Posted on 08. Jun, 2022 in: News

Lawmakers support Sweden and Finland’s NATO bid

Parliament has voted unanimously to support Sweden and Finland’s NATO bid. After all parties voted for the government’s motion to extend the western military alliance, Tuesday, Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod called it an…

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Posted on 08. Jun, 2022 in: News

Denmark ‘most resilient’

Denmark has been named the world’s ‘most resilient’ country for the 2nd year running. In the 2022 FM Global Resilience Index, a global business survey of how well nations handle risks ranging from…

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Posted on 08. Jun, 2022 in: News

Denmark plans ‘yellow fever’ for Tour de France

13 Danish cities that will host the Tour de France Grand Départ in July are ‘fired up and ready to go’ the organisers said, Tuesday, vowing to build ‘yellow fever’ across Denmark over…

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Posted on 08. Jun, 2022 in: News

Future of SAS in the balance after Sweden pulls the plug

The Danish government holds the future of Scandinavia’s flagship airline, SAS, in its hands after Sweden said yesterday it won’t inject new capital into the loss-making carrier and does not aim to be…

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Posted on 08. Jun, 2022 in: News

Biotech company inks multi-million monkeypox deals

Danish biotech company Bavarian Nordic said yesterday it expects to sign more contracts for its vaccine against monkeypox following ‘overwhelming’ interest from governments around the world. The Danish company, which produces the only…

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Posted on 07. Jun, 2022 in: News

PM suggests left-right multi-party coalition

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has aired the possibility of an across-the-aisle, multi-party coalition in the future. Encouraged by the left/right unity that led to success in last week’s opt-out referendum and the national…

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Posted on 07. Jun, 2022 in: News

Opposition parties dismiss Mette’s centrist proposal

Both the Liberals (Venstre) and Conservatives, the two biggest parties on the right, have already ruled out the possibility of forming a government with the Social Democrats. The Liberals’ policy spokeswoman, Sophie Løhde,…

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Posted on 07. Jun, 2022 in: News

Ex-PM: Government is copying my idea

Former prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen believes his new Moderates Party still has a significant role to play in Danish politics even though Mette Frederiksen has embraced his idea of a broad, cross-party…

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Posted on 07. Jun, 2022 in: News

Health authorities prepare for new corona outbreak

The health authorities are working on contingency plans in case of a new corona outbreak later this year. Following the news that an Omicron sub-variant has fuelled a surge in COVID-19 cases in…

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Posted on 07. Jun, 2022 in: News

U.S. praise for Denmark’s war effort

Following talks in Washington DC, Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken thanked Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod for Denmark’s support to the people of Ukraine and ‘efforts to hold Russian President Putin…

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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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