Green Danish companies get Biden boost
Joe Biden’s climate-friendly policies provide Denmark with ‘golden opportunities’ according to the Confederation of Danish Industry (DI). After the new president presented his new climate action plan last week, with the aim of…
MoreVirus updates
Positivity rate at 5-month low….78 ‘disrespectful’ Dubai tourists return with corona……Rapid responses not tested for British variant….Olympic athletes vaccinated… Only 377 new corona cases were reported in the 24-hour Saturday-Sunday period, based on…
MoreSlight decline in jobless figures
The unemployment rate declined slightly in December despite the lockdown. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show gross unemployment fell by 2,000 to 125,600 in December from 127,600 the preceding month, to a seasonally…
MorePublic sector corruption trial resumes
Denmark’s biggest ever public sector corruption case resumes today in Lyngby District Court, where a local authority manager is charged with receiving bribes worth around DKK64,000, including three paid holidays in Thailand, from…
MoreA winter of discontent – lockdown extended until February 28th
It will be at least Spring before society is reopened – that was the dour message from Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen at a press conference last night when she announced the lockdown would…
MoreBusiness sector ‘disappointed’
The head of the Danish Chamber of Commerce (DCC) has dismissed the ‘overzealous’ lockdown extension. Former business minister Brian Mikkelsen said the government has taken a ‘step too far’ by extending current restrictions…
MoreVirus updates
Downward trend continues…..Everybody vaccinated by 4th of July….80,000 new vaccines this week… The number of patients hospitalised by covid-19 fell by 55, Thursday, to 611, the lowest figure for five weeks – at…
MoreDenmark low on global covid performance
Denmark is 23rd in a COVID Performance Index by the Sydney-based Lowy Institute, which ranked almost 100 countries for their successful handling of the coronavirus pandemic. New Zealand was the world’s most effective…
More50,000 demand PM’s impeachment
The Social Democrats’ enthusiastic support for an impeachment trial of ex-immigration minister Inger Støjberg could come back to bite them – more than 50,000 voters have signed a private citizens petition calling for…
MoreInger on the fence
Ex-immigration minister Inger Støjberg continued to act cagey about her future in the Liberal Party (Venstre) yesterday as parliament debated whether to impeach her. Liberal leader Jakob Ellemann-Jensen has urged his former deputy…
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