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    Ship in Køge Harbor risks capsizing after fire

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    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 it did […]

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    Nationwide siren and mobile alarm test at 12pm today

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    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 case of an […]

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    Danish star Mads Mikkelsen scores major role in new Lion King

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    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 will direct […]

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    Opioids kill more people than any other drug in Denmark

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    The Copenhagen Post

    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 there are […]

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    Widespread roadworks frustrate Copenhagen shop owners

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    The Copenhagen Post

    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 a high […]

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    Treasure hunt to find one million kroner in Norwegian forest goes viral

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    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 containing the […]

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    Nyhavn property sale hits record square metre price

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    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 square […]

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    Astronaut Andreas Mogensen returns to Denmark after six-month space mission

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    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 long-duration deployment […]

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    Ballot opens today: vote by mail in the European Parliament elections

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    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 hope […]

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    Youtuber with 250 million followers launches chocolate in Denmark

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    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 name is […]

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    Maersk to invest DKK 4.18 billion in building seaports in Nigeria

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    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 from […]

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    First three stops announced on new metro line between Copenhagen and Malmö

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    Lotte van den Hout

    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 the […]

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