Opposition leader Jakob Ellemann-Jensen has thrown the government a lifeline by publicly supporting the decision to close down most of north Jutland and potentially kill off Denmark’s mink industry. The government has come…

Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod has questioned the UK’s strong response to the corona threat from Denmark following the threat of a new coronavirus mutation from mink bred at Danish farms transmitting to humans. The…

Positivity rate stable…..Ireland mirrors UK ban….Swedish company ready with vaccine by January….214 cases of mink-related virus in humans… 891 new corona cases were registered, Sunday, a slight decrease, but the number of people…

Coronavirus/ What happened last week: Coronavirus infections hit record levels, with hospitalisations and deaths continuing to rise. Prime Minister’s question time and all committee meetings at Christiansborg (Parliament) were cancelled, Tuesday, after an outbreak amongst ministers…

The government has imposed a lockdown across northern Denmark after a mutated version of the new coronavirus was detected at mink farms in the region and then spread to people. Following the government’s…

Fur dealers have warned that the mass cull of Denmark’s entire mink population could be a fatal blow for the pelt industry, which employs 4,000 people and exported skins for around $800 million…

Animal rights groups welcomed the decision by the government to cull Denmark’s entire mink population and called for a general ban on an ‘outdated’ industry. “Although not a ban on fur farming, this…

The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (DVFA) has signed an agreement with 11 energy plants to burn millions of dead minks and convert them into heating. A spokesman for DVFA said he was…

In the midst of the corona crisis the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (DVFA) has warned of the increased risk of bird flu (H5N8) after infected chickens were found at a small poultry…

Health experts have dismissed calls for a nationwide closure of schools following the lockdown in northern Jutland – and the head of the Danish Pediatric Society has even questioned whether the government acted…