Danish vaccine production ‘unrealistic’
Pharmaceutical insiders have dismissed left-wing calls for Denmark to start its own state-backed production of a corona vaccine as ‘unrealistic.’ Pernille Skipper, titular head of the Red/Greens (Enhedlisten), said yesterday that if Pfizer…
MoreHospitalisations, infections down
The number of patients hospitalised by covid-19 continues to fall – 666 yesterday, 18 fewer than Tuesday and the lowest number for more than a month. The downward trend mirrors the falling infection…
MoreWealthy Danes try to jump vaccine queue
An up-market British travel club that offers luxury ‘vaccine package holidays’ to Dubai has received a number of enquiries from wealthy Danes for ‘all-inclusive’ trips that can cost up to DKK500,000. In a…
MoreDenmark leads the way on anti-corruption list
Denmark has retained its top spot as the world’s least corrupt country. On the latest Corruption Perceptions Index, published by Transparency International early this morning, Denmark shares first place with New Zealand, followed…
MoreSuspended ambassador handed new Foreign Ministry role
Thomas Ahrenkiel, who was set to become Denmark’s new ambassador to Germany last August before being suspended pending an investigation into allegations of espionage in the armed services, has been handed a new…
MoreJustice Minister: The fight against anti-Semitism is not over
At a ceremony to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Thursday, Justice Minister Nick Hækkerup stressed the importance of remembering and commemorating the millions systematically murdered as Nazi Germany attempted to exterminate Europe’s Jewish…
MoreDenmark, India agree on green partnership
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her Indian countepart, Narendra Modi, have reached agreement on a “far reaching Green Strategic Partnership” between the two countries that, the Danish PM said, will put Denmark in…
MoreMink breeders ‘massively over-compensated’
The government’s multi-billion compensation scheme for the devastated mink industry came under fire from critics, Tuesday, who claimed lawmakers had ‘over compensated’ breeders because of their own feelings of guilt about closing down…
MoreNo plans to buy Russian vaccine as Pfizer deliveries slow down
Despite delays in corona vaccine deliveries from Pfizer, and now Astra Zeneca, the Danish authorities have no plans to turn to Russia’s Sputnik V to fill the shortfall. Hungary has reached a deal…
MoreContact rate up as British variant takes hold
The ‘R’ rate, which reflects the average number of infections one person with the corona virus causes, has risen again, to 0.8, after falling to 0.7 last week – at the same time…
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