DKK240m to Afghanistan
Denmark has donated an extra DKK240m ($37m) to help humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan and neighbouring countries. Development Minister Flemming Møller Mortensen said in a press release, Sunday: “It’s heartbreaking to see what’s happening…
MoreSocialists: The story of the Mohammed cartoons needs to be told
The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) has joined the call for the controversial Mohammed cartoons to become part of the school curriculum. Nearly one year after French schoolteacher Samuel Paty was beheaded for using…
MoreTerrorist loses Supreme Court appeal
A convicted terrorist has had his sentence increased by the Supreme Court. 32-year-old Turkish national Umut Olgun was sentenced to eight years in prison by the High Court last year after being convicted…
MoreVirus updates:
Infection rate ‘remarkably low’….New Zealand buys Danish vaccines….Six countries move to orange list…. Only 434 new corona cases were reported, Sunday, the second-lowest daily figure for more than two months and ‘remarkably low’…
MoreCopenhagen lauded in best city survey
Copenhagen again ranks high on British Time Out’s annual list of the world’s best cities. The Danish capital comes in 4th behind San Francisco (USA), Amsterdam (Netherlands) and Manchester (UK). According to Time…
MoreThe Week That Was, September 6th – 12th 2021:
Coronavirus/ What happened last week: 548 days after Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced a national lockdown, all remaining coronavirus restrictions were lifted, Thursday. Covid infections stabilised at around 500 a day but dropped…
MoreGerman, Swedish right-wingers praise government’s crackdown on jobless migrants
The government’s plan to make migrants work for their welfare handouts has been enthusiastically embraced by right-wing parties in Germany and Sweden. Employment Minister Peter Hummelgaard has said the jobless could be put…
MoreVirus updates
Final corona restrictions lifted today…..Infection rate remains stable……Booster shots for care home residents…. 548 days after Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced a national lockdown, all remaining coronavirus restrictions will be lifted from today,making…
MoreCopenhagen CO2 neutral within 4 years
Copenhagen is on course to become the world’s first CO2-neutral capital by 2025 after all parties at City Hall reached agreement, Thursday, on a 2022 budget that includes a long list of green…
MoreExperts warn against cheaper electricity
Energy experts have questioned the government’s promise of cheaper electricity, part of its comprehensive reform platform presented Tuesday. Consumers can expect a DKK920 reduction in their annual electricity bill as duty is reduced…
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