Posted on 02. Jul, 2021 in: News

Vaccines to Africa, West Balkans, Bhutan

The first 300,000 of the 1 million surplus Astra Zeneca doses the government has promised to donate to Covax, the vaccine alliance run by the UN, will soon be on their way North…

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Posted on 02. Jul, 2021 in: News

Conservative MP accused of sexual abuse

Five women have accused Conservative MP Naser Khader of sexual abuse or ‘inappropriate behaviour.’ All five claim the incidents occurred during meetings ‘of a professional nature’ over a 20-year period between 1999 and…

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Posted on 02. Jul, 2021 in: News

Danish families wealthiest in EU

Danish families are sitting on the largest stash of cash and pension savings in the EU. New National Bank data shows Danes are the European Union’s wealthiest, with around DKK1.3m ($208,000) in financial…

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Posted on 02. Jul, 2021 in: News

National Bank: We weren’t hacked

The National Bank has dismissed reports that nation-state hackers, probably Russian, broke into its IT-operating system. In a statement the Bank also rejected allegations that the cyber attack had created a backdoor to…

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Posted on 02. Jul, 2021 in: News

Ørsted urges U.S. to speed up transition process

Partially state-owned clean energy giant Ørsted has warned that the U.S. will need to speed up project permits to meet the Biden administration’s 2030 target for offshore wind power. The United States, with…

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Posted on 02. Jul, 2021 in: News

Business shorts

Police investigate corona fraud…..Ørsted wins lucrative New Jersey contract…..Danske Bank compensates 6,300 customers for over-charging…. As the state’s corona aid packages to businesses are gradually being wound down the State Prosecutor’s Office for…

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Posted on 01. Jul, 2021 in: News

Nordic newspapers condemn China’s crackdown on press freedom

Four leading Nordic newspapers, including Denmark’s Politiken, have joined together this morning to condemn the closure of Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, which printed 1 million copies of its final edition last…

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Posted on 01. Jul, 2021 in: News

China rejects Politiken’s criticism as ‘fantasy’

Politiken’s editor in chief, Christian Jensen, is living in a fantasy world – that was the first reaction last night by ‘official China’ to the four Nordic newspapers’ joint condemnation of the closure…

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Posted on 01. Jul, 2021 in: News

Greenland’s PM ready to report TV2 for damaging fake news report

Greenland’s prime minister, Múte B. Egede, is on the verge of reporting Danish TV network TV2 to the police for printing fake news that could have influenced the outcome of the country’s general…

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Posted on 01. Jul, 2021 in: News

Nordic culture ministers: World Cup in Qatar is ‘wrong’

Culture Minister Joy Mogensen, who last month said the government won’t be boycotting next year’s football World Cup in Qatar despite reports that 6,500 migrant workers have died while the country is preparing…

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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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