Agreement on social reform bill
After months of long, drawn out negotiations the government has finally put together a majority for its local government social equality bill – also known as ‘Robin Hood’ reform that transfers money from…
MoreHealth Ministry blocked purchase of protective equipment
A Danish Health Authority (DHA) 2012 plan to purchase and stockpile Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in case of a pandemic was shelved by the Health Ministry due to a lack of funding. Else…
MoreFinance Minister: DKK190bn deficit this year
Finance Minister Nicolai Wammen has projected a public sector deficit of up to DKK190bn ($26.5bn) in Denmark’s latest convergence programme for the EU Commission. The Finance Ministry writes: “The many measures and aid…
MoreLøkke promises to reveal all
Former prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen is writing a new ‘tell all’ biography in which he’s promised to reveal details of some of the most controversial episodes in his political career, including the decisive…
MoreBusiness shorts
Governments guarantee credit for SAS….Q1 losses for Vestas and Jyske Bank…..Corona hits auto sales…. Scandinavia’s struggling flagship airline, SAS, has signed a DKK2.3bn ($336 million) three-year revolving credit facility agreement, 90% guaranteed by…
MoreExperts sound democracy warning – health minister granted ‘excessive’ powers
Health Minister Magnus Heunicke has been granted excessive powers during the corona crisis according to legal experts who have called for a bipartisan epidemy commission to give elected lawmakers more influence on the…
MoreDenmark gives €50m to vaccine fund
Denmark has pledged DKK370m (€50m) to the European Commission’s efforts to find a coronavirus vaccine. As part of the EU’s online fundraiser, Monday, when world leaders gave a total of €7.4, just short…
MoreHospitalisations on the rise but no second wave says virus specialist
The gradual reopening of society hasn’t led to a new wave of infections even though the number of people hospitalised with covid-19 rose slightly for the second day running, Monday. Christian Wejse, a…
MoreLawmakers demand transparency into corona projections
A cross-party political majority has called on the National Serum Insitute to publish the methodology it uses to help the government decide its corona containment policy. 17 experts are currently working on the…
MoreVirus updates
Hospitalisations up…Germany prepares to open border with Denmark…Serum Institute probes immigrant infection rate… The number of people hospitalised by covid-19 rose again, Monday, to 252, nine more than the previous day. 57 are…
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