The Week That Was, June 7th – 13th 2021:
Coronavirus/ What happened last week: The country could be nearly back to normal by September 1st after a cross-party parliamentary majority reached agreement to gradually phase out corona restrictions over summer – the…
MoreGreenland takes the lead at Arctic Council
Greenland and the Faroe Islands will in the future assume a more prominent role in Arctic Council meetings. Following talks with the heads of the two nations in Copenhagen, Thursday, Prime Minister Mette…
MoreArctic agreement strengthens Greenland’s bid for independence
Yesterday’s agreement that provides Greenland with more authority at Arctic Council meetings comes on the heels of April’s general election in the country, which led to a new ruling coalition led by 34-year-old…
MorePM offers apology to sexually harrassed women
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has finally commented on the growing sex scandal within the Social Democratic Party. After remaining silent all week she yesterday apologised to the seven women who have come forward…
MoreHigh school segregation?
Students could soon offered high school places according to ethnicity. The government, backed by a parliament majority, has proposed that students in Denmark’s biggest cities should be ‘redistributed’ in accordance with their parents’…
MoreVirus updates
Hospitalisations at 8-month low….German vaccine delayed….25,000 fans at Euro matches in Copenhagen…. 475 new corona cases were reported, Thursday, as the number of people hospitalised fell by 2, to 120, the lowest for…
MoreRefugee Council denounces Denmark’s ‘petty and hypocritical’ legislation
Denmark’s refugee policy sends an ‘alarming’ signal to the rest of the world according to Norwegian Refugee Council secretary-general Jan Egeland, who has warned that in future he will cite Denmark instead of Hungary when providing…
MoreLate-night agreement: Back to normal by September 1st
The country should be nearly back to normal by September 1st after a cross-party parliamentary majority reached agreement late last night to gradually phase out corona restrictions over summer. Following 12 hours of…
MoreFace masks phased out from Monday
The face mask requirement will be a thing of the past from Monday, apart from on public transport, and will be phased out completely on September 1st as part of the cross-party agreement…
MoreVirus updates
Daily infections fluctuate….Epidemic receding….Vaccination timetable on schedule… 904 new corona cases were reported Wednesday, more than twice as many as the previous day, but all this week’s infection figures are unreliable according to…
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