Posted on 31. Jul, 2019 in: News

Trump ‘considering’ Danish trip

Donald Trump may be coming to Denmark this autumn. The US President, who’ll be making an official visit to Poland at the start of September for events to mark the 80th anniversary of…

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Posted on 31. Jul, 2019 in: News

Anti-tunnel demonstrators were paid actors

Angry Germans who demonstrated against the planned Fehmarn Belt tunnel to Denmark last weekend have been exposed as paid actors. German media reports how the Beltretter – ‘Belt Savers’ – organisation, which is…

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Posted on 31. Jul, 2019 in: News

Majority will allow minors to change gender

Civil rights organisations have welcomed reports that a parliamentary majority will allow minors to legally change their gender on official paperwork. Since Denmark become the first European country to allow legal change of…

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Posted on 31. Jul, 2019 in: News

Burka Ban 12 months on – has it worked?

On the first anniversary of the controversial ‘Burka Ban’, new police data reveals only 23 transgressors have been fined over the past year for wearing face-covering veils in public. Professor Margit Warburg of…

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Posted on 31. Jul, 2019 in: News

Nitrous oxide is no laughing matter

Parties on the left have called for increased regulation of sales of nitrous oxide, popularly known as laughing gas, which has become a popular intoxicant amongst young people. Discarded laughing gas canisters, primarily…

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Posted on 31. Jul, 2019 in: News

Low interest rates fuel inequality gap

Record-low interest rates are boosting the economy, increasing property prices, and creating jobs but at the same time widening the inequality gap. According to financial experts, middle and high-income groups are reaping the…

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Posted on 30. Jul, 2019 in: News

Government opens the doors to UN refugees in latest turnaround on immigration

The government has informed the UN that Denmark is ready to accept quota refugees again. In 1989 Denmark pledged to to take 500 refugees a year selected by the UN for resettlement but…

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Posted on 30. Jul, 2019 in: News

Løkke – will he stay or will he go?

Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl has called on the Liberals to clarify their leadership position. Ahead of the election it was expected that Liberal leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen would step…

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Posted on 30. Jul, 2019 in: News

Nord Stream 2 facing delay if Denmark fails to grant approval

Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, set to pass through Danish territorial waters, will not be completed on time unless Denmark grants permission within the next few weeks according to the British Financial…

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Posted on 30. Jul, 2019 in: News

Faroe Islands election

The Faroe Islands will hold a general election on August 31st. The Social Democrats’ Aksel V. Johannesen, head of the home rule coalition consisting of his own party, the independent Tjódveldi, and 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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