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…
MoreDanish 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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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…
MoreFood 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…
MoreBan 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…
MoreEditorials: 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…
MoreSerum 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…
MoreElection 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…
MoreVestager 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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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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