Posted on 12. Jan, 2021 in: News

Paludan attacker under the spell of black magic

A 53 year old mentally ill man told an Aarhus court, Monday, he was ‘possessed by evil spirits’ when he attacked leader of the anti-Muslim ‘Stram Kurs’ (Hard Line) party, Rasmus Paludan, last…

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Posted on 12. Jan, 2021 in: News

Danske Bank still feeling aftershock of money laundering scandal

Danske Bank, still struggling with the repercussions of the money laundering scandal, receives the worst rating of Denmark’s 20 largest banks in a new Voxmeter survey. Confidence in the country’s biggest bank was…

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Posted on 12. Jan, 2021 in: News

Inflation stable but producer prices rise

Danish inflation remained stable in December. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show the consumer price index rose by a modest 0.5 percent year-on-year, the same as seen in November. According to the agency…

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Posted on 12. Jan, 2021 in: News

Business shorts

SAS boss quits….Bankruptcies down despite corona….Record year for property market…Nord Stream 2 gets final go-ahead…. Rickard Gustafson is stepping down as CEO of struggling Scandinavian Airlines (SAS). The Swede is leaving after 10…

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Posted on 11. Jan, 2021 in: News

Hong Kong pushes for prosecution of Danish MPs

The Hong Kong government is exploring the possibility of prosecuting, with a view to extraditing, two Danish politicians instrumental last month in helping pro-democracy activist Ted Hui to flee from the Chinese authorities….

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Posted on 11. Jan, 2021 in: News

Travel ban: Stay at home says Foreign Minister

The government has slapped a travel ban on all countries and advised against Danes travelling abroad. In response to the rapidly spreading corona mutation found in Great Britain, and now South Africa, Foreign…

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Posted on 11. Jan, 2021 in: News

Vaccine passport on the way

The Health Ministry has confirmed it’s working on a covid-19 ‘vaccine passport’ that could be ready to go ‘within months’. The passport would enable those who have received a COVID-19 inoculation to travel…

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Posted on 11. Jan, 2021 in: News

Anti-lockdown demos turn violent

18 people were arrested when a Copenhagen demonstration against the corona lockdown turned violent, Saturday. An estimated 200-250 people linked to the ‘Men in Black’ movement gathered at Town Hall Square to ‘march…

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Posted on 11. Jan, 2021 in: News

Virus updates

Infection rate down but hospitalisations up…Lockdown unlikely to be eased…Everybody in Denmark set to be inoculated by end of June…115,000 vaccinated so far…..Corona restrictions eradicate influenza….PM discusses virus with Netanyahu…. 1,246 new corona…

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Posted on 11. Jan, 2021 in: News

Trump’s Twitter ban divides parties

Twitter’s decision to permanently suspend President Trump’s account has divided Danish political parties. The Social Democrat’s media affairs spokesman, Kasper Sand Kjær, welcomed the move but acknowledged it’s a ‘major dilemma’ when private…

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