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    Danish business community supports Biden exit

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    The President of the United States Joe Biden was right to withdraw on Sunday as the Democratic presidential candidate for the upcoming November election, according to several national business associations in Denmark, reports Finans.“Now he is wisely passing the baton on to younger forces. On behalf of Danish business, I hope that – sooner or […]

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    Unprecedented numbers of blue jellyfish on Danish coast

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    An unprecedented number of blue jellyfish have appeared along the coast of North Sjælland in Denmark.

    Aquarium manager at the Øresund Aquarium, Jens Peder Jeppesen, says that blue jellyfish in these numbers are “never seen before”.

    “Right now we are experiencing large amounts of especially blue jellyfish, which is very unusual. We’ve never seen so many blue jellyfish before,” he tells TV2 Kosmopol.

    Earlier in July, blue jellyfish had been spotted several days in a row in various places along the coast.

    “They have been lying out in deep water in the Øresund and have now been pushed into shallower water, where they begin to die because they cannot tolerate the brackish water on our coasts in the inland Danish waters,” says Jeppesen.

    Although it is mainly the blue jellyfish, red jellyfish have also begun to appear.

    They are usually larger, deliver more painful stings, and can have tentacles that are up to ten meters long.

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    Small Aalborg company to develop satellite monitoring system for US defence

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    The United States Department of Defense has contracted the small Aalborg satellite company Space Inventor to develop a monitoring system that will safeguard its satellites against espionage and sabotage.Director of Space Inventor Karl Kaas says that for the small North Jylland company, serving the Pentagon is a big accolade. “When the Pentagon chooses to use […]

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    Large Danish study concludes corona vaccine does not increase birth defect risk

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    Neither being infected with covid-19, nor having the corona vaccine in the first trimester of pregnancy increase the likelihood of birth defects, according to a new study by the University of Copenhagen (KU).Researchers from KU, in collaboration with colleagues in Sweden and Norway, examined data from 343,066 newborn children for the study, making it the […]

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    Danish author Tove Ditlevsen on New York Times top 100 list

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    Danish author Tove Ditlevsen’s The Copenhagen Trilogy has made it onto The New York Times‘ distinguished list ‘The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century’.The trilogy is a series of memoirs first released in Denmark between 1967 and 1971 under the titles Childhood, Youth and Dependency. Though the series was published before 1 January 2000, The […]

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    Survey: These are the most popular baby names in Denmark

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    Frida and Carl are the most popular baby names in Denmark, according to a new survey by Danmarks Statistik of children born in 2023.Last year, 15 out of 1000 newborn girls were named Frida, while 16 out of 1000 boys were named Carl.It’s the first time each of the two names have topped the list.See […]

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    Falling interest rates and higher wages ease entry to housing market

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    Rising wages and falling interest rates have made the housing market more accessible to buyers, according to a new analysis from the mortgage lending service Realkredit Danmark.It has become “easier” for a family with children to buy a typical detached house in 91 out of 98 of the country’s municipalities – even though the income […]

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    Maersk share value falls as investors speculate about end of freight boom

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    The price per share of the Danish shipping giant Maersk has fallen by approximately 15 percent in July. Several competitors are experiencing similar drops, according to Finans, as investors speculate that the era of outsized company profits on freight services is coming to an end.The cause are rumours of an imminent peace agreement in the […]

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    Danes work longer and die earlier than EU average

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    Danes are working longer and living shorter lives than in most other EU countries, resulting in one of the bloc’s shortest average pension lives, according to a report by the business media Finans. “We are already at the worse end in Europe, because we live less time than the countries we normally compare ourselves to. […]

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    “Situation critical” for Biden, say Democrats Abroad in Denmark

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    It is “insanely unfortunate” that US President Joe Biden accidentally called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj ‘Putin’, and his own vice president Kamala Harris ‘Trump’ at a press conference, says spokesman Paul Schwartz from the political organisation Democrats Abroad in Denmark.But it’s not a ‘death blow’, he argues. Though it confirms the opinions of those who […]

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    Copenhagen tourist tax a step closer to reality

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    A majority of the politicians in Copenhagen City Hall want to introduce a tourist tax for overnight stays in the Danish capital, akin to those already established in various other European countries. Now, the Finance Committee at City Hall has presented four potential models for the tax to Business Minister Morten Bødskov, Socialistisk Folkeparti politician […]

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    American tourists are flocking to Denmark

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    In 2023, a million American tourists came to Denmark on holiday – twice as many as had come in 2014.And in 2024, the figure is set to be even higher. The latest figures from Danmarks Statistik show that there were 321,412 overnight stays by American tourists from January to mid-May – 14 pecent more than […]

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