Foreign Minister hosts virtual climate summit
Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod hosted a top-level virtual meeting, Friday, with President Biden’s specially-appointed climate envoy John Kerry, EU foreign ministers, EU High Representative Josep Borrell, and First Vice President of the European…
MoreThe Week That Was, January 18th – 24th 2021:
Coronavirus/ What happened last week: Despite a fall in infections the government warned that lockdown restrictions due to expire on February 7th may need to be extended due to the rapidly spreading. By…
MoreMette shakes up her cabinet
Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen has set up a new ministry and announced a ‘mini’ cabinet reshuffle. The New Ministry for the Interior and Housing will be headed by Kaare Dybvad Bek while Astrid…
MorePM blasts Pfizer
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has lashed out at pharma giant Pfizer for cutting vaccine deliveries by as much as half to some EU countries. At the same time she repeated her call for…
MoreNo support for more restrictions
Two far-reaching corona containment proposals have been dismissed by a parliamentary majority. Parties’ health spokespersons, who thought they had been invited to a meeting with Health Minister Magnus Heunicke, Thursday, to discuss new…
MoreVirus updates
Lowest positivity rate since September…One week ban on Dubai flights….Homeless corona concerns…. 760 new corona cases were confirmed, Thursday, based on 114,074 tests – a positivity rate of 0.67, the lowest for nearly…
MoreAnti-migrant leader could be ‘kingmaker’ for opposition
The New Right (Nye Konservative) would win nearly 11% of the vote if an election was held today. The latest Megafon poll for TV2 shows the afar-right party, which narrowly crept into parliament…
MoreEx-PM in Trump probe
As a member of Facebook’s Oversight Board ex-Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt will be asked to decide whether to make former President Donald Trump’s ban from the world’s biggest social media site permanent….
MoreQuestions raised about pension funds’ multi-million investment in Chinese goldmine
Two of Denmark’s biggest pension funds – PKA and PFA – have made multi-million kroner investments in companies with ownership shares in a Chinese gold mine where twelve workers who were left trapped…
MoreParties agree on impeachment indictment
The impeachment trial of former immigration minister Inger Støjberg moved closer, Wednesday, when a parliamentary majority reached agreement on the charges she will face. The indictment, seen by tabloid daily BT, states that…
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