Trump-friendly media tout dubious Danish face mask study as fact
A Danish study published last week has been seized on by right-wing, pro-Trump media in the USA as confirmation that facemasks don’t provide protection against the coronavirus. Media Matters for America (MMfA), a…
MoreDKK250m green energy deal with China, Vietnam, Mexico, South Africa
The Climate & Energy Ministry has signed wide-reaching green energy partnership deals with China, Vietnam, Mexico and South Africa, four countries that jointly represent 30% of the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions. In…
MoreThe Week That Was, November 16th – November 22nd 2020:
Coronavirus/ What happened last week: Around 6,000 new corona cases were registered throughout the week as the figures continue to rise. The National Serum Institute (SSI), which last week projected that the number…
MoreThe scandal that won’t go away
The minkgate scandal will continue to dog Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen even though ex-food minister Mogens Jensen has ‘taken one for the team’ and quit, experts said last night. At a press conference…
MoreMinkgate prompts mini cabinet reshuffle
Rasmus Prehn is the new man at the renamed Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, replacing Mogens Jensen who resigned Wednesday after becoming embroiled in the minkgate scandal. Mr Prehn, until yesterday the…
MoreSoft or hard minkgate probe – Social Liberals will decide
It’s the Social Liberals (Radikale) who hold the key to the extent of the minkgate investigation. While the government’s support parties on the far-left, the Red/Greens and Socialist People’s Party (SPP), have suggested…
MoreVirus mutation ‘probably eradicated’
The mutated strain of coronavirus found amongst mink in September, which led to the mass cull of Denmark’s entire mink population and a top-level scandal, has ‘probably been eradicated’ the health ministry said…
MoreVirus updates
Infections up again….Tax deductible meals?….Mink mutation found in Sweden, Ireland….2 million vaccines heading for Denmark…. 1,297 new corona cases were registered Thursday as the figures continue to rise. 255 patients are now hospitalised…
MoreDanish company fuelled Syrian civil war turnaround
The massive amount of jet fuel allegedly sold by a Danish company to Syrian government forces was crucial for President Assad’s victory, Danish experts claim. The State Prosecutor’s Office for Serious Economic and…
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Maersk, buoyed by Q3 recovery, confident about future…..Bank employees abused, harrassed…. A.P. Moller-Maersk, the world´s biggest shipping company, remains confident about the outlook for shipping after posting third-quarter (Q3) figures showing global container…
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