danish national in Saudi Arabia two weeks ago. The fanatical group has released a video that it claims shows its members carrying…

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Posted on 02. Dec, 2014 in: News

Ex-Polish prime minister: Paedophilia accepted in Denmark

A former Polish prime minister claims that paedophilia is permitted in Denmark. Jaroslaw Kaczynski, now a prime minister candidate for the Conservative Law & Justice (PiS) Party, launched the allegation in an interview…

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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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