Danish aid to Ukraine has so far cost DKK 33 billion. DKK and it will continue for a long time to come. New study plays down the fear of late effects of covid and it will be easier for Indians to find work in Denmark.
Danish aid to Ukraine has so far cost DKK 33 billion. DKK and it will continue for a long time to come. New study plays down the fear of late effects of covid and it will be easier for Indians to find work in Denmark.
Ministers and business representatives from twenty-six African and five Nordic countries are meeting today and tomorrow in Copenhagen for the annual Nordic-African Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (NAFM). The Danish government has been pushing recently to strategise its cooperation with Africa, especially in the business sector. Meanwhile, NAFM’s African participants are also keen to pivot the meeting’s […]
The Danish logistics and shipping group AP Møller-Mærsk has reported a profit of USD 208 million (DKK 1.45 billion) in the first quarter of 2024, showing a strong recovery in earnings compared to its loss of USD 442 million (DKK 3 billion) in the last quarter. The turbulent finances are the result of major disruptions […]
The Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk has raised its revenue forecast for the current year, following the presentation of its first quarter accounts on Thursday. The company’s net profit in the first three months increased by 28 percent to DKK 25.41 billion. Having previously predicted a growth in sales of between 18 to 26 percent […]
An unusual sight greeted cyclists in Rindum near Ringkøbing on Thursday morning. A one-and-a-half-metre-long dead shark had been left on a cycle path on Isagervej. Jan Nørrum, the chief of duty at Midt- and Vestjyllands Police told TV2 MIDTVEST that they do not know how it ended up there. “Law enforcement has not received any […]
A new forest will be planted in Frederiksberg, the most populated municipality of Denmark. The wooded area will span 50 square metres, following the guidelines of the Japanese Miyawaki woods, using an indigenous Danish tree species, according to the media FrederiksbergLIV. The goal of the Miyawaki method is to grow a forest on a small […]
A ship moored in Køge Harbor is at risk of capsizing after a fire broke out on board on Tuesday afternoon. Pictures from the scene on Wednesday morning show the cargo ship ‘Rix Munte’ leaning precariously towards the harbour quay. The director of Køge Havn Thomas Elm Kampmann says the vessel appears more stable than […]
A loud siren will sound at 12pm today, as the Danish Emergency Management Agency and the Danish National Police test Denmark’s nationwide emergency alarm system. Mobile phones will also receive a test warning via the S!RENEN system. The test warning will contain the text: “TEST – S!RENEN – TEST”, according to the S!RENEN website. In […]
Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen has scored a major role in Disney’s upcoming animation Mufasa: The Lion King – a prequel to the 2019 photorealistic remake of The Lion King. Mikkelsen will play the voice of Kiros – “a formidable lion with big plans for his pride”, according to the American media Variety. Moonlight‘s Barry Jenkins […]
A new report on opioid abuse among young people shows that preparations such as tramadol and oxycodone are beginning to show in several statistics of abuse, Berlingske writes. “Suspected poisoning with opioids” eventually accounts for over 100 drug-related deaths per year. It constitutes a significant part of drug-related deaths in Denmark. “It is appalling that […]
At present, there are more than 3,000 excavation projects underway in Copenhagen, writes TV2 Kosmopol. It stirs frustrations among commuters in the city. The many road works are especially troublesome for shopkeepers. They lose revenue because customers give up coming to their store. This applies to the fishmonger Christoffer Skov Pedersen. His shop “Sømunken” has […]
Last year it wreaked havoc in remote forests of Norway and on the internet – now it’s back in the headlines. “We are at it again! In a secret place in Norway, we have hidden NOK 1,093,072,” writes Horde, the Norwegian company behind the “year’s wildest treasure hunt”. It’s simple enough: Whoever finds the bag […]
A new record has been set for the most expensive per-square-metre real estate price in the historic Nyhavn quarter in Copenhagen. The commercial property Nyhavn 57 was sold for DKK 67,000 per square metre, according to a press release from the estate agent EDC Poul Erik Bech, which brokered the deal. The property is 389 […]
Today, Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen returns home to Denmark after a six-month mission on the International Space Station (ISS). The day will be marked with a press conference in the Ministry of Education and Research at 11:30am, followed by a celebration at the Experimentarium in Hellerup, Copenhagen. The six-month Huginn mission was Andreas Mogensen’s first […]
The European Parliament elections will take place on 9 June 2024, but European residents in Copenhagen can already vote by mail. There are ten postal voting locations spread across the city. “It is crucial that you use the voice you have. As the person responsible for the election board in the Municipality of Copenhagen, I […]
When the well-known YouTuber Mr. Beast launches his popular chocolate bars in Europe, Denmark will be the first country to sell them. In a press release on Monday, the distributor of the bars Wellexir announced that the chocolate, called Feastables will be launched in the Netherlands at the same time. Mr. Beast – whose real […]
