Posted on 11. Jun, 2019 in: News

Ekstra Bladet denies persecuting depressed politician

The editior of tabloid daily Ekstra Bladet has dismissed accusations of a witch hunt against troubled Social Democrat MP Henrik Sass Larsen during the election campaign. Poul Madsen denied the paper has been…

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Posted on 11. Jun, 2019 in: News

New LA leader faces impossible job

Liberal Alliance MPs have appointed newly-elected 27-year-old Alex Vanopslagh as party leader following acting foreign minister Anders Samuelsen, who resigned last week following the party’s disastrous election result when it lost nine of…

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Posted on 11. Jun, 2019 in: News

Greenland MP appeals for help to stop child abuse

A Greenland lawmaker has appealed for help from Denmark to stop widespread sexual abuse of children in the arctic country. Following reports that 1 in 4 Greenlandic kids has been sexually abused, Aaja…

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Posted on 11. Jun, 2019 in: News

Russia: Danish indecision won’t halt pipeline

Russia has warned that neither Denmark, nor the United States, nor any other country can hamper the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline that’s currently under construction and fast approaching Bornholm but…

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Posted on 10. Jun, 2019 in: News

The Election That Was, 2019

The General Election dominated the news cycle last week – here’s a brief round-up of what happened: ELECTION 2019: The centre-left bloc of parties, excluding the Alternatives, won a 91-75 majority in Wednesday’s…

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Posted on 07. Jun, 2019 in: News

Queen asks Social Democrat leader to lead government talks

Social Democrat leader Mette Frederiksen has, as expected, been appointed ‘royal investigator’ with a mandate to put together a majority that will support her as prime minister. The Queen hosted talks with all…

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Posted on 07. Jun, 2019 in: News

Mette F. facing ‘intense’ negotiations

Negotiations to form a new government could be ‘long and intense’ according to political analysts, with the left-leaning parties divided over a wide range of issues. TV2’s Peter Lautrup-Larsen predicted some of the…

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Posted on 07. Jun, 2019 in: News

Foreign press notes Denmark’s swing to the left

International media reported how Denmark took a left-turn in Wednesday’s election. Under the headline ‘Danish left sweeps to victory with tough migration policy’, European online newspaper EU Observer wrote how ‘Denmark has elected a…

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Posted on 07. Jun, 2019 in: News

Liberals’ crown prince’ ditched by voters

Kristian Jensen’s hopes of succeeding Lars Løkke Rasmussen as Liberal leader if, and when, Lars Løkke Rasmussen steps down have been damaged by his poor personal showing in Wednesday’s election, according to party…

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Posted on 07. Jun, 2019 in: News

DPP spokesman attacks Løkke

The recriminations for the centre-right’s defeat in Wednesday’s election continued last night when the Danish People’s Party’s Søren Espersen called Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s behaviour during the campaign as ‘disgusting’. During a TV debate…

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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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