Posted on 05. Jun, 2013 in: News

Ex-PM criticises government’s economic policy

Former prime minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen has urged the government to loosen its fiscal policy, adding to the dissension against the coalition’s economic course. After reading the wise men’s report the ex-Social Democrat leader…

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Posted on 04. Jun, 2013 in: News

Søvndal’s Syria concerns

Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal said the level of brutality in Syria is ‘colossal’ and will probably get worse, after a new UN report said there are ‘reasonable grounds’ to believe that limited quantities…

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Posted on 04. Jun, 2013 in: News

GB outshines Denmark with new offer to Afghan interpreters

While Denmark is only prepared to offer asylum to only a few Afghan translators deemed to be under threat when the international coalition pulls out of their country, Great Britain has offered to…

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Posted on 04. Jun, 2013 in: News

Parliament passes disputed information bill

The government’s controversial right to information bill is now a reality. A 99-42 parliamentary majority passed the much-criticised legislation despite a last-minute attack from the Red/Greens, Danish People’s Party (DPP), and Liberal Alliance…

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Posted on 04. Jun, 2013 in: News

MP’s have made life difficult for democracy’s watchdogs says Berlingske editor

MP’s who voted for the controversial right to information bill have ‘ignored the will of the public’ and made life difficult for democracy’s watchdogs, according to Berlingske’s editor in chief Lisbeth Knudsen who…

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Posted on 04. Jun, 2013 in: News

Red/Greens challenge public recognition for Mærsk McKinney Møller

The Red/Greens have failed in their bid to stop a Copenhagen street or public square being named after deceased shipping magnate Mærsk McKinney Møller. The far-left party’s leading candidate for Town Hall in…

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Posted on 04. Jun, 2013 in: News

Work-happy seniors push retirement age up

Seniors are staying longer in the labour market no matter what reforms or ideas politicians come up with. New figures from the Economic Council of the Labour Movement show that the average age…

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Posted on 04. Jun, 2013 in: News

DPP repeats terrorist claim in parliament

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has accused parliament of granting citizenship to a ‘potential terrorist’. All parties, with the exception of the DPP, voted for a new naturalisation bill, Monday, that will provide…

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Posted on 04. Jun, 2013 in: News

Corydon invited into ‘secret circle’

Danish Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon has been invited to attend this year’s annual meeting of the secret Bilderberg Group, a private conference of approximately 120 to 140 invited guests from North America and…

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Posted on 04. Jun, 2013 in: News

Danish Defence fights spread of WMD

The Danish Defence Intelligence Service (FE/Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste) has for years worked alongside foreign agencies in stopping deals that would have led to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). FE’s first ever…

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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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