Pension funds live up to climate pledge – and more
Danish pension funds have invested so heavily in green projects over the past year that they are already ahead of schedule on their ambitious proposals laid out at the New York Climate Action…
MoreExports up, imports down
Denmark’s exports, boosted by pharmaceutical sales, grew by 4.5% in September as imports declined by 0.5%. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show exports rose following a 1.4 percent decline in August. Imports fell…
MoreDanish leaders welcome Biden presidency
Despite President Trump’s reluctance to accept his crushing defeat in the U.S. election, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is confident of a peaceful transition of power to his successor, Joe Biden. After the Democratic…
MorePM looks forward to climate cooperation with Biden
Denmark will enjoy increased collaboration with the U.S. on climate and security policy with Joe Biden as president, Prime Minister Mette Frederisken said Sunday after the Democrat was declared the winner in the…
MoreU.S ambassador backs Trump’s conspiracy theory: My dead husband is still a registered voter
The USA’s ambassador to Denmark, Carla Sands, has offered support for President Trump’s unfounded claim that voter fraud cost him the U.S. election by tweeting: “My husband, Fred, died 5 years ago and…
MoreWHO: No evidence to support mutation claims
The government has ordered the cull of Denmark’s entire mink population of around 17 million animals but according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) there is no evidence yet that a coronavirus mutation…
MoreOpposition leader supports emergency mink legislation
Opposition leader Jakob Ellemann-Jensen has thrown the government a lifeline by publicly supporting the decision to close down most of north Jutland and potentially kill off Denmark’s mink industry. The government has come…
MoreForeign Minister questions ‘severe’ UK clampdown on Danish travellers
Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod has questioned the UK’s strong response to the corona threat from Denmark following the threat of a new coronavirus mutation from mink bred at Danish farms transmitting to humans. The…
MoreVirus updates
Positivity rate stable…..Ireland mirrors UK ban….Swedish company ready with vaccine by January….214 cases of mink-related virus in humans… 891 new corona cases were registered, Sunday, a slight decrease, but the number of people…
MoreNorthern Denmark in lockdown as mink crisis grows
The government has imposed a lockdown across northern Denmark after a mutated version of the new coronavirus was detected at mink farms in the region and then spread to people. Following the government’s…
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