Posted on 11. Jan, 2022 in: News

Exports, imports, production up

Exports, imports, and industrial production grew in November following three months of increased consumer spending following the reopening of society. Exports of goods and services rose 3.7 percent year-on-year and imports grew 3.3…

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Posted on 11. Jan, 2022 in: News

Business shorts

Danish companies go green…. Danish Crown, the world’s largest pork exporter, has adopted a new ‘green’ strategy.  The meat giant has launched eight plant-based products under its new ‘Green Butcher’ label that will…

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Posted on 10. Jan, 2022 in: News

PM accuses rival of smear campaign

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has made it very clear that the Social Democrats will campaign to remain in power as a 1-party government at the next election, even if it’s without the support…

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Posted on 10. Jan, 2022 in: News

Messerchmidt in line to become new DPP leader

Influential Danish People’s Party (DPP) founder Pia Kjærsgaard has endorsed Morten Messerschmidt in his bid to become party leader, virtually sealing his nomination. Ahead of Christmas the High Court overturned the 6-month conditional…

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Posted on 10. Jan, 2022 in: News

Pirate in Copenhagen court

As reported earlier, a suspected Nigerian pirate captured by the Danish frigate, the Esbern Snare, in the Gulf of Guinea in November and brought to Denmark for prosecution appeared in court in Copenhagen…

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Posted on 10. Jan, 2022 in: News

Virus updates

Infections up after 2-day ‘lull’…No more school closures….Virus spreading in Greenland…. There was a renewed spike in infections, Sunday, following a downturn the previous two days. 19,248 new corona cases were reported based on 210.555…

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Posted on 10. Jan, 2022 in: News

Jobless figures lowest since 1998

The unemployment rate is at a 13-year low. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show the number of jobless persons fell by 6,900 to 80,600 in November from 87,500 in the preceding month, as…

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Posted on 10. Jan, 2022 in: News

100,000 chickens culled in worst outbreak of bird flu ever

100,000 chickens were culled on a poultry farm in Jutland over the weekend following the latest outbreak of the highly contagious H5N8 bird flu. The veterinary authorities have imposed a 10-kilometre exclusion zone…

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Posted on 10. Jan, 2022 in: News

2022: Good start, Bad start…

It was a good start to 2022 for… …the Danish economy, which according to data compiled by the British Economist has outperformed 23 other OECD countries during the pandemic… …popular Conservative leader Søren Pape…

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Posted on 07. Jan, 2022 in: News

Pirate flown to Denmark to face prosecution – three others released

One of the four alleged pirates who survived the shootout with a Danish warship in the Gulf of Guinea last November has been flown to Denmark to face charges. The remaining three, who’ve been detained on…

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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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