Virus updates
Only 63 hospitalised…FC Copenhagen splits stadium up to circumvent group rules….Tivoli fires 440… The number of patients hospitalised by covid-19 has fallen to 63, the lowest since the end of March. Only 14…
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Pension fund drops oil investments…Fujifilm to spend $928m in Denmark on corona treatments…Genmab gets $750m in U.S. cancer research deal…Novo Nordisk in $2.1bn buyout…. One of Denmark’s leading pension funds, MP based in…
MoreOECD warning: Economic downturn could be more severe
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has warned that the economic downturn in Denmark could be more severe than the government has projected. In its latest Global Economic Outlook, published Wednesday, the…
MoreOpposition leader demands EU budget answers
Ahead of next week’s EU summit opposition leader Jacob Elleman-Jensen has demanded answers as to where the government expects to find the extra money needed to fund the EU’s proposal to increase its…
MoreVirus stabilised but rate of transmission increases
The spread of COVID-19 hasn’t accelerated since phase 2 of the reopening process two weeks ago but a rise in the rate of transmission (R), from 0.7 to 1 over the past week,…
MoreNew party will exclude immigrants, close down mosques
Centrum Venstre (Centre-Left) the new party founded by former imam Ahmed Akkari, presented its political platform, Wednesday, including plans to close down mosques and a blanket ban on immigration from non-Western countries. Specifically,…
MoreUS raises the flag in Greenland
The USA officially opened its new consulate in Greenland’ s capital, Nuuk, as planned yesterday, part of what analysts believe is a bigger push by Washington to extend US influence in both the…
MoreIranians charged with financing terror linked to Saudi Arabia
Three leading members of the Iranian separatist group, ASMLA (The Arab Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz), already accused of promoting terrorism and espionage, are now facing charges of financing terror and spying…
MorePrince to work at Paris embassy…for free
From September 1st Prince Joachim will be the new defence attache at Denmark’s embassy in Paris. The younger brother to Crown Prince Frederik, currently living in Paris where he’s enrolled on a military…
MoreDanske Bank reported to police
Danske Bank’s problems continue to mount up. Denmark’s biggest bank, which is still under investigation here and abroad for its role in the money laundering scandal, was yesterday reported to the police by…
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