Posted on 21. Feb, 2023 in: News

Danes love smoking

Health organisations have again called for an increase in the price of cigarettes after new figures showed smoking is on the rise in this country, particularly amongst young people. According to the report,…

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Posted on 21. Feb, 2023 in: News

Queen stripped royals of their title to protect Crown Prince

Queen Margrethe stripped her younger son Joachim’s children of their royal titles because she didn’t want to leave the ‘tough’ decision up to his older brother, Crown Prince Frederik. The 82-year-old monarch created…

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Posted on 21. Feb, 2023 in: News

Consumer confidence up but still in negative territory

Consumer confidence rose slightly in February, reflecting the drop in inflation, but the overall mood remains negative. According to the Danish Chamber of Commerce (DCC), it will be a long time before consumers…

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Posted on 21. Feb, 2023 in: News

Business shorts

Pig population at 25-year low…..Maersk ship turned away from Spanish port…..Italian company fired from super hospital project…. The number of pigs in this country has fallen to a 25-year-low. Denmark is one of…

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Posted on 20. Feb, 2023 in: News

PM: If Putin isn’t stopped he’ll invade other countries

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned there’s a ‘significant risk’ that Russia will invade other countries if Ukraine loses the war. In an interview with TV2 on the sidelines of the Munich Security…

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Posted on 20. Feb, 2023 in: News

Foreign Minister sidesteps fighter jets issue but promises more ‘combat power’ for Ukraine

Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has declined to speculate on whether Western countries will supply combat jets to Ukraine but acknowledged the war in Ukraine is entering a ‘decisive phase’. He told TV2:…

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Posted on 20. Feb, 2023 in: News

One third of voters against high level of aid to Ukraine

Despite the government’s unconditional support for Ukraine more than a third of the electorate believes that Denmark shouldn’t be amongst the countries leading the way in financial and military donations. A new Megafon…

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Posted on 20. Feb, 2023 in: News

Industry wage agreement could avert national strike

Industrial sector trade unions representing 230,000 workers have successfully negotiated a new collective wage agreement with the employers’ association, the Confederation of Danish Industry (DI), which could avert a national strike. Union leaders…

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Posted on 20. Feb, 2023 in: News

Foreign workers ease labour shortage

The lack of manpower has forced Danish companies to increasingly look abroad. A new report by Statistics Denmark shows more than 51,000 work permits were issued last year to foreign workers, 11,000 up…

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Posted on 20. Feb, 2023 in: News

Big rise in foreign manpower

1 in 8 of all full-time workers in this country today is a foreign national. New figures reveal that 12.2% of the labour force last year came from abroad, compared with only 5.7%…

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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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