Posted on 04. Aug, 2015 in: News

British newspaper carries Welcome to Denmark campaign

The ‘Welcome to Denmark’ campaign, set up to challenge Denmark’s harsh immigration rhetoric and the government’s plan to place anti-refugee adverts in foreign newspapers, is trying to whip up international support with an…

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Posted on 04. Aug, 2015 in: News

Business shorts

Confident purchasing managers/New car sales up/Pension company buys German shopping centre: PMI: Danish purchasing managers remain confident of economic growth. The Danish PMI (Purchasing Managers Index), which measures orderbooks, the weighted average of…

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Posted on 03. Aug, 2015 in: News

Defence Minister returns home to face fire

Defence Minister Carl Holst returns to work after a summer holiday today facing a storm of criticism about his failure to react to F-16 flight mechanics’ plea for a break in the Iraq…

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Posted on 03. Aug, 2015 in: News

DPP demands stiffer sentences

The Danish People’s Party (DPP), with the backing of the Liberals and Conservatives, has called for more control of the court system which, it claims, is far too lenient on criminals. The DPP…

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Posted on 03. Aug, 2015 in: News

Red/Greens demand probe into Apple deal

The far-left Red/Greens are demanding to know whether IT giant Apple was given a ‘sweet deal’ when it agreed to build a billion-dollar data centre in a field near Viborg, Jutland, powered by…

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Posted on 03. Aug, 2015 in: News

Everybody’s a millionaire – on paper

The average Dane has a net worth of over DKK1m. New Statistics Denmark figures show that when debt to banks, mortgage companies, and other lenders is deducted the average citizen has DKK1,168,000. Around…

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Posted on 03. Aug, 2015 in: News

Two-thirds of viewers say no to TV licence

Nearly two-thirds of the public think the TV licence fee should be scrapped after figures showing that 40% of viewers subscribe to a streaming service such as Netflix or Viaplay. A new Wilke…

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Posted on 03. Aug, 2015 in: News

New charter flights to China

Beijing-based Capital Airlines has announced the first ever charter flights between China and Denmark will start in September. The company will run flights between Beijing and Copenhagen from September 6, and flights connecting…

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Posted on 03. Aug, 2015 in: News

Bitcon network a haven for money laundering

An increasing number of criminals in this country are laundering illegal income through the anonymous Bitcoin payment network. According to a report by the Special Office for Financial and International Crime, the fraud…

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Posted on 31. Jul, 2015 in: News

Business leaders urge government to drop anti-refugee campaign

Leading Danish companies have urged the government to drop the planned anti-refugee campaign in foreign newspapers, which they claim will portray Denmark as a closed-off country, damage the business sector’s ability to recruit…

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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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