Posted on 12. Jul, 2023 in: News

F-16 training for Ukrainian pilots to start in August

Denmark will start to train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 warplanes in August. At a press briefing on the sidelines of the NATO summit, Tuesday, Acting Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen confirmed that…

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Posted on 12. Jul, 2023 in: News

New survey: Denmark a difficult country to settle in

A new global survey confirms what many foreigners in this country already know – Denmark isn’t a very welcoming place. The latest “Expat Insider” report ranks 53 destinations based on five indices: Quality…

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Posted on 12. Jul, 2023 in: News

Denmark no.1 in global tax comparison

Denmark may be less than welcoming to foreigners but leads the way in a global comparison of a nation’s tax revenue relative to the size of its economy – the so-called tax-to-GDP (Gross…

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Posted on 12. Jul, 2023 in: News

Woman smuggled 6 kilos of cocaine on Danish flight

Hong Kong Airport customs officers have arrested a 62-year-old woman who arrived on a flight from Copenhagen carrying cocaine worth more than DKK6m (HKD$7m). During customs clearance, the officers found three cans of…

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Posted on 12. Jul, 2023 in: News

Business shorts

Airport upwardly adjusts profit expectations….Pension company invests $1bn in Esbjerg Port…..Green fund looks for DKK90b investment in renewable energy…. Copenhagen Airport has upwardly adjusted its earnings expectations for 2023 despite the recent disruption…

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Posted on 11. Jul, 2023 in: News

PM welcomes Sweden’s NATO membership as Ergodan says yes

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is looking forward to Sweden being confirmed as the next member of NATO at the Western military alliance’s two-day summit gets underway in Vilnius this morning. The PM said…

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Posted on 11. Jul, 2023 in: News

Løkke maps out Ukraine’s ‘Euro-Atlantic’ integration

Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and his Nordic and Baltic counterparts have put forward a model for Ukraine’s future ‘Euro-Atlantic’ integration – copying the process that the Baltic countries went through in the…

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Posted on 11. Jul, 2023 in: News

Inflation falls again

Annual inflation fell to 2.5% in June and is fast approaching an ‘acceptable level’ of 2%. It’s the eighth straight month that inflation has fallen after topping 10% in October. Over the past…

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Posted on 11. Jul, 2023 in: News

Green energy provides 67% of Denmark’s power consumption

Electricity from wind turbines and solar panels accounted for more than two-thirds of Denmark’s total power consumption during the first six months of this year, a new record. New figures from Green Power…

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Posted on 11. Jul, 2023 in: News

‘Green’ Maersk ship prepares for South Korea-Denmark voyage

Shipping giant A.P. Møller-Maersk took delivery of the world’s first methanol-fuelled container ship, Monday, from the Hyundai Mipo Shipyard in South Korea. The 2,100 ton vessel is now preparing to embark on its…

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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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