Posted on 28. May, 2020 in: News

‘Frugal 4’ sidelined as EU moves ahead with €750bn recovery fund

Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said last night he’s satisfied with the EU’s proposal for €750bn recovery fund to help countries badly hit by the coronavirus but declined to speculate as to whether Denmark…

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Posted on 28. May, 2020 in: News

Denmark looks set to lose EU budget cap battle

As well as being out of step with most of its EU partners on the corona recovery fund, Denmark also looks like losing out on the demand for a budget cap. Denmark and…

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Posted on 28. May, 2020 in: News

Independent probe into government’s corona policy

Parliament has appointed an independent group of experts to evaluate the government and health authorities’ handling of the corona crisis. The opposition parties, backed by the government’s parliamentary backer, the Social Liberals, have…

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Posted on 28. May, 2020 in: News

Emergency packages to be phased out as economy recovers

The diverse range of financial aid packages passed by parliament to help businesses through the corona crisis should be phased out by July 8th, an expert group of advisors appointed by the government…

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Posted on 28. May, 2020 in: News

Virus news

Hospitalisations could drop to under 100 by weekend….Savings boosted by shutdown…Danish boffins develop corona testing robot…British praise for Danish response…. The number of patients hospitalised by covid-19 could fall below one hundred within…

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Posted on 28. May, 2020 in: News

Greta gets angry with Copenhagen

Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has criticised Copenhagen for dumping large amounts of wastewater into the Øresund strait separating Sweden and Denmark over the past six years. Although local regional authorities’ plan…

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Posted on 28. May, 2020 in: News

‘Ghetto’ residents sue government

A group of residents from Mjølnerparken, the much-maligned social housing estate on the fringe of Nørrebrø in Copenhagen, is suing the Housing Ministry for approving a plan to sell off half of the…

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Posted on 28. May, 2020 in: News

Banks ‘buffered up’ for downturn

Danish banks are better prepared to survive a downturn than they were ahead of the 2009 financial crisis but not all would survive a prolonged crisis, the National Bank warned yesterday in its…

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Posted on 27. May, 2020 in: News

Did government cover up health report?

A warning that closing down society could cause more harm than good was removed from a Danish Health Authority (DHA) draft report released the day before Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen dramatically announced the…

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Posted on 27. May, 2020 in: News

Finance Ministry: Corona effect will last for years as economy faces DKK350bn loss

The corona crisis will affect the Danish economy for years to come, Finance Minister Nicolai Wammen said yesterday after presenting the government’s bi-annual Economic Review. He told reporters the economy is likely to…

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