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    DSB app launches automatic train check in function

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    Users of the DSB train travel app can now check in to their train journey with a finger-swipe, instead of showing their ticket to the conductor.Trips can be paid for in the app. The new functionality, called ‘Check in’, also checks passengers out automatically when the journey ends, unless they choose to do it themselves.The […]

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    Political leader and spokesperson for Copenhagen Pride resigns

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    Copenhagen Pride’s political leader and spokesperson Lars Henriksen has announced that he is resigning.“Copenhagen Pride is bigger than me, and I have to face the fact that if my person overshadows Copenhagen Pride to any extent, it requires action. Therefore, today I have decided to step down as a political representative and spokesperson,” said Henriksen […]

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    Police solve mystery of shark on the bike path

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    The police have identified the man who, last week, left a one-and-a-half-metre-long shark on a cycle path on Isagervej in Ringkøbing.He will receive a fine, Midt- and Vestjyllands Police confirmed in a post on Facebook.“The man had taken possession of the dead shark in the harbor, likely from some by-catch or fishing waste. He took […]

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    All new parents to be asked about partner abuse

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    To better detect family and partner abuse, Danish healthcare professionals will in future ask all parents-to-be whether they experience violence in their partnership and close relationships.Nurses, midwives and general practitioners will therefore be able to establish a case basis from which to track down and respond to violence.The Danish Health Authority announced the new measure […]

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    New study: One in three in Denmark get serious heart disease

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    An increasing number of people in Denmark are being diagnosed with heart fibrillation. For many, this progresses to heart failure.Atrial fibrillation – also known as heart fibrillation – is one of the most common cardiovascular diseases. But the risk is greater than previously thought, according to new research by the Danish Center for Health Services Research […]

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    More sponsors withdraw from Copenhagen Pride

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    Last week, several Copenhagen Pride’s major partners – pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk, shipping and logistics company Mærsk, private-sector association Dansk Industry, and accounting multinational KPMG – withdrew their support for the LGBTQI+ organisation, citing that it had become overly “politicised”.Now, the financial services company Nykredit and the travel company TUI have also pulled their sponsorship.“Unfortunately, […]

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    Mayor criticises university protest: “We do not want American conditions”

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    The ongoing pro-Palestinian demonstration on the grounds of the University of Copenhagen is contributing to a climate of political polarisation, says Copenhagen’s children and youth mayor Jakob Næsager.In an e-mail to DR, he wrote: “As a politician and mayor of Copenhagen, I can only sharply distance myself from the event.”“We do not want American conditions at […]

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  • 70 percent drop in number of au pairs in Denmark

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    Over the past ten years, the number of people working as au pairs in Denmark has fallen drastically, according to new figures from Danmarks Statistik.In 2023, 533 people were granted approval to work as au pairs in Denmark, down from 1,989 in 2013 – a drop of more than 73 percent.Among possible explanations is that […]

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    Trawling to be banned on five vulnerable Danish reefs

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    The Danish government has prepared a bill to ban trawling in five vulnerable reef areas off the west coast of Denmark.Seine and beam trawling – two types of bottom trawling – will be prohibited under the new law, according to a press release from the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries.Both comprise the dragging of […]

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    Police investigate vandalism of Jewish memorial stone in Copenhagen

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    Copenhagen Police are investigating the defacement of a memorial stone that commemorates the civilian evacuation of Danish Jews to Sweden during World War II.The memorial located at Israels Plads near Nørreport Station, was doused with red paint after a pro-Palestinian demonstration on Sunday, according to TV2.“It is a matter of vandalism, and the police are […]

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    Significant number of workers for online services like Wolt face occupational abuse

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    More than 40 percent of young platform employees have been exposed to offensive actions at work in the past year.The numbers come from new research from Aalborg University, Roskilde University and the National Research Center for the Working Environment, writes Ritzau.Digital platforms have made life easier for a lot of people who order food or […]

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    Mayor of Copenhagen visits Paris’ Notre Dame for inspiration on Børsen rebuild

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    During the weekend, Copenhagen’s Lord Mayor Sophie Hæstorp Andersen was in Paris and took notes from the rebuilding of the burned down Notre Dame church. She will use the experience when the classic Børsen building is to be rebuilt.“The municipality (in Paris) used the accident as an opportunity to reconsider whether you have to have […]

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