Tag: Magnus Heunicke
Bun in the oven: The government has set the timer to abolish the Great Prayer Day public holiday this afternoon
According to an Epinion survey carried out for DR, seven out of ten in Denmark are against the government’s plans to abolish the Great Bededag holiday ahead of a bill that is being considered today, which a parliamentary majority is expected to approve. Traditionally held on the fourth Friday after Good Friday, it is a […]
The Nord Stream explosions hurt the Baltic wildlife researchers
Scientists say pipeline explosions stirred up chemical waste and threaten cod and porpoise populations The destruction of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines not only interrupted the flow of Russian natural gas to Western Europe, it killed and poisoned already endangered fish and marine mammal species in the Baltic Sea, says a new report […]
Nord Stream explosions severely affected maritime life – report
The Nord Stream 1 and 2 explosions near Bornholm last September caused untold damage to the seabed in a particularly vulnerable area of ​​the Baltic Sea, according to a new report. The four explosions stirred up 250,000 tonnes of contaminated seabed – an area twice the size of Bornholm. They released sediment containing toxic substances […]
The Ministry of the Environment stalls in its investigation of the presence of dangerous chemicals in Danish precipitation
The discovery of PFAS in groundwater was a common occurrence last year, but now there is growing concern that the dangerous chemical is also present in much of Denmark’s rainfall. PFAS chemicals, which have been found in the groundwater in a fifth of the country’s municipalities, are highly harmful to health. They are carcinogenic, increase […]
The Ministry of the Environment stalls in its investigation of the presence of dangerous chemicals in Danish precipitation
The discovery of PFAS in groundwater was a common occurrence last year, but now there is growing concern that the dangerous chemical is also present in much of Denmark’s rainfall. PFAS chemicals, which have been found in the groundwater in a fifth of the country’s municipalities, are highly harmful to health. They are carcinogenic, increase […]
The Ministry of the Environment stalls in its investigation of the presence of dangerous chemicals in Danish precipitation
The discovery of PFAS in groundwater was a common occurrence last year, but now there is growing concern that the dangerous chemical is also present in much of Denmark’s rainfall. PFAS chemicals, which have been found in the groundwater in a fifth of the country’s municipalities, are highly harmful to health. They are carcinogenic, increase […]
Ministers revealed in Denmark’s new government
Mette Frederiksen IIIt is not surprising that the prime minister will again be Mette Frederiksen. As leader of the largest party in Denmark, she has received great praise for leading her country safely through the pandemic. The big question was which jobs should be given to Venstre leader Jakob Ellemann-Jensen and Moderates leader Lars Løkke […]
A record number of women elected to the Danish Parliament
Voice magnets Mette and Inger Looking at the top ten politicians who attracted the most personal votes, women also fared well. Mette Frederiksen topped the list with 60,687 personal votes, followed by Inger Støjberg (47,211), Lars Løkke Rasmussen (38,439), Alex Vanoplasgh (38,284) and Jacob Mark (31,235). The top ten were rounded out by Magnus Heunicke […]
‘Cruel, unfair and meaningless’ – Danish Prime Minister condemns Fields shooting, while thousands pay tribute
Thousands attended a memorial service last night to honor the victims of Sunday’s shooting at Field’s mall, which killed three people and injured several others. “Cruel, unfair and meaningless. Tonight we all mourn,” Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told the crowd gathered outside Field’s. “We share your pain““We send warm thoughts and sympathy to you who […]
International Round-Up: Foreign Minister says Denmark will use development aid funds to rebuild Ukraine
Jeppe Kofod, the Danish foreign minister, has said that “some of the money” to rebuild Ukraine must come from Denmark’s development aid funds, reports Jyllands-Posten. The potential allocation of additional development money for reconstruction in Ukraine has drawn criticism from parties such as the Unity List, which says it will do so at the expense […]
Hard pill to swallow this fall! Although Pfizer’s effective corona treatment is available, can we take it fast enough?
Get used to the term ‘test strategy’, because it will be more important than ever when the pandemic season resumes in the autumn, says Lone Simonsen, who is an epidemiologist at Roskilde University, according to TV2. With Pfizer’s pill Paxlovid hopefully available before then (a course of two pills every 12 hours for five days), […]
International Round-Up: Denmark hits the milestone for vaccine donation, but it has not been easy!
