Health Minister urges public to ‘stand firm’ as resistance to restrictions grows
Health Minister Magnus Heunicke ‘sympathises’ with the growing public frustration about corona restrictions but has urged people to ‘stand firm’. Following a new Megafon survey showing 41% of the electorate believe the current…
MorePM briefs Merkel on vaccine plan
Following a phone call with Angela Merkel, Saturday, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the Germany Chancellor agreed that the vaccine roll-out is moving too slowly. The PM, who returned from Israel last week…
MoreMink graves pollute surroundings
A new report has confirmed signs of pollution in mass mink graves at two burial sites in west Denmark. Millions of mink were slaughtered and buried last November after a nationwide cull was ordered…
MoreVirus updates
New variants found…Infection spike north of Copenhagen….Vaccination deadline moved back three weeks….. 513 new corona cases were reported Sunday, from the 163,546 tests taken over the previous 27 hours. The latest infection figures…
MoreBusiness shorts
Mærsk demands military help against pirate attacks…..National Bank sells off currency to shore up krone….Banks penalise savers….McDonalds’ Danish wages cause stir in U.S….. A.P. Moller Maersk (APM), the world’s biggest container shipping company,…
MoreThe Week That Was, March 1st – 8th 2021:
Coronavirus/ What happened last week: Most of the retail sector reopened throughout Denmark, Monday, but the requirement for stores larger than 5,000 square metres to guarantee at least 250 sq.mtr. for every customer…
MorePM seals vaccine deal with Israel, Austria
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen returned home from Jerusalem last night with an agreement to set up a joint research and development fund, and possibly production facilities for COVID-19 vaccines, in collaboration with Israel…
MorePM in crossfire for Israel trip
Lawmakers in this country were less than impressed by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s deal with Israel and Austria regarding possible vaccine production and particularly the lack of details. The Danish People’s Party’s health…
MoreFrench criticism for PM’s go it alone policy
As well as receiving political flak in this country for her trip to Israel Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was also criticised by France for her efforts to circumvent the EU by agreeing vaccine…
MoreImmigrants overrepresented in infection statistics
Non-western immigrants and their descendants are strongly overrepresented in the corona infection figures. New National Serum Institute data reveals that 26.3% of all those infected are non-western immigrants even though they only represent…
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