Posted on 12. Nov, 2020 in: News

Corona inoculations could start in March – Denmark in race to find vaccine

After nine months of restrictions the prospect of Denmark getting an anti-corona vaccine is moving closer and closer, Nils Strandberg Pedersen, former head of the National Serum Institute (SSI), said yesterday. “The EU has…

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Posted on 12. Nov, 2020 in: News

Danish company charged with violating Syrian sanctions – sold $100m of jet fuel to Russian middlemen

Middelfart-based Dan Bunkering has been formally charged with violating EU sanctions by selling jet fuel to Syria, through Russian companies. According to the indictment by the State Prosecutor’s Office for Serious Economic and International…

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Posted on 12. Nov, 2020 in: News

Virus updates

Infection rate stable but still not under control…..EU monitoring mink situation……No way back for mink industry…..Denmark sends respirators to Ukraine….. 994 new corona cases were registered, Wednesday, based on 77,523 rests – a…

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Posted on 11. Nov, 2020 in: News

Food Minister facing the chop

Minister for Food & Fisheries Mogens Jensen is facing calls to quit for his misguided handling of the ‘minkgate’ crisis. The government has been forced to suspend its plan to cull Denmark’s entire mink herd after…

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Posted on 11. Nov, 2020 in: News

Ban on mink farming until 2022

Following the botched attempt to cull Denmark’s entire mink herd the government has now proposed banning mink farming until the start of 2022. Under the proposed law, mink farming will not be allowed…

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Posted on 11. Nov, 2020 in: News

Editorials: Minister needs to go but PM shares the blame for minkgate

National newspapers are united this morning in their condemnation of the government’s handling of the ’minkgate’ scandal, characterised as a ’stain on Danish democracy’, ’a massive howler’ and ’a full-blown scandal’. BT writes…

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Posted on 11. Nov, 2020 in: News

Serum Institute predicts big decrease in corona infections

According to a new projection by the National Serum Institute (SSI) the number of corona cases will fall by half in 80% of the country over the next two weeks – only the…

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Posted on 11. Nov, 2020 in: News

Election expert: U.S. ambassador is a liar

The USA’s ambassador to Denmark, Carla Sands, is lying by insinuating there was voter fraud in last week’s presidential election, a top Danish expert has claimed. Earlier this week Ms Sands offered support for…

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Posted on 11. Nov, 2020 in: News

Vestager attacks Amazon…again

A probe into Amazon has confirmed that the internet retail giant is in breach of EU antitrust rules, Denmark’s Executive Vice President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager said yesterday. The former Social Liberal…

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Posted on 11. Nov, 2020 in: News

Business shorts

Low inflation….DK signs China food deal…Mink crisis threatens English breakfasts….. Danish inflation fell to 0.4%, year on year, in October, down from 0.6% the previous month but remains well above the Euro zone….

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7:59 – All the Danish News That Fits

7:59 – Danish News Today, is the most reliable source of daily Danish news in English for diplomats, the ex-pat community, the business sector, or anyone in Denmark or abroad seeking an insight into what’s happening in Denmark right now.

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