Posted on 18. Apr, 2018 in: News

Carlsberg funds Danish cultural institute in New Delhi

In addition to the India-Denmark Joint Commission, Denmark will also open a cultural institute at the Danish Embassy in New Delhi this autumn to promote cultural exchanges between Denmark and India. Announcing the…

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Posted on 18. Apr, 2018 in: News

Nordic PMs pledge to deepen cooperation with India

The foreign ministries of Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Iceland issued a joint Press Statement, Tuesday, following the Stockholm Summit between India and the Nordic countries. From Denmark’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Today in Stockholm, the Prime Minister of India…

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Posted on 18. Apr, 2018 in: News

Finance Minister questions Trump’s tariffs ahead of U.S. trip

Finance Minister Kristian Jensen has again expressed concern about President Trump’s tariffs and trade restrictions. Earlier this month Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen questioned  the logic of U.S. trade policy, saying the security…

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Posted on 18. Apr, 2018 in: News

State awash with cash but hit by negative interest rates

Denmark is swimming in money. The government’s current account at the National Bank climbed to DKK207bn last month ($34 bn), or twice the target and the highest in three years, but it’s also…

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Posted on 17. Apr, 2018 in: News

Foreign Minister ridiculed for pull-ups video

Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen has been met with a storm of criticism for posting a video of himself on Facebook doing a workout, in a suit and tie, while boasting about the Liberal…

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Posted on 17. Apr, 2018 in: News

Samuelsen warns of new sanctions on Russia

Denmark is ready to consider imposing more sanctions on Russia, Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen said yesterday on arrival at the EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting in Luxembourg where Russia, Iran, and Syria were…

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Posted on 17. Apr, 2018 in: News

Cyber attack warning

Berlingske reports this morning how the United States and Britain have warned of a global cyber attack, blaming Russian government-backed hackers for a campaign on government agencies, businesses and critical infrastructure operators. Washington…

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Posted on 17. Apr, 2018 in: News

Last chance for negotiators as strike looms

The official labour dispute conciliator, Mette Christensen, has ordered unions, communal employers, and the state back to the negotiating table today in a bid to kick-start stalled talks on a new collective bargaining…

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Posted on 17. Apr, 2018 in: News

Støjberg calls for gay imams

Integration Minister Inger Støjberg wants to see gay imams preaching in Denmark. Following a TV documentary, ‘The Hell of being a Muslim Homo’, about the problems experienced by gay journalist Abdel Aziz, the…

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Posted on 17. Apr, 2018 in: News

Indian ambassador hails ‘breakthrough’ meeting of PMs today

The India-Nordic summit in Stockholm today will see the Prime Ministers of Denmark and India meet for the first time in nine years and provide an opportunity to improve relations that have been strained…

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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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