No backdown on information bill

Posted on 14. May, 2013 in: News

Despite a storm of criticism from opposition parties and media experts, the government is refusing to budge from its original proposals for a new right to information bill. Although the bill has been…

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7.59 -Danish News Today – The Week That Was, August 20th – August 26th, 2012

Posted on 27. Aug, 2012 in: TWTW

Politics / Economy A gang of around 70 youths from the immigrant-dominated social housing district of Vollsmose stormed Odense Hospital, Monday, putting immigration and integration debate firmly back on the political agenda. The…

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‘Poorly integrated idiots’

Posted on 22. Aug, 2012 in: News

Social Democrat spokesman Ole Hækkerup characterised the group of 60-70 immigrant gang members who stormed Odense Hospital Monday evening and threatened nurses and doctors as a flock of ‘poorly integrated idiots’.  He called…

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7.59 -Danish News Today – The Week That Was, June 18th-June 24th, 2012

Posted on 25. Jun, 2012 in: TWTW

Politics / Economy After opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen walked out of tax reform negotiations to travel to the climate summit in Rio de Janeiro, the government looked left for a watered-down agreement…

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Hate crimes conference in Copenhagen

Posted on 01. Mar, 2012 in: News

Only one in every 75 assaults on homosexuals in this country is reported to the police, according to Kenneth Engberg, hate crimes spokesman for the National Association of Homosexuals and Lesbians. Just 33…

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The Week That Was: Nov. 7th-Nov. 13th

Posted on 14. Nov, 2011 in: TWTW

7.59 – Danish News Today – The Week That Was, November 7th – 13th, 2011 Politics Berlingske’s average of all polls published over the past 31 days showed a dramatic increase in popularity…

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7.59 – Danish News Today – The Week That Was, October 9th – October 16th, 2011

Posted on 17. Oct, 2011 in: TWTW

Politics This week, Social Liberal leader Margrethe Vestager’s approval rating hit an all-time high while Socialist People’s Party boss Villy Søvndal’s and his two colleagues, Ole Sohn and Thor Möger Pedersen, took a…

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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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