In other news … (Sept 7 – 13)

Bummer summer: Summer is officially over – if you can call the last few months a summer at all. “Apart from two warm periods at the end of July and the middle of August, it has been an unstable summer,” meteorologist John Cappelen told Politiken newspaper, proving that anyone with eyes and a window could have done his job these past few months. According to DMI, this has been the coldest summer of the last 12 years, and to add insult to injury, it’s been both wetter and darker than average. With an average ‘warmth’ of 15.1 °C, 258mm rain, and a measly 620 hours of sunshine, it is the worst recorded summer since 2000.

A combination of more prisoners and not enough guards has disrupted the power balance (Photo: Colourbox)Who's in charge?: Seven out of ten prison guards say that they have trouble controlling the bikers and gang members who are flooding into the nation’s prisons. The guards said that gangs are taking over as the current push against crime has filled prisons with hardcore criminals that prison employees are ill-equipped to handle. Many guards refuse to engage prisoners on the inside for fear that gang members will take revenge on their family members on the outside. William Rentzmann of  Kriminalforsorgen, the prison service, admitted that there is a problem. “We have too few employees,” he told DR News.

Mamma Jane: No longer alone? (Photo: Scanpix / Katrine Emilie Andersen)Jane's backup: Café Viking owner ‘Mamma’ Jane Pedersen’s stand against thugs demanding protection money has now prompted authorities to take action. The restaurant industry association Danmarks Restauranter og Caféer held a meeting in Copenhagen on Monday with the purpose of tackling the problem at a national level. Present at the meeting were about 20 restaurant owners from Nørrebro as well as representatives from the police and City Council. Restaurant owners were urged to report extortion attempts, and a nationwide anonymous survey will also be sent out to some 1,550 restaurant and café owners to gauge the problem’s extent.




  • The internationals who created an app to make friends in Denmark  

    The internationals who created an app to make friends in Denmark  

    A team of young internationals has created an app that is helping their peers connect and build friendships in Denmark, addressing the challenges of social integration.

  • New documentary stirs debate in Denmark and Greenland 

    New documentary stirs debate in Denmark and Greenland 

    The documentary Greenland’s White Gold, reveals the worth of cryolite mining in Greenland to be in the billions. Over the years its value has been undermined, despite it acting like a gold mine for the Danish state. 

  • Today is 10 years from Copenhagen terrorist attack

    Today is 10 years from Copenhagen terrorist attack

    On February 14 and 15, the last terrorist attack took place in Denmark. Another episode occurred in 2022, but in that case, there was no political motive behind it

  • Enter Christiania: how the Freetown works

    Enter Christiania: how the Freetown works

    We all know Christiania and have been there at least once. But how does the Freetown work? How are decisions made? Can a person move there? Is there rent or bills to pay? British journalist Dave Wood wrote a reportage on Christiania for The Copenhagen Post.

  • The struggles of Asian women in Denmark’s labour market

    The struggles of Asian women in Denmark’s labour market

    Isha Thapa unfolds her research “An Analysis on the Inclusivity and Integration of South Asian Women in High-Skilled Jobs within the Danish Labor Market”. Thapa describes the systemic and social challenges these women face, ranging from barriers in social capital to cultural integration.

  • Parents in Denmark reject social media monitoring 

    Parents in Denmark reject social media monitoring 

    Most parents in Denmark reject using social media parental controls despite knowing about them. A new study questions the effectiveness of these tools in ensuring children’s online safety.