With a donation of more than 1.2 million COVID-19 vaccines to Thailand, Denmark has fulfilled its goal of donating 10 million vaccines worldwide. The 1,266,000 Moderna-Spikevax vaccines arrived in Thailand last Thursday. According to Minister of Health Magnus Heunicke, Denmark will continue its efforts to find recipient countries for its overdoses. Finding countries to take […]
Corona is a good place: most of us have had it and the risk of contraction is low
With corona increasingly a blip in the nation’s rearview mirror, it is generally understood that most adults have contracted the virus at least once since 2020, and that it is no longer considered unusual to have had it two or even three times. To those who have avoided it, it begins to feel as if […]
Danske Nyheder Round-Up: The police clear one of the murder suspects in Aalborg
One of the 36-year-old men charged with the murder of 22-year-old Mia Skadhauge Stevn, who was subsequently released from prison, had nothing to do with her disappearance or death, the police in Aalborg have determined. – A decision has been made to drop the charge against the 36-year-old man, whom we arrested on 9 February, […]
The health authority needs to revise the recommendations to tackle teens’ alcohol consumption directly
Danish teenagers have long had a reputation for being the most drinkers in Europe. Transitional rituals such as being slaughtered on 1 May, on school trips to Prague and at Roskilde Festival are part of most normal Danish upbringing. And the law and big business make it easier than ever to get drunk. Over 16s […]
Progressive health ministers adopt a declaration promoting quality health care for all Europeans
Notification – The future of healthcare in Europe: eliminating inequalities and improving the quality of life for all cannot be expected – is a plan for an EU where all citizens benefit from the wonders of the best care and medicines, not just those who can afford to pay. Ministers from Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, […]
Some of the capital’s hardest hit municipalities now have the country’s lowest corona infection rates
According to the Statens Serum Institut, many of the Greater Copenhagen municipalities, which previously had the highest coronasmite numbers in Denmark, have plummeted down the rankings. In the meantime, a good proportion of the regional municipalities with so far low infection rates have climbed to the top. The infection rates are therefore very high in […]
All COVID-19 restrictions will be lifted next week
PM to speak today Health Minister Magnus Heunicke has also called for COVID-19 no longer categorized as a socially critical disease from the same date. Certain measures involving testing and isolation when traveling to Denmark will continue to exist in one format or another for a further four weeks, at least. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen […]
Corona Round-Up: The Danish Commonwealth is responsible for three of the world’s six best COVID-19 hotspots
After yesterday’s news that a record 40,626 daily cases of infection have been confirmed in Denmark, it may not surprise you to know that the rest of the Danish kingdom is not feeling better. In fact, from yesterday, according to ourworldindata.org, the three territories that make up the Commonwealth, have three of the six highest […]
Fourth vaccination sticks are offered to particularly vulnerable groups, the health authority confirms
Just hours after the government decided that cinemas, theaters and many other venues will be able to reopen on Sunday, Health Minister Magnus Heunicke confirmed that a fourth vaccination stick will soon be offered to particularly vulnerable groups. Employment will begin later this week or early next week, but it is believed that the elderly […]
Cultural life can reopen from Sunday, advises the Epidemic Commission
It now looks like cinemas, theaters and the like will be able to open from Sunday 16 January, but not nightlife venues, according to the recommendations of the Epidemic Commission (experts) to be discussed by the Epidemic Committee (politicians) at a meeting at 15.00 today. Provided they comply with stricter restrictions than before their closing […]
Corona passports are only valid for five months, the Ministry of Health recommends
There will be no easing of the current coronary restrictions, it sounded yesterday after a meeting between Health Minister Magnus Heunicke with the political parties’ health rapporteurs – a day when a record 28,283 infected were announced. Nevertheless, the Ministry of Health is making some changes regarding the corona passport, which will in future only […]
Omicron offers ominous prospects for January in Denmark, warns SSI
Tyra Grove Krause, head of the department of infectious epidemiology and prevention at the Statens Serum Institut (SSI), expects that the current increase in corona cases will flatten out by the end of January. But while she predicts to the P1 radio station that more people will be infected in the coming weeks and that […]
