Mink cull…now chicken cull
Following the mink cull, the government has now ordered 25,000 chickens to be culled after finding H5N8 bird flu on a farm in Randers. The cull, which will halt all poultry and egg…
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Upward trend ‘very concerning’….Copenhagen University advances covid vaccine…Finland out-performs Nordic neighbours…. 1,195 new corona cases were registered Monday, a 10-day high and a sign that the infection still isn’t under control, virus specialist…
MoreDefence Ministry employees facing prison for expense scandal
Five men have been charged with bribery, fraud and misappropriation of public funds in one of the Danish military’s biggest ever scandals. Viborg District Court heard yesterday how two former employees of the…
MoreU.S. has spied on Denmark for years
Government ministries and leading Danish companies have for years been spied on by the U.S National Security Agency (NSA). DR News confirms this morning how the NSA misused a secret agreement with the…
MoreOpposition leader smells blood as prime minister wavers on mink cull
Opposition leader Jacob Ellemann-Jensen has urged the prime minister to initiate all-party talks ‘as soon as this week’ on a new epidemy bill. At the Liberal’s virtual convention over the weekend, Mr Ellemann-Jensen…
MoreAlternative leader quits sinking ship as party heads for oblivion
Alternative leader Josephine Fock has stepped down just 10 months after succeeding popular party founder Uffe Elbæk. In a press release Ms Fock acknowledged she had experienced difficulties bringing the party together following…
MoreNo indication of Cluster-5 mutations
There have been no new reports of the Cluster-5 mutated coronavirus strain spreading to humans from minks, Health Minister Magnus Heunicke said ahead of the weekend. The government ordered the culling of millions…
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Infection rate stable…..Vestager self isolates…..Smell of rotting mink in Jutland…..Bird flu in south Denmark…. 1,058 new coronavirus cases were registered over the weekend as the number of hospitalisations rose by 23, to 259….
MoreBornholm brothers charged with murder but cleared of hate crime
Two brothers linked to neo-Nazism have been charged with the brutal slaying of a 28-year-old Danish-Tanzanian male on the island of Bornholm but the prosecution ruled out allegations of a racially motivated crime. The…
MoreThe Week That Was, November 9th – November 15th 2020:
Coronavirus/ What happened last week: The minkgate scandal continued to grow – internal communication obtained by Politiken under the freedom of information act revealed how the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (DVFA) for months…
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