Sport and Culture in Brief: National players agree deal ahead of win again US

Mar 26, 2015

With the friendly against the US just days away, the Danish national football association DBU finally agreed to a new pay deal with the players after weeks of heated negotiations. The new collective agreement will be more performance-based and give DBU the saving of 17 percent it wanted. Denmark went on to beat the US 3-2 thanks to a Nicklas Bendter hat-trick.

Handballers ousted
The last two surviving Danish teams have been knocked out of this year’s handball Champions League as KIF Kolding København and Aalborg both lost their last 16 fixtures this week. Aalborg lost capitulated to Barcelona over two legs 33-60, while KIF went down fighting 40-43 on aggregate to Croatian outfit HC Prvo Plinarsko Drustvo Zagreb.

Museum making move
The popular Post & Tele Museum has revealed it will move from its inner-city address to a new and improved location at Øster Allé 1 in the Østerbro district. Popular among families with children, the museum’s new location near Fælledparken is considered ideal.

Wolves closing in
FC Midtjylland are closing in on their first ever Superliga title after FC Copenhagen dropped two points at home against Randers over the weekend. The Lions could only manage a 1-1 against the Blue Horses which leaves the Wolves with an 11-point lead with 11 games to go.

World Cup in Ice Hockey will face off in Herning

As in 2018, Denmark will co-host the Ice Hockey World Championship. And once again, Herning and Jyske Bank Boxen will be the hosts. Denmark is in Pool B and starts tonight with a match against the USA, which, given the political tensions between the two countries, may be an icy affair.
Diplomatic tensions between US and Denmark after spying rumors

A Wall Street Journal article describes that the US will now begin spying in Greenland. This worries the Danish foreign minister, who wants an explanation from the US’s leading diplomat. Greenlandic politicians think that Trump’s actions increase the sense of insecurity
Diplomacy meets Westeros: a dinner with the King, Queen – and Jaime Lannister

What do King Frederik X, Queen Mary, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, and Jaime Lannister have in common? No, this isn’t the start of a very specific Shakespeare-meets-HBO fanfiction — it was just Wednesday night in Denmark
Huge boost to halt dropouts from vocational education

For many years, most young people in Denmark have preferred upper secondary school (Gymnasium). Approximately 20 percent of a year group chooses a vocational education. Four out of 10 young people drop out of a vocational education. A bunch of millions aims to change that
Beloved culture house saved from closure

At the beginning of April, it was reported that Kapelvej 44, a popular community house situated in Nørrebro, was at risk of closing due to a loss of municipality funding
Mette Frederiksen: “If you harm the country that is hosting you, you shouldn’t be here at all”

With reforms to tighten the rules for foreigners in Denmark without legal residency, and the approval of a reception package for internationals working in the care sector, internationals have been under the spotlight this week. Mette Frederiksen spoke about both reforms yesterday.

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