The Danish shipping giant Maersk will invest USD 600 million, equivalent to DKK 4.18 billion, in developing seaport infrastructure in the West African country of Nigeria, according to Nigeria’s presidential office. A post from the Nigerian Presidency’s official account on X on Sunday reads: “President Bola Tinubu has secured an investment of 600 million dollars […]
The first three Swedish stations on a proposed new metro line that will connect Copenhagen and Malmö accross the Øresund strait have been announced by the City of Malmö administration. The stations will be Fullriggaren, Stora Varusgatan and Malmö Centralstation. The subway will be the first to connect the two countries. From Denmark, passengers on […]
Lars Jespersen, the managing director of SDK Shipping, has been re-elected as chairman of the Danish Shipping and Port Companies (DSHV). A company press release also announced two new faces, Teddy Folmer from Schultz Shipping and Karl Henrik Dahl from Oiltanking Copenhagen, on the newly-elected board, which continues to be made up entirely of men. […]
Increases in cholesterol levels, lowered antibody response to some vaccines, changes in liver enzymes, decreases in birth weight: these are some of the health effects that have been linked to exposure to a group of chemicals, common in households, called PFAS. These man-made chemicals have been used in industry and consumer products worldwide since the […]
The government and a broad political majority agreed yesterday to allocate another DKK 4.4 billion of state finances to the Ukraine Fund, with the aim of securing more weapons for the Ukrainian armed forces.
“It is absolutely crucial that we show the Ukrainians that we stand behind them in the current serious situation,” Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said in a ministry press release.
The funds will be used to purchase arms and equipment from the domestic and international defence industry, which will be donated to Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy extended his gratitude to Denmark in a post on X: “I thank all parties in the Danish parliament for today’s decision to increase military aid to Ukraine by 630 million dollars next year,” he wrote.
“We appreciate Denmark’s willingness to meet Ukraine’s urgent defense needs and share the strategic vision that the stronger Ukraine is, the stronger the whole of Europe will become. Many thanks to the Folketing, the Prime Minister and every single Dane”
The new donation brings Denmark’s total military support for the Ukraine Fund in the period 2023-28 to 64.8 billion kroner, according to the Danish Ministry of Defence.
On hot summer afternoons, Copehagen’s harbourfront is thronged with sunbathers who come to the water’s edge to enjoy one of the biggest perks of life in the Danish capital: swimming in the canals. The city boasts ten bathing areas and three harbour pools. The pastime is so popular that politicians in City Hall have sought […]
Noise from road traffic is a significant problem and has consequences for our health and quality of life. New calculations show that planned speed reductions will have a large effect and reduce the number of homes with high noise pollution in Copenhagen considerably. The municipality has a goal of halving the number of homes with […]
Last year, Denmark once again had the largest surplus on public finances among the EU countries, Ritzau reports. While many southern and eastern European countries have major problems with getting the state budget together, that’s not a problem in Denmark. For the fifth year in a row, Denmark has the largest surplus on public finances, […]
Grønt Marked (Green market) is expanding and opening a new permanent green market at Gammelholm in Indre By. There are four markets around Copenhagen and Frederiksberg.Here you can buy vegetables, eggs, cheese and meat at a market in a new district every Sunday. There are 2,000 visitors to each market, where 15 to 20 local […]
In future, tests in primary, youth and adult education should incorporate artificial intelligence, according to new recommendations from a group of experts on the chatbot ChatGPT and other digital aids.
The Ministry of Children and Education writes in a press release for the announcement that it is unclear as yet how a AI testing will look in practice, but the Minister for Children and Education Mattias Tesfaye comments “digital development is here to stay”.
“It is an important educational task to teach children and young people to relate to and use technology critically, and this places demands on how we prepare students for it in teaching,” said Tesfaye.
He added that tests without AI tools will continue to be pivotal: “It is necessary to be able to assess what knowledge and skills the students have independently acquired,” he said.
The expert group is chaired by Birgitte Vedersø, an independent consultant and former chairman of Danske Gymnasier.
The expert group presented its preliminary recommendations in December, and today announced the full list. The core aim of the recommendations is to eliminate exam cheating.
“It is crucially important that students learn to use and relate to artificial intelligence in a reflective, critical and constructive way. Therefore, they must be helped by skilled subject teachers, and technology must be included in teaching and in exams side by side with exams without aids”, said Vedersø.
