The scandal that won’t go away
The minkgate scandal will continue to dog Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen even though ex-food minister Mogens Jensen has ‘taken one for the team’ and quit, experts said last night. At a press conference…
MoreMinkgate prompts mini cabinet reshuffle
Rasmus Prehn is the new man at the renamed Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, replacing Mogens Jensen who resigned Wednesday after becoming embroiled in the minkgate scandal. Mr Prehn, until yesterday the…
MoreSoft or hard minkgate probe – Social Liberals will decide
It’s the Social Liberals (Radikale) who hold the key to the extent of the minkgate investigation. While the government’s support parties on the far-left, the Red/Greens and Socialist People’s Party (SPP), have suggested…
MoreVirus mutation ‘probably eradicated’
The mutated strain of coronavirus found amongst mink in September, which led to the mass cull of Denmark’s entire mink population and a top-level scandal, has ‘probably been eradicated’ the health ministry said…
MoreVirus updates
Infections up again….Tax deductible meals?….Mink mutation found in Sweden, Ireland….2 million vaccines heading for Denmark…. 1,297 new corona cases were registered Thursday as the figures continue to rise. 255 patients are now hospitalised…
MoreDanish company fuelled Syrian civil war turnaround
The massive amount of jet fuel allegedly sold by a Danish company to Syrian government forces was crucial for President Assad’s victory, Danish experts claim. The State Prosecutor’s Office for Serious Economic and…
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Maersk, buoyed by Q3 recovery, confident about future…..Bank employees abused, harrassed…. A.P. Moller-Maersk, the world´s biggest shipping company, remains confident about the outlook for shipping after posting third-quarter (Q3) figures showing global container…
MoreFood Minister canned as minkgate claims first victim
Minister for Food, Fisheries and Equal Opportunities Mogens Jensen quit, Wednesday, following condemnation from parties on both sides of the aisle for his mishandling of the mink scandal. The minister became a ‘dead…
MoreOpposition smells blood – PM in firing line
The minkgate affair has cost Food Minister Mogens Jensen his job but the opposition wants more. Liberal leader Jakob Ellemann-Jensen said the spotlight is now on the prime minister. “Mette Frederiksen was responsible…
MoreJensen ‘took one for the team’ but other ministers were aware of illegal order
Now-ex food minister Mogens Jensen was forced to resign yesterday after being given the ‘kiss of death’ by the government’s allies, late Tuesday, tabloid daily BT reports. After being briefed by the Justice…
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