Posted on 12. Jul, 2022 in: News

SAS offers to resume negotiations with pilots as strike enters second week

Troubled airline SAS has notified mediators that it wishes to resume negotiations with pilots who’ve now been on strike for eight days, causing the cancellation of hundreds of flights. In a statement last…

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Posted on 12. Jul, 2022 in: News

Inflation at 39-year high

Danish inflation rose to a 39-year high in June as the price of food, fuel, and energy continued to rise. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show consumer prices accelerated to 8.2 percent annually…

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Posted on 12. Jul, 2022 in: News

Balance of payments up

Denmark’s balance of payments surplus increased in May, as exports outpaced imports, The latest Statistics Denmark figures show the trade surplus rose to DKK 21.2bn ($3.1bn) in May from DKK 15.1bn ($2.2bn) in…

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Posted on 12. Jul, 2022 in: News

Business shorts

Shopping mall re-opens after tragedy….Ørsted to build world’s biggest offshore wind farm….Danske Bank downwardly revises profit outlook…. Field’s shopping mall in Amager, the scene of last week’s shooting tragedy, reopened Monday after being…

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Posted on 11. Jul, 2022 in: News

New poll signals repeat of 1973 ‘earthquake’ election

Friday’s explosive opinion poll suggesting that more than 10% of the electorate is ready to vote for the new Denmark’s Democrats Party is a strong sign that Denmark could be heading for a…

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Posted on 11. Jul, 2022 in: News

Potential disaster for government – PM under pressure

If the results of Friday’s Megafon poll are repeated at the next general election it could be ‘disastrous’ for the ruling Social Democrats, leading political commentator Noa Reddington told TV2, Sunday, warning that…

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Posted on 11. Jul, 2022 in: News

Ex-PM tired of ‘ping-pong’ politics

The latest Megafon poll, indicating that two new parties could play a major role in the set-up of the next government, should signal an end to ‘ping-pong’ politics across the centre according to…

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Posted on 11. Jul, 2022 in: News

Party defectors fuel distrust in political system

The record number of MPs that have quit their own party during the current elective period has led to serious misgivings about the political system amongst voters, researchers claim in Berlingske this morning….

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Posted on 11. Jul, 2022 in: News

Queen, Prime Minister send condolences to Japan

Her Majesty Queen Margrethe sent a personal letter of condolence to Emperor Naruhito of Japan following the assassination of Shinzo Abe, the youngest elected and longest serving prime minister of the constitutional monarchy…

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Posted on 10. Jul, 2022 in: TWTW

­­­The Week That Was, July 4th – July 10th 2022

SHOPPING MALL SHOOTING: Three people were killed after a lone gunman launched a shooting spree at the Field’s shopping mall in Amager, Copenhagen, last weekend. The 22-year-old suspect was remanded in custody for…

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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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