“It will require new tests and working methods in school, where the focus is shifted from cheating to learning,” she added.
The group proposes forms of teaching and examination that place greater focus on asking good questions, as well as finding answers, and that digital aids could be used in oral tests.
Proposed exam formats include a project assignment, a case or a portfolio, which collects material from the entire school year.
The Danish High School Students Association (DGS) is pleased by the expert group’s recommendations.
DGS chair Asger Kjær Sørensen said: “Artificial intelligence is part of society, so of course we have to learn about it. Right now we are being sent out onto the digital highway without a driving licence, and something needs to be done about that.”
In December, Tesfaye announced that the changes would likely take effect in spring 2025.
It has been over three months since the billionaire family Østergaard-Nielsen announced plans to establish a climate fund to “remedy the problems surrounding landslides and climate change”. The announcement came after a 2 million tonne landslide of contaminated soil at Ølst near Randers in January 2024, at the Nordic Waste site owned by Østergaard-Nielsen. The […]
On Thursday 25 April, over 100,000 people are expected to gather in various locations around the country in solidarity for Climate Action Day. The day aims to bring together groups of people in local communities, companies or organisations to support the introduction of greener habits. “It is an invitation to all Danes tp do things […]
Today, a new lighthouse is being unveiled on the pier at Sundmolen in Nordhavn, with the urban development organisation By og Havn throwing a public party to celebrate the inaugural switch-on of the lighthouse’s lamp. The new structure is a rebuild; a lighthouse previously stood on this site for over 100 years, guiding sailors into […]
That the British parliament has passed a law that allows the country’s asylum processing to be moved to Rwanda does not have a direct impact on Denmark’s plans to establish a its own reception centre in the African country, says Minister for Immigration and Integration Kaare Dybvad Bek. “It doesn’t have a direct effect, because […]
Copenhagen Municipality has adopted an agreement to extend Parken Stadium’s ‘return obligation’ to the year 2090, instead of the current deadline 2060. The return obligation stipulates that Parken Sport & Entertainment had to give the land back, free and clear, in 2060. Specifically, the new agreement means that Parken can buy a postponement of the […]
Football fans at Parken can expect shorter toilet and beer queues and upgraded facilities when FC København’s home ground in Østerbro gets a multi-million Kroner renovation in the coming years. Parken’s director Jacob Lauesen says DKK 100 million will be invested in the upgrade, and that priority work includes reducing the long queues at the […]
Danish consumer confidence is deteriorating, with Danes still perceiving the economy negatively despite several indications of economic upturn, according to new figures from Danmarks Statistik. In April, consumer confidence was measured at minus 8.6, down from minus 7.6 in March. The figure has been negative since autumn 2021, and has stagnated at its current level […]
Finance Minister Nicolai Wammen has accepted a role as ambassador for the UN foundation Education Cannot Wait (ECW), working to collect some DKK 10.5 billion to fund education in crisis-affected areas. Wammen has “honorably” accepted the two-year posting, writes the UN organistion in a press release, adding that the aid money will support learning initiatives […]
The Danish electric car company Fisker Inc. has today been delisted from the American stock exchange, according to Finans. The company, founded by Danish entrepreneur Henrik Fisker, has been approaching bankruptcy for several months, with share prices falling 99 percent in the past year. In March, Fisker Inc. suspended stock trading after failing to enter […]
On Friday, April 26, it is a normal working day. That’s new in Denmark. Any other year it would have been a public holiday, Great Prayer Day. It was abolished by the government and radikale as we know. The Danes are not happy about that. Two out of three Danes believe that Great Prayer day […]
The rating is based on Scandic’s employees’ own answers in the annual well-being survey. The analysis company Great Place To Work is behind the award. Great Place To Work explains the award with, among other things, the hotel chain’s great focus on their work with inclusion and diversity, which has also meant that the workplace […]
The government has adopted a new elderly reform with a broad majority of the parties in Folketinget. It must give the elderly a better shot on deciding for themselves in relation to care and increase the opportunities for employees to make independent decisions. The reform aims to increase the quality of care for the elderly, […]
Parts of the outer wall in the burned-out part of Børsen collapsed on Thursday afternoon, Ritzau reports. The scaffolding that was set up by the brickwork has also collapsed. It is the outer wall facing Børsgade and the gable facing Christiansborg Slotsplads that have fallen. There were no personal injuries reported. In total, around 40 […]
Danish Crown is closing its slaughterhouse in Ringsted on Sjælland in mid-September. 1,200 employees will lose their job, but work is offered for 300 employees at slaughterhouses in Horsens, Herning, Vejen and Sønderborg – all in Jylland. It is a somber decision to close the slaughterhouse, says CEO of Danish Crown Jais Valeur. “We have […]
At a public school in Greve south of Copenhagen, the working climate became so difficult for a history teacher that he is now on sick leave, writes Radio4. Teacher Erling Böttcher has been fighting for several weeks to prevent pro-Palestinian messages in the classroom. The conflict began at the beginning of 2024, when Erling Böttcher […]
In January, founder Pernille Vermund left the Nye Borgerlige party and joined Liberal Alliance. Vermund and other top people left the party and called for it to be dissolved to avoid losing votes for a right-wing coalition. Pernille Vermund joins Alex Vanopslagh – pursuing dream of a right-wing government Not so fast. On Tuesday, former […]
Firefighters are still working to put out pockets of fire in Børsen in Copenhagen. The work will continue until Thursday morning, says spokesperson for the capital’s emergency services Frank Trier Mikkelsen. In addition to extinguishing, work is being done to secure the building’s outer walls so that they do not break down. This happens with […]
The Danish Royal Family reacts via Instagram on the fire at Boersen.
