Posted on 09. Dec, 2020 in: News

PM sidesteps questions about smoking-gun mail

Mette Frederiksen continued to deflect questions about her own ministry’s role in the minkgate scandal during prime minister’s question time, Tuesday. Following reports of a ’smoking gun’ mail that implied ex-food minister Mogens Jensen…

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Posted on 09. Dec, 2020 in: News

Majority backing for green tax reform

The government and a cross-party majority has reached agreement on tax reform aimed at securing a 70% reduction in CO2 emissions ahead of 2030 – however, the government’s parliamentary ally, the Red/Green Alliance,…

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Posted on 09. Dec, 2020 in: News

Virus updates

Infections hit new daily high…..Health authorities ready to start vaccinations in January…. 2,150 new corona cases were registered Tuesday, a new daily record. 78,626 people were tested over the 24-hour period., also a…

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Posted on 09. Dec, 2020 in: News

PM apologises for failed social experiment

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has offered an unreserved apology to 22 Greenlandic children who were removed from their families in 1951 and forcibly brought to Denmark to become ‘Danish’. Following the publication, Tuesday,…

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Posted on 09. Dec, 2020 in: News

New poll: Opposition falls behind despite government’s mink scandal problems

The Liberals (Venstre) would face a signficant loss if an election was held today. A new YouGov poll for tabloid daily BT shows that the party, which was in power less than 18…

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Posted on 09. Dec, 2020 in: News

Ex-tax minister was asked to conceal details of share dividend scam

Karsten Lauritzen was frustrated about the veil of secrecy surrounding the share dividend scandal when he became tax minister following the 2015 election. In testimony to the legal commission investigating how foreign investors…

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Posted on 09. Dec, 2020 in: News

Denmark 6th globally on ‘climate performance’

Denmark is ranked 6th on the latest Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI), behind Sweden and the UK, 4th and 5th respectively – however, the top three spots are left empty to ‘symbolise the…

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Posted on 08. Dec, 2020 in: News

Bars and restaurants to close in partial lockdown – schoolkids sent home

The government has imposed lockdown restrictions in 38 municipalities in Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense in a bid to halt the sharp increase in coronavirus infections, Under the measures announced by Prime Minister Mette…

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Posted on 08. Dec, 2020 in: News

Daily infections top 2,000 – hospitals nearing full capacity

The new restrictions announced by the prime minister, Monday, follow a record surge in daily coronavirus cases over the past three days – more than 3,800 new infections on Saturday and Sunday were…

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Posted on 08. Dec, 2020 in: News

‘Smoking gun’ mail reveals ex-food minister didn’t act alone

Prime Minister has declined to comment on reports that ex-food minister Mogens Jensen wasn’t solely responsible for the illegal mass cull of Denmark’s entire mink population and was in fact being supervised by…

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