Q3 growth better than reported
Third-quarter (Q3) growth figures have been upwardly revised. According to new Statistics Denmark data GDP (Gross Domestic Product) rose more than previously reported as exports jumped. GDP expanded 5.2% from the second quarter,…
MoreLiberals’ division signals civil war
The opposition Liberals (Venstre) are heading for ‘civil war’ after party leader Jacob Ellemann Jensen said, Monday, he’s waiting for an independent legal review of the Child Bride Commission’s interim report but is ready to…
MoreLiberals hang Støjberg out to dry
Liberal leadership has backed party leader Jacob Ellemann-Jensen’s support for an impeachment trial of former integration minister Inger Støjberg. According to tabloid daily BT only one member of the party’s steering committee disagrees with…
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‘Alarming’ death rate….Hospitalisations on the rise….Town Hall Square in lockdown on New Year’s Eve…. The number of people hospitalised by Covid rose sharply, Monday, to 872 – 55 up on the precious day….
MoreEconomists predict Q1 crisis followed by Spring recovery
Even with a Covid vaccine the Danish economy is going to get worse before it gets better. Leading economists project an exceedingly difficult first quarter (Q1) in 2021 followed by a Spring uptick. Professor…
MoreFull steam ahead for Nord Stream 2 in January
Construction of Russia’s controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is expected to resume in Danish territorial waters on January 15th. The project was halted one year ago when Swiss pipe-laying company Allseas suspended…
More79-year-old receives first vaccination as fightback against Covid-19 gets underway
The long-awaited national coronavirus vaccine rollout was launched simultaneously, Sunday, at three care homes in different parts of the country. 79-year-old Leif Heiselberg, a resident of the Ældrecenter Øst nursing home in Odense…
MorePrime Minister: Vaccine is our moon landing
At a brief press conference following the vaccination of the first care home residents on Sunday, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Denmark expects to receive a further 40,000 vaccines today (Monday) in addition…
More8 out of 10 support vaccinations
Despite initial hesitancy there’s now widespread public support for the national vaccination programme. In a new Megafon survey for TV2, 79% respondents said they are ready to be immunised, one of the highest…
More2.6 million more vaccines on the way
Denmark has secured an order for an extra 2.6 million Covid vaccines from Pfizer/Biontech with an expected delivery date of late March, early April, Thomas Senderovitz, Director General of the Danish Medicines Agency, confirmed yesterday….
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