Virus updates
The number of daily infections dropped for the fourth day in a row, Sunday. 38.323 new corona cases were confirmed as 28,83% of the 132.949 PCR tests taken over the 24-hour period came…
MoreBaggage handlers’ strike causes flight delays at Copenhagen Airport
Flights from Copenhagen Airport were disrupted over the weekend when SAS baggage handlers went on strike. The handlers stopped working in protest against ‘longer working hours and lower wages’ but have been ordered…
MoreGood week, Bad week…
It was a good week for… …The government – the year’s first Gallup poll showed the centre-left ‘red’ bloc of parties have opened up a lead over the opposition after months of virtual…
MoreThe Week That Was, February 7th – 13th 2022:
Coronavirus/ What happened last week: The number of daily infections declined through the week, from a high of more than 50,000 to less than 40,000, Sunday – however the number of PCR tests…
More‘Over here…Over here’ – the Yanks are coming
US troops could soon be stationed in this country. At a press briefing, Thursday, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Denmark is looking to negotiate a new defence cooperation agreement with the U.S. that…
MoreOpposition support for military collaboration with U.S. – left wing says no
The government’s left-wing allies have distanced themselves from the move to allow US soldiers to be stationed in this country. In a tweeted response, the Socialist People’s Party’s policy spokesman, Karsten Hønge, said…
MoreExpert: Denmark could become a target for Russia
The prospect of U.S. troops on Danish soil is a direct acknowledgment that Denmark isn’t capable of defending itself, military expert Peter Viggo Jakobsen, Associate Professor at the Royal Danish Defence College, said…
MoreEx-defence minister claims ‘trial by media’ in espionage scandal
After being questioned by the police, Thursday, about his role in the espionage scandal, former defence minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen said there’s nothing new to report. He wrote on Facebook: “I have today…
MoreIraqi torture victim ordered to pay DKK250,000
The Supreme Court has acquitted the Defence Ministry in a torture case brought by a 72-year-old Iraqi national. In 2004 the man, then 54, claimed he was tortured after being handed over to…
MoreClimate Minister embarrassed by $360 bottle of wine
Climate Minister Dan Jørgensen has refunded DKK3,000 ($430) to the Danish Embassy in Singapore after it was revealed that he, the ambassador, and three high-ranking ministry civil servants ran up a DKK15,200 ($2,300)…
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