Posted on 11. Apr, 2017 in: News

DPP: Integration policies ‘misguided and mistaken’

Integration in this country has ‘failed dramatically’, Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl said yesterday in response to a new report showing non-western immigrants cost the Danish state DKK 33bn in…

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Posted on 11. Apr, 2017 in: News

Immigrants ‘smothered in welfare’

Denmark has ‘smothered’ refugees and other immigrants with so much welfare that many are incapable of working, according to Integration Minister Inger Støjberg who in an interview with Berlingske pinpoints the ‘failed integration…

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Posted on 11. Apr, 2017 in: News

Asylum seekers go underground

Nearly 2,000 failed asylum seekers have gone missing in Denmark. In an official response to parliament, Monday, the Integration Ministry reported that 1,960 people whose application for asylum has been rejected and are…

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Posted on 11. Apr, 2017 in: News

New poll: Majority for opposition as LA, DPP slip back

The centre-left opposition remains on course for victory at the next election. The latest Voxmeter poll shows the ‘red’ bloc parties would win 50.3% of the vote if an election was held today,…

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Posted on 11. Apr, 2017 in: News

SKAT transfers billions to tax shelter

The Danish Tax Authority (SKAT) has transferred billions of kroner from the share dividend scandal to the island of Labuan in Malaysia, one of the world’s most secretive tax shelters. SKAT was allegedly…

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Posted on 11. Apr, 2017 in: News

Inflation up

The rate of inflation increased slightly in March. The latest figures from Statistics Denmark show the consumer price index rose 1.0 percent year-over-year in March, the same rate of increase as in February,…

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Posted on 11. Apr, 2017 in: News

Business shorts

Danish projects accused of social dumping / Poultry ban lifted / EU signs off on Maersk takeover Social dumping: Danish-funded energy projects in the UK have been accused of social-dumping. British unions claim…

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Posted on 10. Apr, 2017 in: News

Stockholm: PM condemns ‘cowardly’ attack

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen called the Stockholm attack, Friday, a ‘cowardly attempt to intimidate us and our peaceful way of life in Scandinavia’. In a Ministry of State press release after a…

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Posted on 10. Apr, 2017 in: News

Police monitor ‘suspicious vehicles’

Danish police have heightened their awareness of ‘suspicious vehicles’ following the Stockholm attack, Friday. After the Swedish police requested permission to restrict traffic on the Oresund Bridge linking Denmark and Sweden, the national Danish…

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Posted on 10. Apr, 2017 in: News

Government ‘100%’ behind US attack on Syria

The government has offered unconditional support for the U.S. bombing raid on Syria. Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said it’s good to see an American president ‘back words with action’, while Foreign Minister…

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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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