“This morning we woke up to a sad sight, when smoke over Copenhagen’s roof bore witness to the devastating fire at Boersen. An important part of
our architectural cultural heritage was and continues to be in flames.,” writes King Frederik and express gratitude towards all people who have been helping fighting the fire.
Jakob Engel-Schmidt, Danish Culture minister, posted on X that he was terrified by the images of Boersen this morning.
“400 years of Danish cultural heritage in flames.”
He is touched to see how people are doing everything they can.
“How touching it is to see how employees at Boersen, good people from the emergency services and
passing Copenhageners work together to rescue art treasures and iconic images from the burning building.
Gratitude towards all fighting the fire
Minister of Justice, Peter Hummelgaard, posts on X:
“Thank you to our skilled firefighters, police officers and paramedics who are currently fighting a fierce battle against fire and inferno to save lives and our
historical heritage.
Politician Jan E. Jørgensen, from Venstre, tells TV2 that he is shocked about the fire.
“It’s a national disaster. I think we have to rebuild
it, I don’t know how the insurance are, but I think we must help,” Jørgensen says.
Politician Søren Espersen, from Danmarksdemokraterne, told TV2 that buildings like Børsen are irreplaceable while he holds his tears.
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen writes to Ritzau that a piece of Danish history is on fire.
“The images are horrible. Boersen is one of the most iconic buildings of Copenhagen. The symbol
of 400 years of companies. It’s unreplaceable cultural heritage, it hurts to see it.”
An average salary increase of 7.4 percent for government employees is in place.
It has become a new classic to mark Queen Margrethe’s birthday with cakes for the city’s nursing home residents. Tuesday it will happen again.
The Danish burger chain Jagger is embroiled in a name dispute with frontman of the band The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger, reports Børsen.
According to case documents from the EU’s patent and trademark authority, the burger chain has been striving for seven years to obtain the exclusive right to sell burgers and operate restaurants under the name Jagger.
The company behind The Rolling Stones, Musidor, has protested the Danish burger chain since it was established in 2016 by Christian Brandt and Rasmus Oubæk.
Two years after the pair started the Jagger chain, they applied for trademark registration in both Denmark and the EU. Jagger has since grown to 18 restaurants, all of which are located in Copenhagen.
Musidor owns the rights to the name of the band, the name Mick Jagger, and the band’s iconic red-lips logo.
Musidor maintains that the Danish burger chain’s name is a breach of its rights to the name Mick Jagger.
Børsen reports that Musidor’s claim was partially upheld by the EU’s patent and trademark authority in 2021.
In 2023, the burger chain filed a new case with the European authority with the aim of cancelling the Mick Jagger trademark because, according to the chain’s lawyer, “no real use has been made of it”.
Mikkel Kleis, a lawyer and partner in the Danish law and consultancy firm Patrade, which specialises in the protection and enforcement of patents and trademarks, has seen several of the case documents.
He assesses that the burger chain may ultimately be forced to change its name.
Denmark and the Czech Republic have signed a cooperation agreement to develop a pan-European ‘digital identity wallet’.
At an EU meeting in Belgium on Thursday, the Danish Digitization Minister Marie Bjerre and the Czech Deputy Prime Minister Ivan Bartos agreed on a roadmap of national projects and knowledge-sharing to build a ‘wallet’ app that will give citizens and businesses access to public digital services across the EU.
