Covid hits Royal Family
The Danish royal family have been forced to self-isolate after Prince Christian, second in line to the Danish throne, tested positive for COVID-19. His parents, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary, received…
More775,000 electric vehicles on the road by 2030
Ahead of the 2021 budget deal announced Sunday, a cross-party parliamentary majority reached agreement to put at least 775,000 electric or hybrid cars on the roads by 2030 in an attempt to reach…
MoreMicrosoft follows Apple, Google and Facebook with Danish data centre
Microsoft has announced plans to build a new data centre in the Zealand region north of Copenhagen that will totally rely on renewable energy and create thousands of new jobs by 2024. It’s…
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Industrial production suffers…Clothing magnate is Denmark’s richest….SAS heading for record, year-end loss…. Industrial production fell in October. The latest Statistics Denmark figures, released Monday, show industrial production dropped a seasonally adjusted 5.6 percent…
MoreCities facing lockdown as PM moves to ’save Christmas’
The government will announce a partial lockdown of Denmark’s major cities this morning. Following a record number of corona cases over the weekend, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned on Facebook, late Sunday, of…
MoreVirus experts urge lawmakers to come together and show ‘community spirit’
36 of Denmark’s top corona experts and specialists have co-signed an open letter, aimed at the government and parliament, expressing their concern that lawmakers’ behaviour could encourage the public to doubt the restrictions…
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Hospitalisations could increase by 100% before Christmas – infections 400% A record high of 1,745 new coronavirus cases were reported Sunday as the number of hospitalisations rose by 23, to 302. 2.4% of all…
MoreGovernment secures majority for 2021 budget
The government and its centre-left allies have reached agreement on the 2021 budget with a raft of stimulus measures that, it’s claimed, will create up to 14,000 jobs next year. In addition to…
MoreElectorate split on Mohammed cartoons in schools: ‘Danes don’t like conflict’
The electorate is divided on the thorny issue of whether the controversial Mohammed cartoons should be a part of the school curriculum. In the wake of the brutal murder of French schoolteacher Samuel…
MoreHong Kong activist ‘disappointed’ with Danish government
Despite initial claims that the government has furthered Denmark-China relations by declining to meet Ted Hui during his trip to Copenhagen last week, Beijing has accused those Danish MPs who welcomed the pro-democracy activist of…
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