Disgraced leader requests sabbatical from parliament
Former Social Liberal leader Morten Østergaard has applied for a sabbatical from parliament. Mr Østergaard, who was forced to step down last month following a number of sex harassment allegations and has been…
More17 million minks to be culled as mutated virus spreads to humans
The government has ordered the cull of Denmark’s entire mink population of around 17 million animals after it was found that a mutation of the coronavirus has spread to humans. Following a National…
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PM tests negative as hospitalisations hit 6-month high… Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has tested negative for the corona virus and given the all clear to return to work. The PM was tested after…
MoreEx-foreign minister: Goodbye to Trump, the narcissistic liar
As Democrat Joe Biden edges closer to the White House by the hour, former foreign minister Mogens Lykketoft has lashed out at Donald Trump. In a hard-hitting op-ed in Berlingske, the former Social…
MoreGovernment ‘buries’ negative stories on drinking water, student grants
Danish newspapers’ focus on the U.S. election over the past couple of days has allowed a couple of negative issues for the government to slip ‘under the radar’. Late on Tuesday the Ministry…
MorePolice on trail of Nazi thieves
Police in southern Jutland claim to be ‘hot on the trail’ of thieves who stole 20 Nazi artifacts, including an SS uniform and a boy’s Hitler Youth outfit, from the Deutsches Museum Nordschleswig in…
MoreBusiness shorts
Danske Bank customers charged negative interest….Record Q3 for Vestas….Corona forces Pandora to close hundreds of outlets…. Any customer with more than a quarter of a million kroner in a Danske Bank account will…
MoreMinisters infected as covid rips through parliament
Prime Minister’s question time, voting, and all committee meetings at Christiansborg (Parliament) were cancelled, Tuesday, after an outbreak of corona amongst ministers and MPs. Later in the day Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen pulled…
MoreInfections hit new high
Coronavirus infections in this country have hit record levels, with hospitalisations and deaths on the rise. 1,353 new corona cases were registered, Tuesday, and 4 more fatalities. 169 patients are hospitalised with 15 in intensive care. Nils Strandberg…
MoreFamily of terrorist sentenced to death issues plea for help
The government has informed the Danish children of convicted terrorist Said Mansour, who’s been given the death penalty in Morocco, that the Moroccan authorities have been reminded they need to live up to…
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