Posted on 03. Mar, 2021 in: News

Denmark could start vaccine production with Israel

At a press conference ahead of her trip to Israel tomorrow Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen aired the possibility of Danish investment in a vaccine production facility in the Holy Land. She said co-owning…

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Posted on 03. Mar, 2021 in: News

PM has lost patience with EU

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s speculation about working with Israel on vaccine production is a sign that she’s lost patience with the EU, according to leading political analyst Henrik Qvortrup. In an op-ed in…

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Posted on 03. Mar, 2021 in: News

Politiken questions Mette’s morals

Left-leaning daily Politiken has accused Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of ‘violating moral standards’ by travelling to Israel with the aim of purchasing surplus vaccines while Palestinians in the occupied territories still haven’t been…

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Posted on 03. Mar, 2021 in: News

Virus updates

Contact rate receding but B117 on the rise…..Positivity rate up…Pfizer promises 202.410 doses a week from April… The so-called ‘R’ rate, which reflects the average number of infections one person with the corona…

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Posted on 03. Mar, 2021 in: News

Liberals: We won’t work with Assad

Jakob Ellemann-Jensen has distanced himself from reports his party believes Denmark should work with the Assad regime on the repatriation of Syrian refugees. The Liberal leader rebuffed the party’s immigration spokesman, Mads Fuglede,…

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Posted on 03. Mar, 2021 in: News

Denmark under fire for Syrian refugee plan

Human rights organisations have condemned the government’s move to send Syrian refugees home. The asylum claims of 350 Syrian refugees are being reevaluated after Integration Minister Mattias Tesfaye said last month that ‘Denmark has…

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Posted on 03. Mar, 2021 in: News

Danish defence accused of covering up migrant pushback in Greece

Defence Command Denmark (Forsvarskommandoen) has been accused of a cover-up for refusing to release video footage of the Greek Coast Guard carrying out an ’aggressive manouvre’ against a rubber dinghy with 25 migrants…

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Posted on 02. Mar, 2021 in: News

Mette Frederiksen and Chancellor Kurz – new best friends

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed yesterday he will be discussing the possibility of a COVID-19 vaccine venture with Denmark and Austria this week, another sign of the close relationship between the two…

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Posted on 02. Mar, 2021 in: News

Inger demands televised impeachment trial

Former immigration minister Inger Støjberg will put forward two proposals in parliament this week that that could have a significant impact on her own impeachment trial later this year. The first proposal would…

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Posted on 02. Mar, 2021 in: News

Government rejects Liberals’ overture to Assad

The government has dismissed opposition calls for an agreement with President Assad that would pave the way for more Syrian refugees in this country to be repatriated. All Danish governments through the years…

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7:59 – Danish News Today, is the most reliable source of daily Danish news in English for diplomats, the ex-pat community, the business sector, or anyone in Denmark or abroad seeking an insight into what’s happening in Denmark right now.

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