Covid provides jobs boost for non-western immigrants
The number of non-western immigrants in the labour market is at an all-time high due to a mixture of Covid and the recent economic upswing. A new study by the Economic Council of…
MoreBusiness sector demands speedy reopening
Business leaders have urged the government to speed up the reopening process for the service sector following positive reports about the Omicron variant. Ahead of a corona meeting of party spokespersons today, convened…
MoreVirus updates
There was a renewed spike in infections, Tuesday, following a downturn the previous two days. 25,073 new corona cases were reported based on 188,110 PCR tests, a positivity rate of 13.67%. 794 patients are hospitalised,…
MorePolice threat to freedom of the press
In a highly unusual move the police have issued a summons to several journalists to provide testimony in the intelligence leak affair. In December, four current and former employees from the Danish Intelligence…
MoreNational Bank moves to protect krone
Denmark’s foreign currency reserves rose to to DKK 529.8bn at the end of 2021, the highest for six years, after the National Bank sold off DKK47bn ($7.1 bn) in December to protect the…
MoreGovernment investigates possibility of tagging criminal kids
The government is considering whether to allow convicted criminal kids as young as 10 years of age to be fitted with an electronic monitoring device, even though the ruling Social Democrats abolished tagging…
MoreHealth supremo: We could be back to normal within two months
Health supremo Tyra Grove Krause believes the Omicron variant is the ‘beginning of the end’ of the coronavirus and Denmark could be back to normal by the end of February. In an interview…
MoreGovernment refuses to review restrictions despite positive news
The government has dismissed opposition calls to ease national corona restrictions. Following reports that the chances of being hospitalised by the dominant Omicron variant are less than half of its predecessor, Delta, both…
MoreVirus updates
8.801 new corona cases were reported, Monday, based on 76,278 tests, a positivity rate of 11.54%, slightly down on the Christmas period. However, health officials stressed that the day’s figures were ‘underestimated’ as…
MoreMan jailed for death threats against PM
A 55-year-old man has been sentenced to nine months in prison for issuing death threats against Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Head of the Danish Health Authority, Søren Brostrøm. The man, who appeared…
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