Posted on 16. Nov, 2021 in: News

Labour shortage could lead to wage hikes

Private sector employees are in a favourable position to demand significant wage increases to cover the highest rate of inflation for a decade, according to the Confederation of Danish Employers (DA). A new…

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Posted on 15. Nov, 2021 in: News

Immigration Minister: Belarus crisis threatens EU welfare, security

The Poland-Belarus border crisis reflects an EU that’s at the crossroads on immigration, Integration Minister Mattias Tesfaye said in an interview with Berlingske, Sunday, in which he warned that Europeans can either renounce…

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Posted on 15. Nov, 2021 in: News

Climate Minister welcomes Glasgow pact to reduce coal

Climate Minister Dan Jørgensen said Sunday he was ‘touched’ to see countries at the COP26 Climate Conference reach agreement on the Glasgow Climate Pact, the first ever climate deal to explicitly reduce coal,…

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Posted on 15. Nov, 2021 in: News

Political foes could form alliance to win mayorships

The Red/Greens could become ‘strange bedfellows’ with their traditional enemy, the Danish People’s Party (DPP) after tomorrow’s municipal elections. The far-left party currently holds no mayorships but the polls indicate they could become…

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Posted on 15. Nov, 2021 in: News

Booze ban in rowdy hotspots

The government has put forward a number of proposals aimed at making inner city streets safer at night, including a 12pm ban on alcohol sales from convenience stores close to ‘rowdy’ hotspots such…

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Posted on 15. Nov, 2021 in: News

Virus experts raise the bar for herd immunity

The vaccination figures are close to the 80% that experts originally believed would provide herd immunity but the delta variant has ’moved the goalposts’ according to Professor of virology at Copenhagen University, Allan…

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Posted on 15. Nov, 2021 in: News

Virus updates

Infections top 3,000…. 0.93% of fully vaccinated have been infected…Denmark 13th in global vaccination ranking…Employers can demand corona pass from workers….Stricter restrictions at local level…. The National Serum Institute reported 3,233 new corona…

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Posted on 14. Nov, 2021 in: News

Good week, Bad week….

It was a good week for… …Danish environmentalists after Denmark topped the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) published by NGOs at the Cop 26 Climate Conference in Glasgow… …Denmark’s trade surplus which increased…

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Posted on 14. Nov, 2021 in: TWTW

The Week That Was, November 8th – 14th 2021:

Coronavirus/ What happened last week: At the end of the week the National Serum Institute reported 3,233 new infections, the 11th day in a row that daily infections topped 2,000. The number of…

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Posted on 12. Nov, 2021 in: News

Ex-minister suffers memory lapse in Minkgate grilling

Ex-food minister Mogens Jensen has denied it was his ministry that recommended the cull of every single mink in Denmark last year. In testimony to the Mink Commission, Thursday, Mr Jensen, who quit…

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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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