PM condemns Muslim call to prayers
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has joined the condemnation of a group of around 30 ‘disrespectful Muslims’ who violated the ban on gatherings of more than 10 when they were called to prayers at…
MoreDenmark joins container aid project for Greece
Denmark, alongside France, Holland, and the Czech Republic, have agreed to send 44 sanitation containers to refugee camps in Greece to help stem the spread of the coronavirus. Nine are on the way…
MoreGerman border to remain closed
The government will consider opening the border with Germany but not before it’s safe to do so, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said yesterday during parliamentary question time. Germany is preparing to ease border…
MoreEU prepares for border re-openings – Denmark could be part of ‘safe corridor’
The European Commission will today consider a ‘phased re-opening’ of borders that will allow EU countries with ‘similar overall risk profiles’ on the pandemic to admit tourists from each other’s countries, according to…
MoreImmigration hardliner lashes out at ‘disrespectful’ Muslims
Former immigration Minister Inger Støjberg has accused Muslims who held joint prayers at a parking lot in Aarhus, Sunday evening, of having no respect for Danish laws and rules. After a video emerged…
MoreParties query new social distancing rules
Party leaders have questioned why the Danish Health Authority (DHA) has suddenly decided to relax social distancing rules from the previous two metres to one. Conservative leader Søren Pape Poulsen said yesterday he…
MoreHealth authorities’ confusing testing strategy
The head of the Danish Health Authority (DHA) has acknowledged the ‘lack of clear guidelines’ regarding a national testing strategy for the corona virus. In an interview with Politiken this morning, Søren Brostrøm…
MoreVirus updates
Slight rise in infections but drop in ‘R’ rate…Justice Minister threatens to fine violators…Foreign Ministty extends travel advisory…. The number of people hospitalised by the coronavirus rose by two, Monday, to 198 –…
MoreHungary summons Danish, Nordic ambassadors
Hungary has accused Denmark and its Nordic neighbours of spreading ‘fake news’ over coronavirus emergency powers granted to Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Hungary’s foreign minister, Peter Szijjarto, summoned the ambassadors from Denmark, Iceland,…
MoreAnti-immigrant parties in internet dispute
The Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) deputy leader, Søren Espersen, has warned that members will be ‘shown the door’ if it’s proved they are involved in anonymous attacks on rival parties. An internet blog…
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