33% of all new cars sold are ‘green’
1 in 3 new cars being sold in Denmark right now is green. In April the Tax Ministry reported a ‘surge’ in green cars, with nearly 24% of all new vehicle registrations –…
MoreEmbassy staff evacuated as Taleban enters Kabul
Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod has expressed fears that ‘security mistakes’ could be made as Danish embassy employees and local workers are being evacuated from Kabul in the face of a Taleban onslaught. He…
MoreCulture Minister quits – cabinet reshuffle?
Minister for Culture and Ecclesiastical Affairs Joy Mogensen has resigned and quit politics due to stress. In a Facebook message Ms Mogensen said over the past two years she’s lost a daughter and…
MoreMesserschmidt found guilty of EU fraud
The Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) deputy leader Morten Messerschmidt was sentenced to six months’ conditional imprisonment by Lyngby District Court, Friday, after being found guilty of defrauding EU funds and forgery in the ‘Meld…
MoreVirus updates
The number of new corona cases dropped to 850, Sunday, after topping 1,000 at the end of the week, although the number of patients hospitalised by Covid rose by 13, to 107. 1.56% of…
MoreChinese scientists pushed back on Covid link to Wuhan laboratory
The Danish head of a World Health Organisation (WHO) group of experts that travelled to China in January to probe the origins of the Covid pandemic has claimed that Chinese colleagues on the…
MoreSocial Liberals hit by new MeToo scandal
The Social Liberals (Radikale) have been rocked by a new sex scandal. The centrist party’s Kristian Hegaard has quit politics after admitting to sexually harassing fellow MP Lotte Rod and ‘at least one…
MoreDPP warns of ‘flood of refugees’ following Afghanistan workers agreement
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) refused to back the agreement to evacuate Afghan citizens who worked for Denmark, fearing it could lead to a ‘flood of refugees.’ Policy spokesman Peter Skaarup said his…
More3-month moratorium on deportations to Afghanistan
The government has temporarily suspended deportations of failed Afghan asylum seekers until October 8th after receiving notification from the Afghan government last month that Kabul would refuse to accept deported nationals for for…
MoreVirus updates
Infections top 1,000 again…..Hospitalisations up…..Young adults targetted in new vaccination campaign….. The number of new corona cases topped 1,000 for the third day running, Thursday, although the daily figure fell by 77, to 1,085….
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