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  • Defence Minister proposes EU cyber force to fight Russian troll army

    The EU needs a small combat-ready force of cyber security specialists that can respond to hybrid threats aimed at Denmark and Europe, says Venstre party chairman and defence minister Troels Lund Poulsen.Poulsen stresses that the threat of cyber attacks has grown, will only get bigger, and will be aimed at several different layers of societal […]


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  • Aarhus University drops gene project with Chinese partners citing ethical concerns

    Aarhus University has dropped all cooperation with Chinese companies in gene mapping, according to Radio4.dk.Vice-dean of the university Brian Vinter says the decision is not due to a specific incident, but to a growing concern that the Chinese partners are misusing the research results.“The small differences in our genome are what make you you, me […]


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  • New biodiversity agreement between landowners will see 40 percent of Copenhagen undergo rewilding efforts

    Copenhagen needs more and better urban habitats for plants, trees, and animals like hedgehogs, bumblebees and the great woodpecker. And Copenhageners should have improved access to varied nature in the city.These are the visions behind an agreement, signed last week on the UN’s Biodiversity Day, between Copenhagen Municipality and a 19 of the city’s landowners.Together, […]


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  • Right wing group split before Europe elections – German party thrown out

    Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is no longer part of the Identity and Democracy (ID) group in the European Parliament.The group of the parliament’s most right-wing parties, says that it will not be associated with “incidents involving Maximilian Krah”, DR writes.Krah is the AfD’s leading candidate for the European Parliament elections in June. He has said […]


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  • Denmark and Germany have delivered useless tanks to Ukraine

    In February 2023, Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen presented a large donation of Leopard tanks to Ukraine.It turns out that a great number of the older tanks are largely useless.“There have been problems with shooting computers, which have an impact on how you fire and hit with different types of ammunition. Other tanks have been […]


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  • PM Mette Frederiksen wants Liberal Alliance leader to challenge her for top post

    Denmark currently has one official candidate for the post of Prime Minister – the incumbent Socialdemokratiet leader Mette Frederiksen herself.But as the government coalition parties tumble to historic lows in the polls, opposition parties make gains, and the general election deadline looms, PM Frederiksen has called for challengers to announce themselves for the top post.Results […]


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  • Shots fired in Copenhagen – no deaths

    Shots were fired on Thursday in Nørrebro and in Vanløse. The police don’t think the two episodes are related.On Thursday afternoon, two people were hit in the area around Bispeengbuen and Lundtoftegade in Nørrebro.Both people are out of danger. Copenhagen Police have arrested three people in connection with the shooting.“Their role in the case is […]


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  • Internationals lift employment in Denmark to a new record

    Employment in Denmark has increased by 32,400 people in the past 12 months.According to Danmarks Statistik, there were 3,016,400 people in work at the end of March. Most people ever since measurement began.According to senior economist at Dansk Industri, Steen Nielsen, the progress is largely due to international labor.“International employees have accounted for 9 out […]


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  • Police promise openness in Emilie Meng murder case

    When the ongoing criminal case against a 33-year-old man for murder, rape and abduction of three girls is over, the Sydsjælland and Lolland-Falster Police departments will evaluate the investigation and justice proceedings, and publicly present their conclusions and lessons learned, authorities have promised.According to the regional media sn.dk, the police have pledged to comment on the […]


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  • 80 abandoned king pythons found in a house in Nordjylland

    Nordjylland Police made an unusual discovery on Wednesday evening, when they found some 80 king python snakes abandoned in a property in Vester Hassing in Nordjylland.The snakes were divided between 50 boxes, many in bad condition. In total, there were 77 live snakes, while some were dead, the chief of duty at Nordjylland Police, Thomas […]


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  • 15-year-old boy stabbed to death at bus stop – 14-year-old arrested

    The police are searching for a young man who is believed to have participated in a stabbing of a 15-year-old boy who got off a bus at a bus stop on Frederikssundsvej near Humlebjerg in Copenhagen’s northwest quarter.Yesterday, the police arrested a 14-year-old boy for the murder. He is believed to be one of the […]


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  • Prehistoric tusk discovered in gravel pit in Jylland

    A local man has unearthed a prehistoric tusk in Siem Grusgrav gravel pit, near Terndrup in North Jylland.According to the Natural History Museum in Aarhus, which has since received the tusk, it may be the remains of a woolly mammoth from the Weichsel Ice Age, which ended about 11,700 years ago.“I could see that it […]


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