Posted on 11. Jan, 2021 in: News

Virus updates

Infection rate down but hospitalisations up…Lockdown unlikely to be eased…Everybody in Denmark set to be inoculated by end of June…115,000 vaccinated so far…..Corona restrictions eradicate influenza….PM discusses virus with Netanyahu…. 1,246 new corona…

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Posted on 11. Jan, 2021 in: News

Trump’s Twitter ban divides parties

Twitter’s decision to permanently suspend President Trump’s account has divided Danish political parties. The Social Democrat’s media affairs spokesman, Kasper Sand Kjær, welcomed the move but acknowledged it’s a ‘major dilemma’ when private…

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Posted on 11. Jan, 2021 in: TWTW

The Week That Was, January 4th – 10th 2020:

Coronavirus/ What happened last week: The government tightened lockdown restrictions in a rapid response to the fast-spreading, highly contagious British coronavirus variant but stopped short of a curfew – Health Minister Magnus Heunicke…

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Posted on 08. Jan, 2021 in: News

Foreign Minister demands answers from U.S. Ambassador

Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod made a personal call to U.S. Ambassador Carla Sands, Thursday, with a direct message for President Trump: Accept defeat and ensure a peaceful transition of power to President-elect Joe…

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Posted on 08. Jan, 2021 in: News

Experts: 100,000 vaccinations per day is unrealistic

Health professionals have dismissed head of the Danish Health Authority (DHA) Søren Brostrøm’s target of 100,000 vaccinations per day as ‘unrealistic’. Kenneth Jensen, consultant anaesthesiologist at Naestved Hospital, told tabloid daily BT that…

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Posted on 08. Jan, 2021 in: News

Ex-minister: Business leaders should be vaccinated before oldsters

A former business minister has questioned the government’s vaccination policy of prioritising care home residents, front-line health workers, and the elderly. According to Brian Mikkelsen, now head of the Danish Chamber of Commerce, those…

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Posted on 08. Jan, 2021 in: News

Virus: The curve has flattened

Only 1,842 people tested positive for the corona virus, Thursday, from the 104,615 tests carried out. The positivity rate of 1.76% was the lowest since November and a strong sign that the ‘curve…

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Posted on 08. Jan, 2021 in: News

Two charged with attempted murder of anti-Islamist

Two men will appear in court today charged with the attempted murder of Rasmus Paludan, leader of the anti-Muslim ‘Stram Kurs’ (Hard Line) party. According to the prosecution the two accused – a…

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Posted on 08. Jan, 2021 in: News

Two Brits charged in multi-billion share scam

Two British nationals, allegedly the kingpins behind the DKK12.7bn share dividend scam in 2016, have been formally charged by Danish prosecutors with unlawfully defrauding the tax authorities out of more than DKK 9bn…

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Posted on 08. Jan, 2021 in: News

Fraud squad drops charges against Danske Bank employees but top execs still in firing line

The State Prosecutor’s Office for Serious Economic and International Crime (SØIK), popularly known as the fraud squad, has dropped dropped charges against six former Danske Bank employees as part of an investigation into…

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7:59 – All the Danish News That Fits

7:59 – Danish News Today, is the most reliable source of daily Danish news in English for diplomats, the ex-pat community, the business sector, or anyone in Denmark or abroad seeking an insight into what’s happening in Denmark right now.

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7:59: TODAS LAS NOTICIAS DANESAS DEL MOMENTO.
7:59-Noticias Danesas de Hoy es una nueva fuente de noticias en inglés dirigida especialmente al cuerpo diplomático, extranjeros viviendo en Dinamarca

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