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…
MorePM 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…
MorePolitiken 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…
MoreVirus 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…
MoreLiberals: 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,…
MoreDenmark 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…
MoreDanish 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…
MoreMette 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…
MoreInger 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…
MoreGovernment 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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