Posted on 09. Nov, 2022 in: News

Legal professors: No grounds for impeachment in Minkgate affair

Three leading law professors have concluded there are no grounds to impeach caretaker prime minister Mette Frederiksen in the Minkgate affair. Although a political majority supports the call for an independent legal inquiry…

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Posted on 09. Nov, 2022 in: News

Conservative leader’s mea culpa: ‘I failed’

Conservative leader Søren Pape Poulsen has acknowledged that his poor handling of ‘personal issues’ proved costly for the party at last week’s election. In a lengthy, internal newsletter to party members, seen by…

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Posted on 09. Nov, 2022 in: News

Government negotiations continue: New Right leader predicts ‘red’ coalition

Following talks with caretaker prime minister Mette Frederiksen, Tuesday, New Right leader Pernille Vermund said she’s ‘fairly sure’ that government negotiations will end in a new, centre-left government. Ms Vermund said she was…

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Posted on 09. Nov, 2022 in: News

Faroese Minister fired for anti-gay agenda

Faroese Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jenis av Rana, has been fired for making derogatory comments about homosexuals. During the election campaign Mr av Rana, who’s also head of the christian Miðflokkurin Party, said he couldn’t…

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Posted on 09. Nov, 2022 in: News

Falling energy prices should put the brakes on inflation

Leading economists are confident that the recent fall in energy prices will slow galloping inflation.  Following reports of gas and electricity prices that are out of control, new figures show the cost of…

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Posted on 09. Nov, 2022 in: News

Former Danske Bank CEO wins €325m court battle

Danske Bank’s former CEO Thomas Borgen has been cleared of any liability for shareholder investment losses linked to the money-laundering scandal. In a civil lawsuit, Lyngby District Court ruled yesterday that Mr Borgen,…

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Posted on 09. Nov, 2022 in: News

Business shorts

SAS struggling to keep up with rivals….German, Norwegian investment in Danish solar energy…..Lundbeck earnings bouyed by currency exchange…. Close to 2 million passengers flew with struggling airline SAS in October, 28% up on…

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Posted on 08. Nov, 2022 in: News

Mette presses on with government negotiations: ‘We need something new’

Following a long day of talks with other party leaders, Monday, caretaker prime minister Mette Frederiksen said last night she was ‘hopeful’ about forming a new government but declined to speculate about any…

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Posted on 08. Nov, 2022 in: News

Battle for ‘North Atlantic’ seats

Mette Frederiksen is going to have to work hard to keep at least three of the ‘North Atlantic’ seats in the ’red’ camp. The centre-left alliance parties only won 87 ’Danish’ seats in…

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Posted on 08. Nov, 2022 in: News

Danish military instructors train Ukrainian recruits in UK

Despite Russian opposition, 65 Danish military instructors are well-advanced with the training of around 200 Ukrainian recruits in a British-led training project in Great Britain.  Head of the Danish mission, Michael Frandsen, told…

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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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