Posted on 17. Nov, 2020 in: News

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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Posted on 17. Nov, 2020 in: News

Virus updates

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…

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Posted on 17. Nov, 2020 in: News

Defence 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…

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Posted on 16. Nov, 2020 in: News

U.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…

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Posted on 16. Nov, 2020 in: News

Opposition 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…

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Posted on 16. Nov, 2020 in: News

Alternative 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…

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Posted on 16. Nov, 2020 in: News

No 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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Posted on 16. Nov, 2020 in: News

Virus updates

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….

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Posted on 16. Nov, 2020 in: News

Bornholm 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…

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Posted on 15. Nov, 2020 in: TWTW

The 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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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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7:59: TODAS LAS NOTICIAS DANESAS DEL MOMENTO.
7:59-Noticias Danesas de Hoy es una nueva fuente de noticias en inglés dirigida especialmente al cuerpo diplomático, extranjeros viviendo en Dinamarca

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