Posted on 10. Jun, 2021 in: News

Copenhagen slips down ‘livability’ rankings

Copenhagen is no longer seen as one of the world’s best cities to live in.  According to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) latest ‘livability’ index, Auckland leads the way, followed by Osaka, Adelaide,…

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Posted on 10. Jun, 2021 in: News

Imports from UK take post-Brexit tumble

Danish consumers and companies’ enthusiasm for British products has declined significantly since the UK officially left the EU on January 1st. Despite the EU-UK Christmas Eve trade deal, which was welcomed by the…

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Posted on 10. Jun, 2021 in: News

Production, trade surplus decline

Industrial production declined in April following an encouraging rise the previous month. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show industrial production fell a seasonally adjusted 3.6 percent month-on-month in April, after a 4.4 percent…

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Posted on 09. Jun, 2021 in: News

Ruling party ‘struggling with sexism’

The Social Democrat party has admitted it’s struggling with internal problems of sexism and inappropriate behaviour. After Berlingske reported how seven women claimed to have been sexually harassed by a former male employee,…

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Posted on 09. Jun, 2021 in: News

New survey – 11% have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace

A new survey reveals that sexual harassment in the workplace is more prevalent than previously believed. 11% of the 1,153 respondents in the Epinion poll carried out on behalf of the Trade Union…

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Posted on 09. Jun, 2021 in: News

New poll: Government maintains health majority

The centre-left government alliance maintains a fairly comfortable majority in a new poll. The latest YouGov survey shows the Social Democrat party and its three parliamentary allies would win 54.5% of the vote…

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Posted on 09. Jun, 2021 in: News

Corona tester abuses New Right leader

New Right leader Pernille Vermund was accused of being an ‘evil woman with evil policies’ when being tested for corona earlier this week. Ms Vermlund said she was being given a nasal swab testing at one…

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Posted on 09. Jun, 2021 in: News

Crown Prince quits Olympic Committee

Crown Prince Frederik has resigned as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The heir to the Danish throne, who became an IOC member in 2009 and was re-elected for eight more…

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Posted on 09. Jun, 2021 in: News

Virus updates

Low rate of infections, hospitalisations……Opposition parties demand speedier re-opening….. Only 377 new corona cases were reported yesterday but the National Serum Institute stressed the figures were low due to ’technical problems’ which also…

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Posted on 09. Jun, 2021 in: News

Tax Minister targets cryptocurrency traders

Tax Minister Morten Bodskov has launched a crackdown on cryptocurrency traders after the Danish Tax Agency (SKAT) found that, between 2015 and 2019, about 16,000 people and companies in Denmark traded Bitcoin and…

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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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