Coronavirus/ What happened last week: Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced the lockdown would be extended until February 28th at least – despite falling infection and hospitalisation figures the health authorities believe the spread…

It will be at least Spring before society is reopened – that was the dour message from Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen at a press conference last night when she announced the lockdown would…

The head of the Danish Chamber of Commerce (DCC) has dismissed the ‘overzealous’ lockdown extension. Former business minister Brian Mikkelsen said the government has taken a ‘step too far’ by extending current restrictions…

Downward trend continues…..Everybody vaccinated by 4th of July….80,000 new vaccines this week… The number of patients hospitalised by covid-19 fell by 55, Thursday, to 611, the lowest figure for five weeks – at…

Denmark is 23rd in a COVID Performance Index by the Sydney-based Lowy Institute, which ranked almost 100 countries for their successful handling of the coronavirus pandemic. New Zealand was the world’s most effective…

The Social Democrats’ enthusiastic support for an impeachment trial of ex-immigration minister Inger Støjberg could come back to bite them – more than 50,000 voters have signed a private citizens petition calling for…

Ex-immigration minister Inger Støjberg continued to act cagey about her future in the Liberal Party (Venstre) yesterday as parliament debated whether to impeach her. Liberal leader Jakob Ellemann-Jensen has urged his former deputy…

The police were solely to blame for cracking done on pro-Tibet demonstrators during visits by Chinese officials, a former top-ranking foreign ministry civil servant claimed yesterday. In a long day of testimony, Friis…

Denmark, alongside Austria and the Czech Republic, has urged the EU to loosen state aid rules further and make it easier for companies hit by the COVID-19 pandemic to receive support. The European…

When MPs make the final vote on whether to launch an impeachment trial of ex-immigration minister Inger Støjberg next week they will be required to clearly state their name, if it’s up to…