Government disputed experts’ death rate projection
The National Serum Institute (NSI) dismissed the coronavirus as no more than a ‘heavy dose of influenza’ just days before the government imposed a nationwide lockdown on March 11th. Internal documents obtained by…
MoreNew Sweden travel warning after students test positive for corona
The Foreign Ministry has again advised people not to travel to Sweden after five high school students from Roskilde tested positive for the coronavirus last week following a short trip to Denmark’s northern…
MoreRussian nuclear sub to pass through Danish waters….again
‘Orel’, a Russian nuclear-powered submarine, will again pass through Denmark’s Great Belt on its way to St. Petersburg for the Naval Parade taking place in late July, the Barents Observer reports. Russia’s Northern Fleet is…
MoreConsumer spending comeback
Consumer spending since the reopening of society is fast approaching normal levels. In response to new National Bank figures showing Dankort (debit card) transactions are now virtually the same as the same period…
MoreSewage dump in Ørestad could be avoided
Local regional authorities’ plan to pump 290,000 cubic metres of untreated wastewater into the Øresund last week was postponed at the last minute following pressure from environmental groups but there are now hopes it could…
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Car dealers facing bankruptcy as auto sales plummet…..Prosecutor drops money laundering probe….B&O chairman dies at 63…. Auto sales dropped by 30% during the first five months of 2020, provoking concerns that 1 in…
MoreBorder restrictions eased from June 15th – but Sweden excluded
Denmark is ready to reopen its borders to visitors from Germany, Iceland and Norway but Swedes are still excluded due to the high levels of the coronavirus in their country. Ahead of the…
MoreSweden decries Danish border policy
The mayor of Copenhagen’s ‘twin city’, Malmø, was among the many Swedes who expressed disappointment at the Danish and Norwegian governments’ decision, Friday, to create a ‘travel bubble’ that excludes her country. Katrin…
MoreSocial Democrats ride ‘corona wave’
The Social Democrats have enjoyed a 25% jump in support since the corona virus gripped the country three months ago. The latest Voxmeter poll shows the ruling party would win 34.7% of the…
MoreChild-bride legislation is ‘political symbolism’
The government’s move to ban child bride weddings is pure ‘political symbolism’ according to the head of the country’s largest emergency crisis centre, the RED Safehouse, which has been approached no more than…
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