Tour de France’s Copenhagen start postponed until 2022
The prestigious Tour de France’s Grand Depart from Copenhagen, scheduled for summer 2021, has been pushed back a year to 2022 to avoid a clash with Euro 2020 matches in the capital, postponed…
MoreNew Turkish report highlights Danish Islamophobia
Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod has strongly condemned a new report by the pro-government Turkish think-tank SETA that characterises Denmark as a ’country that legislates against Muslims.’ The EU-funded report charts the rise of…
MoreBusy season for parliament as MPs struggle to rebuild economy
Danish lawmakers are facing a hectic autumn when parliament reopens as the corona crisis continues to cast a dark shadow over the economy. Berlingske reports how, as emergency business aid packages are phased…
MoreDPP boss brushes off leadership threat
Under-pressure Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl has dismissed speculation about a leadership challenge from the party’s popular EU spokesman Morten Messerschmidt. Ahead of the DPP’s summer conference that gets underway…
MoreAbout-turn on face masks
Just two days after stating there’s no reason to wear a face mask in Denmark the Danish Health Authority (DHA) made an about turn, Friday, by recommending the use of masks on public…
MoreCorona cluster in Ringsted
Ringsted, 65 kilometres from Copenhagen in mid-Zeeland, has become the new epicentre for the coronavirus in this country. Since the first employee at the local Danish Crown slaughterhouse tested positive one week ago…
MoreInfection rate high in immigrant communities
Ethnic minorities are being disproportionately hard hit by the corona epidemic. National Serum Institute figures for the week ending July 26th show that out of 247 people who tested positive for the virus,…
MorePM in firing line as schools closure debate flares up
The former head of the Danish Health Agency (DHA) has come out in support of her successor’s claim that there was no need to close down schools, kindergartens, and crèches in March when…
MoreInfections on the rise but hospitalisations down
The number of corona cases rose sharply again, Thursday, when 91 people tested positive, five times as many at the start of the month. As the previous day, the figures were inflated by…
MoreParties demand government response as infection rate increases
Parties on both sides of the aisle have called for an immediate response from the government about the growing rate of corona virus infections. Following a sharp spike over the past two day…
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