Posted on 27. Feb, 2024 in: News

Sweden set to join NATO: ‘Bad news for Russia, good news for Denmark’

Sweden’s long-awaited entry into NATO is bad news for Russia but good news for Denmark, a leading Danish military analyst said last night. After Hungary dropped its opposition to Sweden becoming the military…

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Posted on 27. Feb, 2024 in: News

More cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure

Data security experts have called for calm after a wave of cyber-attacks on Danish websites. Copenhagen Airport, The Civil Aviation and Railway Authority (Trafikstyrelsen) and Movia, the transport agency for the greater Copenhagen…

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Posted on 27. Feb, 2024 in: News

PM defends government’s NATO calculations

Including donations to Ukraine as part of Denmark’s’ overall commitment to NATO is ‘fully justified’ Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said yesterday in response to accusations of ‘creative bookkeeping’. Military aid to Ukraine accounted…

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Posted on 27. Feb, 2024 in: News

Tax scammer cuts deal with prosecutors

One of the main suspects in Denmark’s biggest ever tax scam is expected to plead guilty on all charges when he appears before Glostrup District Court this week. Pre-trial documents seen by TV2…

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Posted on 27. Feb, 2024 in: News

Denmark expresses concern about Gaza situation

The Danish Foreign Ministry, alongside its EU counterparts, has issued a ‘statement of concern’ about the humanitarian situation in Gaza: Statement by The Foreign Ministers of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic,…

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Posted on 27. Feb, 2024 in: News

Business shorts

Indian companies to compete with Novo….Zealand Pharma shares soar….Denmark no.2 on Country Risk Index….. Indian medicine companies, hoping to grab a share of the global demand for weight-loss products, have begun developing their…

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Posted on 26. Feb, 2024 in: News

PM in hush-hush Ukraine trip

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen made a secret visit to Lviv in western Ukraine, Friday, where she met Volodymyr Zelensky to mark the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion. The two leaders visited a cemetery…

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Posted on 26. Feb, 2024 in: News

Russian Ambassador: Denmark’s Ukraine funding will ‘prolong the bloodshed’

Russia’s ambassador to Denmark, Vladimir Barbin, has denounced Denmark for demonising his country and warned that his country will never give up in the war with Ukraine. In an interview with TV2 on…

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Posted on 26. Feb, 2024 in: News

Busy PM travels to Paris

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will attend a special meeting of European leaders in Paris today hosted by French president Emmanuel Macron to discuss support for Ukraine. The President has invited at least twenty…

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Posted on 26. Feb, 2024 in: News

Antisemitism hits highest level since World War 2

The number of antisemitic incidents registered in this country since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel is at the highest since World War 2. Henri Goldstein, head of the Danish Jewish Community,…

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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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