Health Minister: No data swap for vaccines
Health Minister Magnus Heunicke has given a guarantee that the public’s health data will never be used as a bartering chip to gain more covid vaccines for Denmark. After it was reported this…
MoreVirus updates
Hospitalisations at 4-month low…..10.2% of population innoculated….over 65s susceptible to reinfection… The number of people hospitalised by covid-19 is at a 4-month low – 196 yesterday, the lowest since November 11th and nearly…
MoreMette still waiting for call from Joe
President Joe Biden has failed to make a courtesy call to Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen despite the ‘special’ US-DK relationship. Professor Martin Marcussen of the Department of Political Science at Copenhagen University said…
MoreNational Bank projects slow recovery with low growth
Despite expectations of an economic recovery this year the National Bank has downwardly adjusted its growth expectation. The Bank now projects GDP will fall by between 3.5% – 4% during the first quarter…
MorePM stands firm – children of foreign fighters will not be repatriated
Despite pressure from the government’s support parties and her own base, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen refuses to back down on the growing problem of Danish kids in Syrian detention camps. During parliamentary question…
MoreDanish Intelligence warns of Islamic State threat to Danish kids
The Islamic State (ISIS) is planning to smuggle 350 children out of the al-Hol and al-Roj detention camps in Syria, including Danish kids, and turn them into future terrorists, Military Intelligence (Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste…
MorePM drops reopening hint
As countries throughout Europe are dealing with a 3rd wave of the corona pandemic, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen gave a strong hint yesterday that the reopening process in this country could be speeded…
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Infections up but positivity rate down…’R’ rate stable…..Test centre firebombed…. 771 new corona cases were registered, Tuesday, although the increase was attributed to more tests – 307,507, giving a positivity rate of 0.25%,…
More30% cap on non-Western immigrants in social housing
The government is aiming to limit the number of non-Western immigrants living in public housing estates to no more than 30% within ten years. In the latest move to half the growth of…
MoreDenmark sends warship to combat piracy
Denmark will dispatch a frigate to the Gulf of Guinea this autumn to join the fight against piracy off the coast of West Africa. At a press conference, Tuesday, Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod…
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