Easter repatriation plan for Danish kids in Syria?
Following a top-level meeting with the intelligence agencies on Friday there are signs the government is ready to soften its hard-line stance on Danish kids trapped in Syrian detention camps. Two ethnic Danish…
MoreDenmark ready to challenge EU on minimum wage
The EU’s move to impose an EU-wide minimum wage could provoke a showdown with Denmark. In an interview with Bloomberg, Danish Employment Minister Peter Hummelgaard Thomsen said sovereignty over labour market laws has…
MoreDanish players make Qatar protest ahead of World Cup qualifier
Denmark has joined the growing number of European international teams to make a public protest against the treatment of migrant workers involved in building venues for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Ahead…
MoreAnti-vaxxers protest again
The anti-vaxxer Men in Black movement marched through the streets of Copenhagen again, Saturday evening, in protest against a new law that that calls for a ’double-jeopardy’ sentence for committing a crime linked…
MoreVirus updates
Infections rising….11.6% vaccinated…Travel restrictions extended to April 20th…. 964 new corona cases were reported, Sunday, based on more than a quarter of a million tests – a positivity rate of 0.38%. At the…
MoreNew bill would make Facebook, Google pay for news
The government has proposed ‘Australian type’ legislation that would require tech giants such as Facebook and Google to pay for news content on their platforms. After posting a new bill in parliament, Friday,…
MoreBusiness shorts
22 Maersk ships stuck in Suez….Slight increase in retail sales…. 22 Maersk ships are currently stuck in the Suez Canal ’traffic jam’. Until further notice the company, the world’s biggest container carrier, has…
MoreOpposition parties excluded from intelligence briefing as pressure grows on Foreign Minister
Over the past week the government has briefed its support parties on the left about the risk of Danish children in Kurdish detention camps being kidnapped by the Islamic State (ISIS) but excluded…
MoreAstraZeneca vaccine suspended for a further three weeks
The health authorities have suspended the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine for another three weeks pending further investigation into a potential link to blood clots. Although Denmark was among the first countries in…
More700,000 tests a day target by mid-May
In line with the gradual reopening process the authorities are aiming to ramp up their testing capacity by at least 75%. At a press conference, Thursday, Justice Minister Nick Hækkerup said the current…
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