Foreign Ministry sets up task force to avoid more ventilator gaffes
The Foreign Ministry has set up a task force to avoid potential embarrassing situations in the future, where a country is offered unusable, out of date medical equipment by the Danish authorities, as…
MoreChina dispute ahead of Copenhagen Democracy Summit
China needs to be shown who it is that really decides, former prime minister Ander Fogh Rasmussen said yesterday ahead of the virtual, 2-day Copenhagen Democracy Summit that gets underway today with the…
MoreSerum Institute redefines covid definition
A new method of defining covid-19 patients has led to a dramatic drop in the official number of hospitalisations. According to the National Serum Institute (SSI) only 39 patients were hospitalised yesterday, a…
MoreVestager questions business subsidies from ‘foreign states’
Denmark’s Executive Vice President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager has called for increased control of foreign subsidies that ‘distort the market.’ After putting forward a White Paper on how to address effects…
MoreVestager launches probe into car merger
It was a busy day for Margrethe Vestager on Wednesday – Denmark’s European Commission Vice President also launched in-depth investigation into the proposed merger of Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot that would create the…
MoreNorwegian ignores travel advisory – new flights from July 1st
Cut-price airline Norwegian Air is ready to defy the government’s travel advisory by reopening routes from Copenhagen to popular tourist destinations such as Malaga, Split, Dubrovnik, Palma de Mallorca, and Alicante from July…
MoreNational Bank: More needed to stimulate economy
Governor of the National Bank Lars Rohde has warned that the Danish economy could need an ‘extra push’ in the form of a more expansive fiscal policy if reconstruction takes longer than expected….
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11,000 mink slaughtered following corona outbreak at farm… Greece sues Denmark over feta trademark….Denmark number 2 globally in competitiveness….Orsted CEO steps down…. A Danish farm in North Jutland has taken the drastic step…
MorePM defends cash bonus for pensioners, unemployed
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen came under fire, Tuesday for the ‘summer cash stimulus package’ aimed at boosting consumer spending – specifically, 1,000 tax-free kroner to all pensioners, students, and other welfare claimants. During…
MoreVoters want ban on demonstrations as Black Lives Matter protester tests positive for corona
Nearly two-thirds of the electorate believe the ban on gatherings of more than 50 people should also apply to political protests, after it was revealed yesterday that a person who took part in…
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