Morning Briefing – Tuesday, July 30

The Copenhagen Post’s daily digest of what the Danish press is reporting

Record number of applications for continuing education

Over 88,000 students will find out today if they have earned a place in their first choice for further education at the nation’s universities and technical schools. With some of the most popular courses of study like international business and microbiology accepting only students with the very highest grades, over 20,000 students will be disappointed when they open their envelopes. Educators pointed out that for those students who do not receive their first choice, there are many other disciplines with open spots available come September.

Man stabbed, crooks take off on his moped

A 42-year-old man is in hospital after being stabbed in Copenhagen last night. Police are looking for three men who attacked the victim in northwest Copenhagen late last night and then fled the scene on the victim’s moped. The man was stabbed twice, once in the stomach. The man was treated for his injuries and police said that he is in stable condition. Police said that the men fled in the direction of Tingbjerg and that they had no reason to believe at this time that the incident was gang-related. – Jyllands-Posten 

Coke full of more than just bubbles

Coca-Cola may be world-class at marketing its product, but it has a hard time complying with Danish and European marketing rules while doing so. Forbrugerombudsmanden, the consumer ombudsman, found that the soft drink giant had committed nine violations of marketing standards. Among them were misleading customers, making false claims and not making changes after being made aware of violations. The ombudsman focused on Coke’s claims that it had reduced its CO2 footprint by making changes to its iconic bottle, saying that the company provided no documentation to back up its claim and then refused to remove it from advertising materials when requested to do so. – Berlingske

Screaming seagulls annoying city dwellers

The growing number of seagulls moving into urban areas is garnering complaints from residents who say that the noise of the screeching birds is keeping them awake and the mess that they leave behind is making them sick. A Facebook group called 'Gulls out of Aarhus' gained 1,500 likes in a short time and the gulls are seen as a growing problem everywhere. Until now, only homeowners, housing associations and companies could apply for permits to do battle with the winged nuisances, but the environmental agency Naturstyrelsen has now given some councils permission to deal with the problem.  The Danish Ornithological Society said that cities bring the gull problem upon themselves by building more and more along coastlines and harbours and by not keeping the streets free of the garbage that seagulls feed on. – DR News

Former Mohammed cartoon protester apologises

One of the one of the most vocal and strident voices during the Mohammed cartoon crisis in 2006 said that he now regrets his role in the controversy. Ahmed Akkari, the former spokesperson for the Muslim faith group Det Islamiske Trossamfund, now says that he regrets his trip to the Middle East in which he encouraged violence in response to the cartoons. Akkari, who now works as a private consultant, distanced himself from what he said was Islam’s negative view of women and its approach to grabbing power in the Middle East. – TV2 News

TOP STORIES

  • Chinese wind turbine companies sign pact to end race-to-the-bottom price war

    Chinese wind turbine companies sign pact to end race-to-the-bottom price war

    China’s 12 leading wind turbine makers have signed a pact to end a domestic price war that has seen turbines sold at below cost price in a race to corner the market and which has compromised quality and earnings in the sector.

  • Watch Novo Nordisk’s billion-kroner musical TV ad for Wegovy

    Watch Novo Nordisk’s billion-kroner musical TV ad for Wegovy

    Novo Nordisk’s TV commercial for the slimming drug Wegovy has been shown roughly 32,000 times and reached 8.8 billion US viewers since June.

  • Retention is the new attraction

    Retention is the new attraction

    Many people every year choose to move to Denmark and Denmark in turn spends a lot of money to attract and retain this international talent. Are they staying though? If they leave, do they go home or elsewhere? Looking at raw figures, we can see that Denmark is gradually becoming more international but not everyone is staying. 

  • Defence Minister: Great international interest in Danish military technology

    Defence Minister: Great international interest in Danish military technology

    Denmark’s Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen attended the Association of the Unites States Army’s annual expo in Washington DC from 14 to 16 October, together with some 20 Danish leading defence companies, where he says Danish drone technology attracted significant attention.

  • Doctors request opioids in smaller packs as over-prescription wakes abuse concerns

    Doctors request opioids in smaller packs as over-prescription wakes abuse concerns

    Doctors, pharmacies and politicians have voiced concern that the pharmaceutical industry’s inability to supply opioid prescriptions in smaller packets, and the resulting over-prescription of addictive morphine pills, could spur levels of opioid abuse in Denmark.

  • Housing in Copenhagen – it runs in the family

    Housing in Copenhagen – it runs in the family

    Residents of cooperative housing associations in Copenhagen and in Frederiksberg distribute vacant housing to their own family members to a large extent. More than one in six residents have either parents, siblings, adult children or other close family living in the same cooperative housing association.

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  • Come and join us at Citizens Days!

    Come and join us at Citizens Days!

    On Friday 27 and Saturday 28 of September, The Copenhagen Post will be at International Citizen Days in Øksnehallen on Vesterbro, Copenhagen. Admission is free and thousands of internationals are expected to attend

  • Diversifying the Nordics: How a Nigerian economist became a beacon for inclusivity in Scandinavia

    Diversifying the Nordics: How a Nigerian economist became a beacon for inclusivity in Scandinavia

    Chisom Udeze, the founder of Diversify – a global organization that works at the intersection of inclusion, democracy, freedom, climate sustainability, justice, and belonging – shares how struggling to find a community in Norway motivated her to build a Nordic-wide professional network. We also hear from Dr. Poornima Luthra, Associate Professor at CBS, about how to address bias in the workplace.

  • Lolland Municipality launches support package for accompanying spouses

    Lolland Municipality launches support package for accompanying spouses

    Lolland Municipality, home to Denmark’s largest infrastructure project – the Fehmarnbelt tunnel connection to Germany – has launched a new jobseeker support package for the accompanying partners of international employees in the area. The job-to-partner package offers free tailored sessions on finding a job and starting a personal business.

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