Virus updates
Infections, hospitalisations up….Health Minister offers booster….No more major lockdowns says PM….Herd immunity ‘impossible’….. 774 new corona cases were reported yesterday, 54 up on Sunday as the positivity rate rose to 1.58%. At the…
More850 ‘interpreters’ apply for asylum – 1 approved
Around 850 Afghanistan nationals applied for residency in this country over the weekend under the terms of the 2013 ‘interpreter accord’ but only one was approved. Defence Minister Trine Bramsen said there’s been an ’explosion’…
MoreDeported gang member arrives on evacuation plane
A 23-year old former gang member who was deported from Denmark following repeated acts of criminality was apprehended at Copenhagen Airport, Sunday, after arriving on an evacuation flight from Kabul. According to Copenhagen…
MoreDKK800m government grant for Danish vaccine
The government has given biotechnology company Bavarian Nordic a DKK800m ($125m) grant to help finance the development of a Danish Covid-19 vaccine. At a press conference, Monday, Health Minister Magnus Heunicke, said trials…
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Record-high employment…Leisure industry labour shortage…Consumers more confident.. A record number of people are now in the labour market – 25,000 more gained employment in June, the fifth monthly increase in a row, which…
MoreDefence Minister enjoyed lunch as Taleban seized Kabul
As Taleban militia were entering Kabul 10 days ago Defence Minister Trine Bramsen was enjoying lunch at a country club restaurant near Copenhagen. The Minister has come under fire from opposition parties after…
More450 evacuated from Kabul – 90 on ‘Danish list’ remain
450 people, including Danish nationals, diplomats, embassy staff and all local employees who worked for Denmark in Afghanistan have now been evacuated from Kabul, Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said yesterday although 90 people…
MoreSocialists demand apology for WW2 communists
The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) has called on Prime Minister Mette Rasmussen to offer an apology to the descendants of Danish communists who were interned in this country in 1941, some of whom…
MoreVirus updates
Hospitalisations at 6-week high but positivity rate low….Health Authority planning for ‘booster’….. 720 new corona cases were reported over the Saturday-Sunday period as the positivity rate of the 61.143 people tested dropped to…
MoreCopenhagen replaces Tokyo as world’s safest city
Copenhagen is the safest city in the world according to the latest Safe Cities Index by The Economist Intelligence Unit which ranks 60 cities worldwide along five main security ‘pillars’: Personal, health, infrastructure,…
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