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    Aarhus mayor Jacob Bundsgaard resigns

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    The Copenhagen Post

    Long-time Aarhus mayor and social democrat Jacob Bundsgaard will resign from the job immediately, according to Aarhus Stiftstidende.He has been mayor of Aarhus for 13 years. The surprising announcement comes one day after another well-known, younger politician, Jacob Mark, announced that he is quitting politics.The two decisions are not related.The Social Democrats in Aarhus are […]

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    Danish politicians once again try to get young people into jobs or education

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    The Copenhagen Post

    A broad political majority has entered into an agreement to allocate over 1.3 billion kroner until 2035 to get more young people into jobs or education, writes Ritzau.The government as well as SF, Konservative and Radikale are behind the agreement, where part of the money must go to strengthen efforts for young people with mental […]

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    Whale activist Paul Watson receives 2500 letters in Greenlandic prison

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    The prominent environmentalist and co-founder of Greenpeace Paul Watson, who has been in custody in Nuuk in Greenland since July, has received a huge number of letters from fans and supporters while in prison.Many of the letters contain poems or drawings of whales, the 73-year-old Canadian-born whale activist tells the Danish news agency Ritzau.“Reading and […]

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    Novo’s billion dollar purchase in the US at risk

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    The largest acquisition in Danish history may not be approved, several experts say to Finans.It is Novo owner Novo Holdings, which will buy one of the world’s largest sub-suppliers to the pharmaceutical industry, American Catalent, for DKK 113 billion.Three so-called filling factories in the US and the EU will in turn then be sold to […]

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    Government invests big in new tourism strategy

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    Denmark has announced it will inject millions of kroner to its tourism industry as part of a plan to achieve a sector turnover of DKK 200 billion in 2030.Under the government’s new tourism strategy, which it will formally present later today, the tourism organization VisitDenmark will receive DKK 44 million to strengthen international marketing outside […]

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    Nine men arrested for plotting multiple murders

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    Nine men aged 24 to 55 with connections to the organised crime network in Greater Copenhagen were arrested on Monday, states the National Unit for Special Crime (NSK) in a press release. The men are accused of planning the “murders of several members of a rival gang group” in early 2021, and one attempted murder of […]

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    Denmark’s central bank follows ECB and lowers interest rate

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    The Danish central bank Danmarks Nationalbank on Thursday followed the European Central Bank (ECB) and lowered its key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 2.85 percent, effective from Friday.“The interest rate reduction is a consequence of the reduction by the European Central Bank of its main monetary policy rate, the deposit facility rate, by […]

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    Danish PM: “Difficult to regret” death of “hardcore” Hamas leader

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    Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, believed by Israel to be the mastermind of the October 7 2023 terror attack that set off the current war in Gaza, was killed by an Israeli shell in Gaza yesterday, according to Israeli forces.

    The Guardian has published drone footage from Gaza that the Israeli Defence Force says shows Sinwar sitting hunched in a chair alone in a room destroyed by shelling, with a severely wounded arm and his face obscured by a scarf, moments before an additional shell was fired at the building, causing it to collapse and kill him.

    The Guardian says it has not independently verified the footage.

    EU leaders were gathered last night for a summit in Brussels when the news of the assassination came.

    Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was among the heads of state and government who received the news during the summit.

    “The Hamas leader who was killed is one of the architects behind the attack on Israel. Seen from a Danish perspective, it is difficult to regret the death. Because we are dealing with a hardcore terrorist,” she responded.

    According to Politiken, Frederiksen said that the summit attendees discussed the situation in the Middle East, and that there was both agreement to stand behind Israel’s right to self-defense and at the same time call for more emergency aid and a stop to Israeli settlement.

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    Danish Crown given injunction after fatal workplace accident in slaughterhouse

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    The Danish Working Environment Authority has served the food and butchery company Danish Crown with an injunction after a 54-year-old cleaning assistant died in an accident at its Holsted slaughterhouse on Tuesday evening. The man died at the scene after becoming pinned between two platforms, according to DR.An immediate injunction is served when there is a […]

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    Danish dairy group Arla bids for Egyptian company in Middle East expansion

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    The Danish dairy group Arla has made a DKK 1.25 billion non-binding bid for the majority stake in the Egyptian food company Arabian Food Industries Company (Domty), the group announced in a press release on Wednesday.Domty’s current owners – the Damaty family – are expected to remain part of the ownership circle, with the current […]

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    Golden eagle population grows in Denmark

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    After several years of stagnation, the Danish population of golden eagles has grown, according to data from Project Ørn, a conservation programme by the Danish Ornithological Association.According to the association, there are eight occupied territories in Denmark, six of which are home to established breeding pairs that have raised a total of seven young eagles. […]

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    Most traffic accidents in Copenhagen involve cyclists

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    55 percent of all injured and killed in traffic accidents in Copenhagen in 2023 were cyclists, shows a calculation from Vejdirektoratet (the Road Directorate). 25 percent were pedestrians and only 13 percent were ordinary motorists.Thus, cyclists in Copenhagen are much more exposed to accidents than elsewhere in Denmark, where cyclists make up 20-30 percent of […]

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