Posted on 16. Feb, 2015 in: News

PM vows to defend democracy and Denmark

“We will forever defend democracy and Denmark” – the defiant words of Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt at a press conference, Sunday morning, in the wake of a day of shootings that left two…

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Posted on 16. Feb, 2015 in: News

Justice Minister: More police on the streets

Justice Minister Mette Frederiksen warned of more police on the streets of Copenhagen over the next few weeks as the capital recovers from the weekend’s tragic events. At a Ministry of State press…

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Posted on 16. Feb, 2015 in: News

Jewish securty guard ‘prevented a massacre’

The Jewish security guard assassinated at the main synagogue in central Copenhagen, Saturday evening, helped to avert a massacre, the head of the Jewish Community said yesterday. 37 year old Dan Uzan, shot…

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Posted on 16. Feb, 2015 in: News

Film director killed in cafe attack

The man killed during Saturday’s terror attack on a blasphemy seminar at Krudtønden Café in Østerbro was Danish film director and producer Finn Nørgaard, the Danish Film Institute has said. Mr Nørgaard, 55,…

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Posted on 16. Feb, 2015 in: News

Netanyahu urges European Jews to ‘come home’ following Denmark attack

Benjamin Netanyahu repeated his calls for European Jews to return home to Israel after the Copenhagen shootings in which Jewish guard Dan Uzan was murdered outside a synagogue in addition to an earlier victim…

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Posted on 16. Feb, 2015 in: News

Hizb ut-Tahrir: Blame politicans, not Muslims

As sympathy and expressions of support streamed into Denmark from throughout the world, Sunday, the Islamist movement Hizb ut-Tahrir urged Muslims not to publicly distance themselves from the tragic events but to ‘put…

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Posted on 16. Feb, 2015 in: News

Copenhagen shootings: Denmark pays price for Mohammed cartoons

It was always a case of not if, but when. What’s surprising is that it has taken this long for Denmark to be scarred by a fatal terror attack. From the BBC: In…

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Posted on 16. Feb, 2015 in: News

PM and Løkke neck and neck in election countdown

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen are heading into this year’s election virtually neck and neck. The latest Berlingske Barometer, which tracks all recent polls, shows that, for only…

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Posted on 16. Feb, 2015 in: TWTW

The Week That Was, February 9th – February 15th, 2015

Politics/Economy The week ended in tragedy when Copenhagen police shot and killed a man early Sunday suspected of being behind two shootings, Saturday, which left one dead at a cafe and another at…

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Posted on 15. Feb, 2015 in: News

Gunman slain after day of terror in Copenhagen

Copenhagen police shot and killed a man early Sunday suspected of being behind two shootings, Saturday, which left one dead at a cafe and another at Copenhagen’s main synagogue. Police launched a massive…

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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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