Today’s front pages – Wednesday, April 24

The Copenhagen Post’s daily digest of what the Danish dailies are reporting on their front pages

Freedom of information act lambasted internationally

The government’s new freedom of information act, offentlighedslov law should be scrapped and re-written, according to the internationally-renowned Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) in Halifax, Canada. CLD argued that the law is unacceptably weak for a country that strives for open democracy. The centre made 33 suggestions for changes in the law. –Politiken

Canucks deny Denmark of Jensen

Young hockey player Nicklas Jensen will not be joining the Danish team for the upcoming IIHF World Championships in Stockholm after his NHL club team, the Vancouver Canucks, decided they needed him for the upcoming playoffs. The club's general manager, Mike Gillis, said that 20-year-old Jensen was required to back up his team in case of injuries – Sporten.dk

Dropping rare mineral prices could affect Greenland

The Kvanefjeld mining project in Greenland, which is led by the Australian mining company Greenland Minerals & Energy, is facing a less valuable market than just a year ago. The Australian mining company will begin the production of uranium, zinc and rare minerals in four years’ time and is looking for investors to join. – Ingeniøren

Socialdemokraterne have never been so unpopular

Very few voters would vote for Helle Thorning-Schmidt and company if there were to be an election today, according to a new survey. The survey, compiled by YouGov for metroXpress newspaper, showed that just 14.4 percent of voters would select Socialdemokraterne (S), the lowest figure for the party since 1898. – metroXpress

More fires in Albertslund

Arson cases continue to mount in the western suburb of Albertslund after fire-fighters responded to another two fires last night. Two cars in the Svanens Kvarter area were ablaze when authorities arrived on the scene just before 2am and the fire was quickly put out. Arsonists have been plaguing Albertslund for over six months now. – Ekstra Bladet

Vocational schools get the least brilliant

The most studious young people stay away from the nation's vocational schools, according to a new report from Aarhus University. The report showed that when teachers were asked to judge their students’ intelligence, motivation and diligence on a scale of one to five, vocational school students scored 3.17, while upper-secondary students scored 4.13. – Jyllands-Posten

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  • 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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