Virus updates
New spike in infections….2 million have downloaded passport app….More confidence in vaccines… The number of new corona cases rose again, Wednesday, to 340, the highest for two weeks and nearly 100 up on…
MoreDenmark number 2 in global quality of life survey
One week after Copenhagen regained its position as the best city in the world in the annual quality of life ranking by Monocle magazine, Denmark has been named the second-best country globally in a…
MoreBusiness shorts
Energy agency finalises windfarm bids….Norwegian Air back in business at Copenhagen Airport….Queen opens expanded HC Andersen House…. The Danish Energy Agency has published the final tenders for what will be Denmark’s largest offshore…
MoreStøjberg wins first round of impeachment battle
Former immigration minister Inger Støjberg has won the first round in the legal battle surrounding the child-brides affair after judges at the Impeachment Court ruled yesterday that misleading parliament doesn’t warrant a harsher…
MoreMP covered up political donations
Confidential bank transfers in the ‘Britt Bagger’ affair reveal how the Conservative MP tried to circumvent political donation rules, Politiken reports this morning. In 2019 two Red/Green Alliance MPs reported Ms Bager, the…
MoreGovernment gives DKK25m in corona aid to Morocco but no ‘quid pro quo’
During a visit to Morocco, Tuesday, Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod agreed to give the North African nation an extra DKK25m ($3.8m) in corona aid for the most vulnerable groups. At a press conference…
MoreDanes pay highest taxes in the EU
Denmark is the highest tax paying country in the EU. The latest Taxation Trends in the European Union report shows that at 46.1%, the Danish state’s overall income as a percentage of GDP is…
MoreDenmark buys 1.1m vaccines from Romania
Denmark has agreed to purchase 1.1m doses of Pfizer and BioNTech corona vaccines from Romania. The Health Ministry said in a press release it has been given the opportunity to buy surplus supplies…
MoreInfections up but hospitalisations down – Delta variant on the rise
There was a spike in corona infections, Tuesday, with 243 new cases reported over the 24-hour period based on 68.919 PCR tests, a positivity rate of 0.35%, the highest for two weeks. However,…
MoreFemale entrepreneurs charged more for loans
Female business owners in this country have been paying higher interest rates on their loans than their male counterparts. A new study by the National Bank reveals that women pay 1 percentage point…
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