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MoreThe Week That Was, March 1st – 8th 2021:
Coronavirus/ What happened last week: Most of the retail sector reopened throughout Denmark, Monday, but the requirement for stores larger than 5,000 square metres to guarantee at least 250 sq.mtr. for every customer…
MorePM seals vaccine deal with Israel, Austria
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen returned home from Jerusalem last night with an agreement to set up a joint research and development fund, and possibly production facilities for COVID-19 vaccines, in collaboration with Israel…
MorePM in crossfire for Israel trip
Lawmakers in this country were less than impressed by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s deal with Israel and Austria regarding possible vaccine production and particularly the lack of details. The Danish People’s Party’s health…
MoreFrench criticism for PM’s go it alone policy
As well as receiving political flak in this country for her trip to Israel Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was also criticised by France for her efforts to circumvent the EU by agreeing vaccine…
MoreImmigrants overrepresented in infection statistics
Non-western immigrants and their descendants are strongly overrepresented in the corona infection figures. New National Serum Institute data reveals that 26.3% of all those infected are non-western immigrants even though they only represent…
MoreInfection rate remains stable
520 new corona cases were reported, Thursday, from 154,698 tests, a positivity rate of 0.34.The daily infection rate has been relatively stable for two weeks, with between 400-600 cases a day. The number…
MoreNew report: Centrist party struggled with sexual harassment for years
Social Liberal (Radikale) leader Sofie Carsten Nielsen has said she should have asked her predecessor, Morten Østergaard, to leave the party a long time ago after an independent report revealed years of sexual…
MoreWhy was Løkke given a luxury apartment for half-price?
Questions are being asked as to how former prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen was able to rent a luxury, newly-renovated, six-room apartment overlooking Nyhavn for the ‘ridiculously low’ monthly rent of only DKK10,000….
MoreAmbassador: Denmark has held fortnightly meetings with Israel
Denmark is one of a number of countries that have held meetings with Israel on a regular basis over the past year, Israel’s ambassador to Denmark said yesterday ahead of Prime Minister Mette…
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