A young woman arrested at Copenhagen Airport on Tuesday has been charged with travelling to Syria and joining the Islamic State (IS). The 22-year-old, a Danish citizen, appeared in court, Wednesday, where she…

Health Minister Magnus Heunicke has called for a re-think of long-term care for the elderly after tabloid daily Ekstra Bladet published alarming video footage revealing the mistreatment of a 90-year-old dementia sufferer at…

18 hospitalised….Denmark eases travel advisory for Romania….Health Ministry offers ‘corona passport’ for travellers…Slight increase in transmission rate…. One more patient was hospitalised with covid-19, Wednesday, bringing the total to 18, with five in…

Orsted signs Taiwan energy deal…..B&O downslide continues…. Partially state-owned energy giant Orsted announced yesterday that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world’s largest semiconductor foundry, has agreed to buy the entire power production…

After steering through a new consulate in Greenland U.S. Ambassador Carla Sands has now turned her attention to the Faroe Islands. According to Faroese news site In.fo. the ambassador made it clear in…

The Faroe Islands government has pushed back on reports it’s considering extending military cooperation with the USA (see above). Foreign Affairs Secretary Jenis av Rana told Berlingske yesterday he’d enjoyed a constructive meeting…

Despite the devastation caused by the corona epidemic the Danish economy won’t be as badly hit as originally feared – at least according to the EU Commission’s Summer 2020 Economic Forecast, published yesterday…

The number of people hospitalised by covid-19 fell to just 17, Tuesday, although two more died, bringing the death toll to 609 since the epidemic started. 10 more tested positive for the infection….

The limit on group gatherings is raised to 100 today, from the previous 50 imposed last month. When the corona virus originally gripped Denmark in March the government banned gatherings of more than…

Denmark is ranked joint 5th on the latest ‘powerful passports’ list but in real terms, 9th. The Danish passport achieved six 1st place rankings on the Henley Passport Index between 2006-12 but has steadily…