Posted on 20. Jan, 2022 in: News

Ukraine ambassador: We’ll fight to the last bullet

Nearly one-third of all Ukrainians are ready to fight and resist a Russian invasion, the country’s ambassador to Denmark, Mykhailo Vydoinyk, said in an interview with TV2 news show ‘Lippert’ last night. After…

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Posted on 20. Jan, 2022 in: News

Biden names new man in Denmark

A major donor to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign in 2020 is in line to become the USA’s next ambassador to Denmark. The President on Wednesday announced his intention to nominate 69-year-old businessman  Alan…

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Posted on 20. Jan, 2022 in: News

Anti-vaxxer tennis star owns 80% of ‘mysterious’ Danish company

Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic, kicked out of Australia this week for his failure to get inoculated against corona, holds an 80% stake in a Danish company developing a treatment to counter COVID-19. News…

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Posted on 20. Jan, 2022 in: News

Virus updates

The daily infection rate hit a new, record-high, for the third consecutive day, Wednesday – 38.759 new corona cases were reported over the 24-hour period as more than 17% of 224.485 PCR tests…

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Posted on 20. Jan, 2022 in: News

Invoices go missing in embezzlement trial of ex-police chief

Hundreds of invoices in the trial of a former top-ranking National Police (Rigspolitiet) officer charged with bribery and embezzlement have gone missing. Bettina Jensen, the 3rd highest police chief before she was fired…

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Posted on 20. Jan, 2022 in: News

‘Tax police’ nip fraud companies in the bud

New figures reveal how the Tax Agency’s ’control police’ have prevented around 3,600 fraudulent ‘shell’ companies from registering in this country since 2015. Tax Minister Moren Bødskov said organised criminals have tried to…

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Posted on 20. Jan, 2022 in: News

Business shorts

Investors swarm over new ‘green’ bond….Pharma company fires 1,000…Obama picks young Danish entrepreneur… The state’s new green bond, aimed at helping Denmark achieve its target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 70% ahead of 2030,…

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Posted on 19. Jan, 2022 in: News

UK sends weapons to Ukaine through Danish airspace

British military aircraft are air-freighting anti-tank weapons to Ukraine through Denmark’s airspace.  The UK Defence Journal reported yesterday how C-17 transport aircraft are currently moving ‘light anti-armour’ weapons into Ukraine in light of…

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Posted on 19. Jan, 2022 in: News

French nationalist praises Denmark

French far-right candidate for president, Éric Zemmour, has paid tribute to Denmark as his ‘political role model.’ In an interview with DR News in Paris, the ultra-nationalist, who earlier this week was given a…

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Posted on 19. Jan, 2022 in: News

Advisors desert unpopular minister

More than half of Defence Minister Trine Bramsen’s closest civil servants have quit since the government assumed power in 2019, claiming she’s ‘difficult’ to work for. One former ministry employee told tabloid daily…

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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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