Posted on 06. Dec, 2022 in: News

U.S. media marvel at Danish energy innovation

Denmark’s two planned energy islands are creating a buzz abroad. The projects –one in the North Sea and one on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea – that will produce wind…

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Posted on 06. Dec, 2022 in: News

Long-term unemployed at 26-year low

The number of long-term unemployed is at the lowest level since 1996. New figures from the Agency for Labour Market and Recruitment (STAR) show only 11,519 people were deemed ‘long-term jobless’ in October,…

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Posted on 05. Dec, 2022 in: News

Moderates eye an opening after Conservatives quit government negotiations

The Conservatives have quit government negotiations, paving the way for a centrist, tripartite Social Democrat(S)/Liberal(V)/Moderates(M) coalition. After Conservative leader Søren Pape Poulsen said on Friday he’d made a great effort to compromise during…

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Posted on 05. Dec, 2022 in: News

LA leader questions Liberals’ flirt with Social Democrats

Following the Conservatives’ departure from government negotiations, Liberal Alliance (LA) leader Alex Vanopslagh said he has difficulty seeing why parties on the right would feel the need to join a government alongside the…

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Posted on 05. Dec, 2022 in: News

Analysts predict new government before Christmas

Leading political analysts are confident there’ll be a new government in place before Christmas – but only after record-long negotiations. Jyllands-Posten’s political editor, Niels Thulesen Dahl, said coalition talks between the Social Democrats…

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Posted on 05. Dec, 2022 in: News

Parliament to rule on Prince’s DKK350,000 royal annuity

When Prince Joachim, the Queen’s second son,  starts his new job within the military-industrial complex in Washington DC next year after stepping down as defence attache at the Danish embassy in Paris, he’ll…

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Posted on 05. Dec, 2022 in: News

TV2 cast doubts on Iranian morality police reports

Reports that Iran has shut down its notorious ‘morality police’ should be taken with a ‘pinch of salt’, TV2’s Middle East correspondent Simi Jan said yesterday following more than two months of protests…

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Posted on 05. Dec, 2022 in: News

Rising inflation, energy prices, interest rates – homeowners facing a bleak 2023

Thousands of homeowners will struggle to pay their monthly bills in 2023 due to a combination of high inflation, rising energy costs, and fast-rising interest rates. A new report by banking lobby, Finance…

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Posted on 04. Dec, 2022 in: News

­­­The Week That Was, November 28th  – December 4th 2022:

Politics/Economy: Despite moving closer to the Social Democrats and a potential centrist coalition, Liberal leader Jacob Ellemann-Jensen declined to say whether his confidence in caretaker prime minister Mette Frederiksen has been restored following…

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Posted on 02. Dec, 2022 in: News

Spy boss in espionage scandal was given cash bonus before suspension

Suspended ‘spy boss’ Lars Findsen, head of the Military Intelligence Agency (FE) until being arrested last December on suspicion of leaking highly classified information in the espionage scandal, was given a DKK50,000 (nearly $7,000) bonus in…

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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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