The government of Myanmar pressed on 3 April 2020 criminal charges against three street artists. The artists were arrested and charged for painting a mural to raise awareness about the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The organization Human Rights Watch demanded on 8 April that the government of Myanmar should immediately drop all charges against…
To track the spread of the novel coronavirus in the Finnish population, the Finnish public health authority announced 7 April 2020 that Finland will start randomized antibody tests, according to the news provider Reuters. The main hospitals in the different regions of Finland will mail “invitation letters” to Finnish citizens of all ages that have…
Despite the announcement of a gradual re-opening of the Danish public sector after Easter 2020, the Danish Foreign Ministry has decided to continue advising against travelling outside of Denmark as they have done since mid-March 2020 due to the novel coronavirus. The global travel advice against all unnecessary travel will be extended until 10 May…
On the evening of 6 April 2020, the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced the first elements of the complicated plan that will allow Denmark to reopen – but ‘gradually, controlled and slowly’, according to the Danish Prime Minister at a press meeting. The Prime Minister stressed that there are a lot of dynamic and…
Despite the outbreak of the novel coronavirus that has halted most business’, the Danish wind energy giant Vestas continues to secure business partners. The Danish company Vestas announced on 31 March 2020 that the final agreements between the company and Chinese clients had been finalized. The company will deliver 301-Megawatt turbines for three projects in…
The Malaysian business group Berjaya Corp Bhd (BCorp) announced their plans to build a luxury hotel and apartment project in Nuuk, the capitol of Greenland, according to Edge Prop. According to a report made by the news site High North News, the advisor of BCorp’s executive chairman, Alex Tan Ghee Keong, stated during the announcement,…
Asian countries are more scared to contract the novel coronavirus than Scandinavian countries, according to a new survey from YouGov based on the percentage of 27,000 participants from 26 countries who have reported that they are ‘very’ or ‘somewhat’ scared of contracting COVID-19. Amongst the countries are China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan,…
The Law- and Human Rights Ministry of Indonesia released on 31 March a document, that announced the agreement of allowing adult prisoners to be eligible for release if they had served two-thirds of their sentences, while children would be eligible if they had served half of their jail term, reports Reuters. The total of prisoners…
The Danish wind developer has signed and secured its fourth intertidal project contract in Vietnam, reports Kallanish Energy. The order is a 29-megawatt wind project. The project, dubbed THE Ben Tre VI-3 project, will be located in the famous region of the Mekong Delta. Danish Vestas chose the area to take advantage of the ‘favorable…
The Danish Seamen’s Church and Churches Abroad (DSUK) announced in a press release on 27 March 2020 that Selma Ravn’s first day as the new Dean of the Danish Seaman’s and overseas Churches. She replaces Pia Sundbøll who will retire by the end of April. Selma Ravn is currently the vicar at Frederikskirken in Paris,…
