Posted on 14. Jun, 2021 in: News

Queen celebrates 100th anniversary of Southern Jutland reunification

Queen Margrethe and Crown Prince Frederik travelled to southern Jutland, Sunday, to join the celebration of a century of peaceful relations along the shared border with Germany. Last summer marked 100 years since…

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Posted on 14. Jun, 2021 in: News

Danish banks invest in companies linked to Myanamar junta

Business Minister Simon Kollerup has warned Danish banks and investment firms they could be in violation pf EU sanctions by buying shares in companies that, according to the UN and human rights organisations,…

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Posted on 14. Jun, 2021 in: News

The Week That Was, June 7th – 13th 2021:

Coronavirus/ What happened last week: The country could be nearly back to normal by September 1st after a cross-party parliamentary majority reached agreement to gradually phase out corona restrictions over summer – the…

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Posted on 11. Jun, 2021 in: News

Greenland takes the lead at Arctic Council

Greenland and the Faroe Islands will in the future assume a more prominent role in Arctic Council meetings. Following talks with the heads of the two nations in Copenhagen, Thursday, Prime Minister Mette…

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Posted on 11. Jun, 2021 in: News

Arctic agreement strengthens Greenland’s bid for independence

Yesterday’s agreement that provides Greenland with more authority at Arctic Council meetings comes on the heels of April’s general election in the country, which led to a new ruling coalition led by 34-year-old…

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Posted on 11. Jun, 2021 in: News

PM offers apology to sexually harrassed women

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has finally commented on the growing sex scandal within the Social Democratic Party. After remaining silent all week she yesterday apologised to the seven women who have come forward…

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Posted on 11. Jun, 2021 in: News

High school segregation?

Students could soon offered high school places according to ethnicity. The government, backed by a parliament majority, has proposed that students in Denmark’s biggest cities should be ‘redistributed’ in accordance with their parents’…

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Posted on 11. Jun, 2021 in: News

Virus updates

Hospitalisations at 8-month low….German vaccine delayed….25,000 fans at Euro matches in Copenhagen…. 475 new corona cases were reported, Thursday, as the number of people hospitalised fell by 2, to 120, the lowest for…

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Posted on 10. Jun, 2021 in: News

Refugee Council denounces Denmark’s ‘petty and hypocritical’ legislation

Denmark’s refugee policy sends an ‘alarming’ signal to the rest of the world according to Norwegian Refugee Council secretary-general Jan Egeland, who has warned that in future he will cite Denmark instead of Hungary when providing…

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Posted on 10. Jun, 2021 in: News

Late-night agreement: Back to normal by September 1st

The country should be nearly back to normal by September 1st after a cross-party parliamentary majority reached agreement late last night to gradually phase out corona restrictions over summer. Following 12 hours of…

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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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