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  • Justice Minister: Police and education initiatives to combat antisemitism expected “before summer”

    The government is drafting an agreement of educational and police initiatives to combat anti-Semitic threats, harassment and hate speech, according to Ritzau.The Minister of Justice Peter Hummelgaard said in a written statement that he hopes for a “broad political agreement before the summer”, and that parliamentary talks were already underway in April and June.“All too […]


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  • Estonian chef wins Denmark’s biggest cooking competition on Bornholm

    Estonian chef Artur Kazaritski won the largest TV cooking competition in Denmark, Sol over Gudhjem, on Saturday.It’s Kazaritski’s second victory in a row at the prestigious cooking competition, according to TV2 Bornholm.He joins a small club of participants to have won the competition twice: Henrik Jyrk, who is now the host of the program, and […]


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  • Tourists damage famous hiking area: “Don’t mess with Møn,” say locals

    Each year 400,000 tourists visit Møn, an island close to the south coast of Sjælland.However, according to local residents, the visitors must take better care of Møn’s nature, writes TV2 Øst.Some guests leave footprints that are not good for nature. It is mainly rubbish, food and toilet paper that hikers leave behind on “Camønoen”, a […]


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  • Euro 24: Denmark and England settle for a tie, all on the line on Tuesday

    The result was the same as against Slovenia, yet the emotions afterwards way more positive.Denmark and England shared the spoils after a 1-1 encounter in Frankfurt, after a game where Denmark often looked the better side.Harry Kane put England ahead after sleepy defending from Danish left-back Victor Kristiansen. Morten Hjulmand leveled matters before halftime with […]


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  • Slaughterhouse employee arrested for killing colleague at work

    One person died on Thursday after an incident between two employees at a Danish Crown slaughterhouse in Holsted near Esbjerg in Jylland.The case is being treated as a homicide and a 42-year-old man has been arrested, according to a press release from Syd- and Sønderjyllands Police.Authorities received the report at 11:31AM, and made the arrest […]


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  • Danish state fund to buy up and rewild farmland on the horizon

    A state fund to purchase agricultural land from landowners and rewild it may be on the way.The government is prepared to earmark up to DKK 50 billion, but “the figure may end up being higher”, according to information obtained by Berlingske.The proposal is part of the green tripartite negotiations to agree a carbon tax on […]


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  • Iodine tablets flying off the shelves

    Iodine tablets have flown off the shelves of the nation’s pharmacies this week, after Danish authorities recommended that citizens stock them in the house as part of its new crisis preparation guidelines.The guidelines, published on Saturday, specify that people under 40 and breastfeeding women should stock a three-day supply of iodine tablets to prevent radiation […]


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  • Pension giant ATP invests in defence company Terma

    The pension giant Arbejdsmarkedets Tillegspension (ATP) is investing “a single digit” billion kroner sum in the defence company Terma, according to a company press release.Terma is Denmark’s largest manufacturer of parts and systems for international defence, security and aerospace, employing some 1,700 employees in East Jutland. Terma is a world leader in radars – the […]


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  • 120 new electric bike charging stations to be placed across Denmark

    120 new public charging stations for electric bicycles will be set up across Denmark to encourage greener transport habits, according to the Road Directorate.DKK 12.2 million in EU funding was set aside to build the stations as part of an agreement on the green transition of road transport. Today the Road Directorate announced the 24 […]


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  • Aarhus: Five men charged with importing 466,000 pills in transnational drug bust

    A large police operation in Aarhus on Tuesday saw five men arrested for trafficking hundreds of thousands of pills to Denmark.East Jutland Police on Tuesday made arrests and searches at a number of addresses – including in western Aarhus – supported by the Southeast Jutland Police and several special units.The men are charged with importing […]


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  • Denmark to make ‘historic’ direct investments in Ukrainian arms industry

    Denmark presented its 19th donation package to Ukraine today – a financial boost which, according to Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, puts Ukraine within touching distance of producing its own weapons.Løkke presented the package at a meeting of the Foreign Policy Council along with Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen, who told Ritzau news agency afterwards […]


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  • Novo Nordisk building catches fire for third time in just over a month

    A large fire broke out at an office building rented by Novo Nordisk in Bagsværd, north of Copenhagen this afternoon. Nobody has been reported hurt in the incident. The fire, which generated plumes of dark smoke and loud bangs from inside the building, is now under control, writes the Beredskab East emergency service in a […]


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