PM dodges business club questions
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen sidestepped questions about the Social Democrats’ exclusive business club at a press conference, Tuesday, after it was revealed that, for DKK20,000, people who join the party’s Business Forum Growth…
MoreParliament lifts immunity for DPP deputy leader
A unanimous parliament voted yesterday to lift the immunity on Danish People’s Party deputy leader Morten Messerschmidt who’s been charged with misappropriating EU funds in the Meld and Feld affair and forging official documents. …
MorePM under fire for failure to find new departure centre for criminal refugees
The political opposition has accused Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of disregarding the concerns of local residents close to the Kærshovedgård departure centre in Jutland where an increasing number refugees on ‘tolerated stay’ permits…
MoreSix arrests in new anti-terror raids
The police detained six men, Tuesday, in Copenhagen and Aarhus, on suspicion of financing the Islamic State (ISIS). Two of those arrested, ages 29 and 30, allegedly travelled to Syria in 2014 where…
MoreVirus updates
Infections down…..’R’ rate back to 1….Indian variant on the rise…. 624 new corona cases were reported Tuesday, based on 204.130 PCR tests, a positivity rate of 0.38 %, slightly down on Monday’s figures. The number…
MoreDenmark better than Norway, Sweden in dealing with virus
Denmark has outperformed its closest Nordic neighbours in ‘corona performance’, moving up to 14th on Bloomberg’s latest Covid Resilience Ranking, a global comparison of which countries have the lowest mortality rates and the…
MoreUK court kicks out Danish lawsuit
The Danish Tax Agency’s (Skattestyrelsen) legal battle to claw back the DKK2bn defrauded in the share dividend scam suffered a major setback in the UK, Tuesday, where a London court rejected the lawsuit…
MoreRetail sales recover and there’s more to come
Retail sales rebounded in March following the first phase of the reopening process, rising nearly 20% from February, the highest single month increase ever. Sales of clothing and other goods accelerated 101.0 percent…
MoreNew report: Minister could have been given better advice about child brides
A new report provides some good news for embattled ex-immigration minister Inger Støjberg ahead of her impeachment trial this autumn for the child brides affair. According to the latest findings of the Instruction…
MorePM targets Danish vaccine production in 2022
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is confident Denmark has the capability to start its own production of covid-19 vaccines next year. She told financial daily Børsen that, based on recent meetings with the life…
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