Denmark penalised for high-level virus testing
Denmark is being penalised by other countries for widespread virus testing, experts claim. Next-generation sequencing of all positive corona tests has revealed a very high level of Omicron, leading to travel restrictions from…
MoreGovernment orders banks to expand crisis buffer
Acting on advice from the Systemic Risk Council, the government has ordered all banks and mortgage companies to increase their capital buffer requirement to 2% from January 1st, 2023. The buffer, introduced after…
MoreGood week, Bad week…
It was a good week for… …Copenhagen, named by global news network CNN as the ‘hottest place in Europe’ right now… … the tax authorities which successfully clawed back DKK10.4bn in debt owed…
MoreThe Week That Was, December 13th – 19th 2021:
Coronavirus/ What happened last week: Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced new restrictions, Friday, to slow the growth of the Omicron variant – all public venues such as cinemas, theatres and museums will remain…
MoreGovernment to announce new virus measures
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has stressed the need for new measures to stop the corona virus spreading after 9,999 new cases were reported, Thursday, In a message on both Facebook and Instagram, the…
MoreHealth authorities: Omicron can’t be stopped
The traditional methods of slowing the spread of the corona virus, such as constant hand-washing and social distancing, won’t be enough to stop the growth of the Omicron variant, head of the National…
MoreVirus updates
Daily infections close to 10,000….Copenhagen hard hit….Denmark approves new antiviral pill…. 9,999 new corona cases were reported, Wednesaday, a record high for the third time this week. The figure was based on 208.498 PCR…
MoreMohammed cartoons on school agenda?
The government has backed own and is now ready to discuss whether the Mohammed crisis should be on the public-school curriculum, after a cross-party majority voted for a proposal that would make the…
MoreMilitary overspending
The Danish military is heading for an ‘imbalance’ in operating costs of DKK500m in both 2022 and 2023. Expenditure over the next two years will be a billion kroner more than budgeted for,…
MoreGovernment raises growth forecast despite virus threat
In its latest economic forecast to be published this morning the Finance Ministry has raised its growth forecast for this year and next despite the ever-growing threat of the Omicron variant. Gross Domestic…
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