A.P. Moller-Maersk (APM), Denmark’s biggest company and the world’s biggest container shipping line, is reaping the side-effects of the pandemic. With freight rates boosted by COVID-related demand and disruption, Maersk has reported some…

The Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) deputy leader, Morten Messerschmidt, appears in court today to face charges of misusing EU funding in the ‘Meld and Feld affair.’ According to BT it could be an ‘hour…

Economic growth in this country has slowed down over the past 10-15 years, threatening prosperity. A new study by right-leaning think-tank CEPOS shows the population would be enjoying 20% more prosperity today if…

Infections up slightly….Restrictions eased….Under 35s at risk…. 893 new corona cases were reported, Sunday, 154 up on the previous day although the number of people tested was virtually the same – around 69,000…

A heat wave in Greenland has caused the ice to melt in record amounts. The Polar Portal monitoring website reports how the arctic island has lost more than 100bn tons of ice since the…

The overall unemployment rate dropped to 3.8% in June, the lowest level since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. The jobless queue shortened to 108,600 as 5,300 more people found work…

A round-up of all the news, July 12th – August 2nd 2021. Use the 7.59 archive to locate the articles in full. Coronavirus: From around 300 at the start of July the daily…