Posted on 28. Feb, 2025 in: News

DKK1bn for drone production in Ukraine

The government has earmarked an additional DKK 1 billion ($139 million) for drone production to support Ukraine’s ongoing fight against Russia, following Prime Minister Frederiksen’s suggestion that Denmark should spend closer to 5%…

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Posted on 28. Feb, 2025 in: News

Government faces scrutiny over F-35 parts export to Israel

Denmark continues to send F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel even though close allies, the UK, the Netherlands, and Norway have refused. Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen has previously warned that Denmark could…

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Posted on 28. Feb, 2025 in: News

Munitions factory bidding war has come to an end

After a two-year bidding war the Ministry of Defence is finally set to announce who will produce grenades at the soon-to-be-revived Krudten ammunition factory in northern Jutland. Despite earlier hopes of domestic production,…

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Posted on 28. Feb, 2025 in: News

Danish Refugee Council to cut 2,000 jobs after US aid freeze

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) expects to lay off up to 2,000 employees following the US government’s decision to halt nearly all development aid. The organisation announced last night it had received more…

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Posted on 28. Feb, 2025 in: News

Minister: Climate protection will put a strain on welfare

Climate Minister Lars Aagard has warned that the cost of protecting the climate could lead to cuts in welfare spending ‘but there’s no other way forward.’ “We must spend more, and it will…

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Posted on 28. Feb, 2025 in: News

Another law treats adoptees as immigrants

The government is facing fresh pressure to amend legislation that equates internationally adopted citizens with immigrants, after Employment Minister Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen backtracked on the new ‘no work, no welfare’ law earlier this week….

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Posted on 28. Feb, 2025 in: News

Swedish child assassins targeting Denmark on the rise

A new report has revealed that the number of young Swedish criminals being sent to Denmark for hired killings is far higher than previously assumed. Police figures show 38 Swedish minors, some as…

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Posted on 27. Feb, 2025 in: News

Ambassador: Anti-Russian hysteria in Denmark is ‘totally out of proportion’ 

Russia’s ambassador to Denmark has accused Danish politicians and media of fueling an exaggerated anti-Russia campaign. In a lengthy op-ed article in Altinget, HE Vladimir V. Barbin claims that the level of anti-Russian…

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Posted on 27. Feb, 2025 in: News

Ambassador’s ‘minisformation’

The chair of Parliament’s Foreign Policy Committee has dismissed the Russian ambassador’s criticism of Denmark as ‘the definition of misinformation.’ In response to the Ambassador’s claim that the level of anti-Russia hysteria in…

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Posted on 27. Feb, 2025 in: News

Immigration Minister warns of ‘destabilsing migration’ from the East

Immigration Minister Kaare Dybvad Bek has warned that Russia and Belarus are using migration as a weapon to destabilise Europe. In an interview with Jyllands-Posten he described the tactic as part of a…

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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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