Posted on 17. Jul, 2018 in: News

Danske Bank’s nemesis attacked by Putin

London-based businessman Bill Browder, a prominent critic of Vladimir Putin who last week asked the Danish authorities to investigate Danske Bank for allegedly allowing Russian officials to launder millions of dollars stolen over the last…

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Posted on 17. Jul, 2018 in: News

Denmark resists German environment policy in North Sea

Leaked documents reveal the Danish authorities are willfully obstructing German environmental policy. Correspondence between the Danish foreign ministry’s fishing policy office and the German authorities, obtained by left-wing daily Information, show Danish civil…

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Posted on 17. Jul, 2018 in: News

Social democracy thriving in Denmark despite European purge

Social democracy may be facing extinction in some European countries but is ‘alive and kicking’ in Denmark – at least according to the Social Democrats’ Dan Jørgensen. In an interview with TV2 the…

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Posted on 17. Jul, 2018 in: News

Danes scared off by fake news

The fake news debate is scaring Danes away from social media news sites. The latest Reuters Digital News Report for 2018, based on a survey of over 74,000 online news consumers in 37…

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Posted on 17. Jul, 2018 in: News

Business shorts

Pharma giants rely on wind energy / Nordic banks join together on ‘money highway’ /  Danish architect wins Hamburg contract /  Chinese wind turbine maker challenges Vestas Pharmaceutical companies Novozymes and Novo Nordisk…

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Posted on 16. Jul, 2018 in: News

DPP MEP: European Commission president is a drunk

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker definitely has a drinking problem according to a Danish MEP. Following Mr Juncker’s erratic behavior at last week’s NATO summit, when he staggered around and had to be…

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Posted on 16. Jul, 2018 in: News

New definition of poverty: DKK117,000 a year

The national statistics agency has defined a new poverty level for Denmark. In 2015 the Liberal-only government scrapped the previous definition of DKK114,000 for a single person with no kids, but in line…

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Posted on 16. Jul, 2018 in: News

LA: Poverty discussion a waste of time

While left-wing opposition parties have embraced the new definition of poverty in Denmark it was immediately dismissed as a waste of time by coalition party, the Liberal Alliance (LA). Pernille Skipper, titular head…

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Posted on 16. Jul, 2018 in: News

Alleged PKK terrorist detained in Denmark

A high-ranking member of the Kurdish workers party, PKK, listed as a terrorist organisation by the U.S. and the EU, has been detained by the Danish authorities. Turkish media report that the 58-year-old…

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Posted on 16. Jul, 2018 in: News

Greenland villagers facing iceberg tsunami

A tiny village in Greenland could be flooded if a gigantic iceberg that’s drifted towards the west coast breaks up. Inaarsuit’s 169 residents have already been evacuated following reports that the 100-metre high…

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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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