“The Czech Republic is one of our strong partners on the European digitalisation agenda and I am pleased to strengthen our cooperation. The digital ‘wallet’ app is an exciting tool that we must implement well – both nationally and in the EU. This cooperation will be crucial for the ‘wallet’ app to achieve its potential,” said Bjerre in a press release.
The cooperation agreement will facilitate the exchange of experience between the Digitalization Agency in Denmark and the Czech Digitalization and Information Agency.
About the European digital identity wallet
The European Digital Identity Wallet is a secure and simple way for European citizens and businesses to prove their identity when using digital services.
With the ‘wallet’ app, one can securely obtain, store and share important digital documents as well as use for electronic signature of documents. Some of the many uses for the wallet app include:
The European digital identity wallet is intended for use by citizens, public authorities and private companies, and aims to provide easy access to services, protect personal data and comply with GDPR and cybersecurity standards.
Security and privacy are a central focal point for the European identity wallet. You will have full control over the data you share, and your own data will be certified in accordance with the highest European standards for data protection and cyber security.
Source: The Ministry of Digitalization and Gender Equality
Ex-Chief of Defence Flemming Lentfer is threatening to sue the Ministry of Defense for unfair dismissal, according to information in a letter, obtained by TV2, that the Ministry received on Friday morning from Lentfer’s lawyer Torben Koch.
“My client completely disputes that there is even a shadow of factual justification for any subsequent disciplinary action against my client, in the last instance dismissal,” writes Koch in the letter.
He calls on the Ministry to drop the whole case, and warns that his client is ready to proceed with legal action.
“I can already state that my client is prepared to sue the ministry alleging that a decision to resign will be an invalid decision on the basis of a lack of factual considerations,” writes Koch.
General Flemming Lentfer was fired as Chief of Defence last week after it came to light that a weapons-system malfunction aboard the Red-Sea-deployed frigate Iver Huitfeldt during a drone attack on March 9 had not been directly reported to Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen.
Poulsen, who instead learnt of the Danish warship’s malfunction from an article in the defence media Olfi almost a month later, justified the dismissal by saying he “no longer trusts” Lentfer.
In just a few years, the number of signups for the Association for Emergency Preparedness’ crisis preparation courses has exploded.
In 2022, there were 270 students on the course, while in 2023 there were 2,160 – an increase of almost 700 percent. This year, the association expects over 4,600 to take part.
Speaking at a community centre in Gedser, where some 40 citizens were gathered for the course ‘Get ready for 3 days’, participant Finn Hansen told TV2: “I would like to hear whether the Emergency Management Association advises us to take any special precautions or whether we should buy some provisions.”
Director of the Association for Emergency Preparedness Carsten Iversen says: “The world situation has changed, both in terms of war and climate change, and we are now experiencing a doubling of the number of course participants.”
The course equips people to handle crisis situations, with teaching on topics like how to stay warm in a power cut, and how many supplies to stock at home to survive inside for three days.
According to the Danish national emergency plan, Danes should prepare themselves to manage without electricity, water, heat and shopping facilities for up to three days.
In 2023, a record number of cases of online banking fraud were reported – as much as double the amount in 2022, according to Finans Danmark, an interest organisation for banks and credit unions.
Michael Busk-Jepsen, director of digitization at Finans Danmark, says fraudsters have become better at deceiving their victims:
“The criminals have gotten better, their tools have become more efficient, and unfortunately we have to admit that they are also successful, and that’s why they keep doing it,” he said in a press release.
He points out that the police struggle to solve this type of cybercrime, and perpetrators are rarely caught.
Last year, there were 9127 cases of online banking fraud. In 3842 of those cases, either the customer or the bank lost money.
Finans Danmark observes that online banking fraudsters specifically target older women.
“They have gone for names that are overrepresented in the older part of the female population,” says Busk-Jepsen.
The fraud, also called ‘phishing’, typically involves the criminal sending text messages or emails to the victims, where they are asked to enter their information.
“It is very common for criminals to use an occasion to send these emails and text messages. For example, it could be payment of tax or holiday pay,” says Busk-Jepsen.
Although phishing is the most widespread form of online banking fraud, there is another method that is more effective.
“The biggest losses actually happen when a criminal calls and asks the victim to disclose some things by telling a false story – perhaps that something is about to happen to one’s account and that funds must therefore be quickly transferred,” says Busk-Jepsen.
“You have to hang up the phone. The banks and the police don’t call like that,” he asserts, adding that you should never share your codes or personal information, and be mindful of what you approve on MitId.