Posted on 21. Dec, 2020 in: News

Virus updates

Infections dip….250,000 vaccinations within two months….Experts criticise government’s slow response…Contact tracing problems…English corona tracking app…. 2,828 new corona cases were registered Sunday, the lowest daily figure for nearly two weeks, but more patients…

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Posted on 21. Dec, 2020 in: News

Corona reality hits Denmark

Denmark, widely praised in Europe and throughout the world in Spring for quickly containing the first wave of Covid-19, has seen reality hit over the past two months, first with the minkgate scandal…

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Posted on 21. Dec, 2020 in: News

Jihadist claims he was spying for Syria

The 32 year old male detained at Copenhagen Airport last week after being extradited from Turkey was remanded in custody by a court, Friday, after being charged with having joined the Islamic State…

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Posted on 21. Dec, 2020 in: News

Danish policy questioned as Germany, Finland repatriate children from Syria camps

While Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has stated very clearly that the children of Danish foreign fighters stranded in Syrian refugee camps won’t be allowed to come to Denmark, neighbouring Germany and France have…

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Posted on 21. Dec, 2020 in: News

Finally…good news for Danske Bank

After years of turbulence following the money laundering scandal Danske Bank has finally received some good news in the U.S. where the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) found…

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Posted on 18. Dec, 2020 in: News

New evidence contradicts PM’s mink defence

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has been summoned to provide testimony about the minkgate scandal after internal government correspondence contradicted her claim that the government never intended to shut down Denmark’s entire mink industry…

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Posted on 18. Dec, 2020 in: News

PM won’t give up on offshore asylum centres

The government continues to push for asylum seeker processing centres outside the EU. While in opposition the Social Democrats, led by now Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, urged the previous government to copy Australia’s much-criticised immigration policy,…

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Posted on 18. Dec, 2020 in: News

Corona vaccine ‘within days’ as infections hit new high

It’s now only a matter of days before the first consignment of corona vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech arrives in Denmark, head of the Danish Health Authority Søren Brostrøm said yesterday. Those first in line…

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Posted on 18. Dec, 2020 in: News

DKK140m for vaccines to poor countries

The  government has appropriated DKK140m ($23m)  for vaccines in developing countries. Development Aid Minister Flemming Møller Mortensen said when a pandemic hits the world it requires a global response. “We have secured vaccines…

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Posted on 18. Dec, 2020 in: News

Woman charged with aiding foreign intelligence agency

A 47-year-old female resident has been charged with assisting a foreign intelligence agency to operate on Danish soil. According to the indictment by the public prosecutor, the woman contacted the Turkish authorities and…

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7:59 – All the Danish News That Fits

7:59 – Danish News Today, is the most reliable source of daily Danish news in English for diplomats, the ex-pat community, the business sector, or anyone in Denmark or abroad seeking an insight into what’s happening in Denmark right now.

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7:59: TODAS LAS NOTICIAS DANESAS DEL MOMENTO.
7:59-Noticias Danesas de Hoy es una nueva fuente de noticias en inglés dirigida especialmente al cuerpo diplomático, extranjeros viviendo en Dinamarca

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