Posted on 13. Feb, 2017 in: News

16-year-old bomb maker facing prison

A 16-year-old Danish girl could be facing four years in prison after being charged with planning bomb attacks against two schools in Denmark. Public Prosecutor Lise-Lotte Nilas said when the unnamed girl, an…

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Posted on 13. Feb, 2017 in: News

Exports up

Exports and imports increased in December, mainly led by higher demand for machinery. The latest figures from Statistics Denmark show exports grew 3.5 percent and imports rose 1.6 percent from a year ago….

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Posted on 13. Feb, 2017 in: News

Capital residents support wind-energy expansion

Copenhagen residents are overwhelmingly in favour of maintaining the capital’s focus on wind-powered energy. A new survey shows 85 percent support the building of new wind turbines in the Sound channel separating Copenhagen…

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Posted on 13. Feb, 2017 in: News

Denmark gives extra DKK25m to Palestinian refugees

Denmark has made an extra contribution of  DKK 25m ($ 3.6m) to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in support of the Agency’s core…

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Posted on 12. Feb, 2017 in: TWTW

The Week That Was, February 6th – February 12th 2017   

Politics/Economy The government, backed by the Danish People’s Party (DPP), passed a parliamentary motion, Thursday, suggesting that immigrants and their descendants who have become Danish citizens aren’t really Danes. A new study by…

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Posted on 10. Feb, 2017 in: News

Can immigrants ever become Danes?

The government, backed by the Danish People’s Party (DPP), passed a parliamentary motion, Thursday, suggesting that immigrants and their descendants who have become Danish citizens aren’t really Danes. The motion stated: “The Danish…

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Posted on 10. Feb, 2017 in: News

Minister rejects cap on citizenship

Integration Minister Inger Støjberg has dismissed the Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) call for a cap of 1000 on the number of Danish citizenships handed out each year. Between 2013 and 2015, the authorities…

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Posted on 10. Feb, 2017 in: News

Integration Ministry to hire ‘deporters’

The Ministry of Integration is looking to hire 3 full time employees to work on deporting foreign nationals who have overstayed their welcome. The new employees, officially titled ‘foreign attachés’, will work to…

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Posted on 10. Feb, 2017 in: News

DPP pol found guilty of leaking terrorist’s details

The Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) Finn Rudaizky  was yesterday convicted of leaking confidential information about slain terrorist Omar El-Hussein who killed a filmmaker and a security guard in the 2015 Copenhagen attack. Copenhagen District Court…

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Posted on 10. Feb, 2017 in: News

Intelligence Agency: Russia leads the way in cyber espionage

A new security assessment by the Centre for Cyber Security names Russia as ‘a leader’ in terms of hacking computer systems. The report said Russia ‘has advanced capabilities to perform extensive cyber espionage…

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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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