Virus updates
Infections, positivity rate lowest since September……Half the population vaccinated…..40,000 choose discarded vaccine… Only 189 new corona cases were reported, Sunday, based on 74,884 PCR tests, the lowest daily figure since September 5th last…
MoreBanks to assume corona debt?
While companies continue to borrow money from the state to help them through the corona crisis the government is working on a scheme that would encourage banks to assume the collective DKK30bn ($4.9bn)…
MoreBaltic pipeline gets green light to resume
Construction work on the Baltic Pipeline, which was halted in Denmark earlier this month due to concerns over the project’s impact on protected mice and bat species, is set to resume, Danish grid…
MoreBusiness shorts
State owned fund inks India deal….Danske Bank rejects crypto currency….Shares in bio company slump after U.S. says no….. State-owned IFU (Investment Fund for Developing Countries) has agreed to develop and finance a 250MW…
MoreThe Week That Was, June 14th – 20th 2021:
Coronavirus/ What happened last week: The number of patients hospitalised by covid continues to fall fast – only around 80 by the end of the week. All youngsters between the ages of 12-15…
MoreLeft wing threatens Google, Facebook
The four party leaders on the left have warned they are ready to pursue tougher regulation to limit the power of tech giants such as Facebook and Google. In a joint interview with…
MoreSocial Liberals signal right turn ahead
Social Liberal (Radikale) leader Sofie Carsten Nielsen has suggested her party could defect from the government alliance and join the centre-right ‘if the conditions are right.’ At the Citizens Forum in Bornholm, Ms…
MoreEU Commission approves Denmark’s spending plan for corona aid
The European Commission has approved Denmark’s plan for spending the €1.5bn grant offered by the EU to help rebuild the economy post-corona. Ahead of her flying visit to Copenhagen, Thursday, President of the…
MoreEriksen to get pacemaker
A few hours before Denmark’s emotional Euro 2021 match against Belgium last night the Danish Football Association (DBU) announced that Christian Eriksen, who’s still recovering in Righospital after suffering cardiac arrest during Denmark’s…
MoreYoungsters to be offered vaccination
All youngsters between the ages of 12-15 will be offered a corona vaccine after all the adult population has been innoculated. Soren Brostrom, head of the Danish Health Authority, said yesterday: “An expansion…
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