Posted on 05. Dec, 2022 in: News

Analysts predict new government before Christmas

Leading political analysts are confident there’ll be a new government in place before Christmas – but only after record-long negotiations. Jyllands-Posten’s political editor, Niels Thulesen Dahl, said coalition talks between the Social Democrats…

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Posted on 05. Dec, 2022 in: News

Parliament to rule on Prince’s DKK350,000 royal annuity

When Prince Joachim, the Queen’s second son,  starts his new job within the military-industrial complex in Washington DC next year after stepping down as defence attache at the Danish embassy in Paris, he’ll…

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Posted on 05. Dec, 2022 in: News

TV2 cast doubts on Iranian morality police reports

Reports that Iran has shut down its notorious ‘morality police’ should be taken with a ‘pinch of salt’, TV2’s Middle East correspondent Simi Jan said yesterday following more than two months of protests…

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Posted on 05. Dec, 2022 in: News

Rising inflation, energy prices, interest rates – homeowners facing a bleak 2023

Thousands of homeowners will struggle to pay their monthly bills in 2023 due to a combination of high inflation, rising energy costs, and fast-rising interest rates. A new report by banking lobby, Finance…

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Posted on 04. Dec, 2022 in: News

­­­The Week That Was, November 28th  – December 4th 2022:

Politics/Economy: Despite moving closer to the Social Democrats and a potential centrist coalition, Liberal leader Jacob Ellemann-Jensen declined to say whether his confidence in caretaker prime minister Mette Frederiksen has been restored following…

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Posted on 02. Dec, 2022 in: News

Spy boss in espionage scandal was given cash bonus before suspension

Suspended ‘spy boss’ Lars Findsen, head of the Military Intelligence Agency (FE) until being arrested last December on suspicion of leaking highly classified information in the espionage scandal, was given a DKK50,000 (nearly $7,000) bonus in…

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Posted on 02. Dec, 2022 in: News

Fewer districts on ‘deprived areas’ list

The Housing Ministry’s annual report of Denmark’s most deprived residential areas – previously referred to as the ‘ghetto list’ – shows a drop this year, from 20 to17. In accordance with the Social…

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Posted on 02. Dec, 2022 in: News

Social control mother stripped of passport

A mother has been stripped of her Danish citizenship and sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty of abusing and illegally detaining her teenage daughter. Glostrup District Court heard how…

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Posted on 02. Dec, 2022 in: News

Copenhagen world’s second- safest city

Copenhagen is the world’s second-safest city according to a new survey. The Icelandic capital, Reykjavik, is number one with Montreal in third place on the latest global rankings by insurance company Berkshire Hathaway…

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Posted on 02. Dec, 2022 in: News

Bankruptcy figures signal ‘new wave’

813 businesses filed for bankruptcy in November, the highest single-month figure since 2019. The capital region has been hardest hit, accounting for more than half of the failures, 54% up on the same…

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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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