Posted on 15. Aug, 2016 in: News

No favours for GB in exit talks

Great Britain shouldn’t expect any favours from Denmark in upcoming exit negotiations with the EU. In an interview with Bloomberg News, Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen said although Britain has always been a traditional…

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Posted on 15. Aug, 2016 in: News

APM pessimism as profit drops

Denmark’s biggest company, A.P: Moller-Maersk, kept its downbeat 2016 profit forecast on Friday, as it reported net profit way under expectations. The shipping and oil giant reported an 88 percent drop in second-quarter…

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Posted on 15. Aug, 2016 in: News

Business shorts

EU praises pig industry / Novo nosedive EU: The EU Commission has welcomed the measures taken by the Danish pig meat industry and the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (DVFA) to limit antibiotic…

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Posted on 15. Aug, 2016 in: TWTW

The Week That Was, August 8th – 14th 2016

Politics/Economy The Danish People’s Party will demand even stricter immigration restrictions as their price for supporting tax cuts in upcoming negotiations with the government – party leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl presented a 5-point…

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Posted on 12. Aug, 2016 in: News

Fogh Rasmussen: Moscow will celebrate Trump presidency

The Kremlin ‘will crack open the champagne’ if Donald Trump becomes US president, former prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen warned in an interview with TV2 News, Wednesday. Mr Rasmussen, who was NATO’s secretary general…

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Posted on 12. Aug, 2016 in: News

Jensen schedules Turkey trip

Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen is planning a working trip to Turkey ‘within the near future’ even though HM Queen Margrethe’s scheduled state visit this October has been cancelled. After a meeting with Turkey’s…

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Posted on 12. Aug, 2016 in: News

Pork exports could hit $1bn

Danish pork exports to China increased by 50% during the first part of the year as Chinese domestic production of pig meat slowed down due to an environment regulation which imposed new pig production…

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Posted on 12. Aug, 2016 in: News

Better help for veterans

The government has promised to shorten the waiting time for veterans seeking workers’ compensation for PTSD (Posttraumatic stress disorder) or other wartime injuries Employment Minister Jørn Neergaard told Politiken; “We need to look after…

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Posted on 12. Aug, 2016 in: News

Mortgage rates hit new low

Interest rates for prospective homeowners have dropped back to the levels they were at during the “Krone crisis” one and a half years ago as the National Bank battles to maintain the fixed…

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Posted on 12. Aug, 2016 in: News

Heavy layoffs at leading newspapers

One of Denmark’s biggest media groups, JP/Politikens Hus which publishes Jyllands-Posten, Extra Bladet, and Politiken, has announced wide cost-cutting measures. The papers need to shed roughly 70 full-time employees. Politiken will shoulder the…

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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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