Posted on 04. May, 2021 in: News

Government refuses to back down on controversial Syria refugees policy

Despite international criticism the government is preparing to take ’drastic steps’ to send as many Syrian refugees home as possible. In an official parliamentary response last week Integration Minister Mattias Tesfaye stated very firmly…

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Posted on 04. May, 2021 in: News

Late night agreement: Restrictions eased from Thursday

All children will return to full-time schooling on Thursday after a cross-party majority reached agreement early this morning on a wider reopening of society. Gyms, cinemas, and theatres can also open up again…

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Posted on 04. May, 2021 in: News

Denmark drops Johnson & Johnson vaccine

Denmark has become the first country exclude Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) Covid-19 jabs from its vaccination programme. Following a meeting, Monday, between Health Minister Magnus Heunicke and all political parties, the Danish Health…

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Posted on 04. May, 2021 in: News

Business boss attacks health supremo

Former business minister Brian Mikkelsen has urged lawmakers to strip Søren Brostrøm, head of the Danish Health Authority, of his ‘wide-ranging’ powers. After the DHA removed Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine from its…

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Posted on 04. May, 2021 in: News

Virus updates

Stable positivity rate….Denmark ‘world’s most cautious’….New variations discovered in Copenhagen….Discarded vaccines allowed on voluntary basis…. 761 new corona cases were reported Monday, based on 151,115 PCR tests, a positivity rate of 0.50 %, slightly…

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Posted on 04. May, 2021 in: News

Unemployment falls as society reopens

After months of lengthening jobless queues the unemployment rate fell in March to 128,600, around 4.5% of the labour force, from 130,400 the preceding month. The latest figures from Statistics Denmark also show…

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Posted on 04. May, 2021 in: News

EU crisis funding earmarked for climate initiatives

The government is aiming to spend much of the money that Denmark receives from the EU crisis fund for pandemic recovery on achieving its ambitious target to cut carbon emissions by at least…

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Posted on 03. May, 2021 in: News

Løkke blamed for right-wing chaos

Lars Løkke Rasmussen is personally responsible for the division within the opposition’s ranks according to the former prime minister’s most faithful ally in Danish politics, Claus Hjort Frederiksen. In an interview with Berlingske,…

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Posted on 03. May, 2021 in: News

Virus: Positivity rate at 4-month high

867 new corona cases were reported Sunday, based on 175,526 PCR tests, a positivity rate of 0.53 %, the highest since January. The number of people hospitalised by covid rose by 5, to…

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Posted on 03. May, 2021 in: News

Denmark sends 53 ventilators to ‘Indian friends’

Denmark is sending 53 ventilators to help coronavirus-hit India and has also donated a million euros to the Red Cross to help fight the ever-growing epidemic in the country.  In a press release…

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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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