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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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    Danish Shipping and Port Companies re-elects board with 14 men and 0 women

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    Lars Jespersen, the managing director of SDK Shipping, has been re-elected as chairman of the Danish Shipping and Port Companies (DSHV).A company press release also announced two new faces, Teddy Folmer from Schultz Shipping and Karl Henrik Dahl from Oiltanking Copenhagen, on the newly-elected board, which continues to be made up entirely of men.With zero […]

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    Denmark to ban household chemicals linked to serious health effects ahead of EU ruling

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    Increases in cholesterol levels, lowered antibody response to some vaccines, changes in liver enzymes, decreases in birth weight: these are some of the health effects that have been linked to exposure to a group of chemicals, common in households, called PFAS.These man-made chemicals have been used in industry and consumer products worldwide since the 1940s […]

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    Ukrainian President Zelenskyy thanks Denmark for latest DKK 4.4 billion military support package

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    The government and a broad political majority agreed yesterday to allocate another DKK 4.4 billion of state finances to the Ukraine Fund, with the aim of securing more weapons for the Ukrainian armed forces. 

    “It is absolutely crucial that we show the Ukrainians that we stand behind them in the current serious situation,” Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said in a ministry press release.

    The funds will be used to purchase arms and equipment from the domestic and international defence industry, which will be donated to Ukraine. 

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy extended his gratitude to Denmark in a post on X: “I thank all parties in the Danish parliament for today’s decision to increase military aid to Ukraine by 630 million dollars next year,” he wrote. 

    “We appreciate Denmark’s willingness to meet Ukraine’s urgent defense needs and share the strategic vision that the stronger Ukraine is, the stronger the whole of Europe will become. Many thanks to the Folketing, the Prime Minister and every single Dane”

    The new donation brings Denmark’s total military support for the Ukraine Fund in the period 2023-28 to 64.8 billion kroner, according to the Danish Ministry of Defence.

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    Ambitions for free swimming in Copehagen Harbour dashed by new safety evaluation

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    On hot summer afternoons, Copehagen’s harbourfront is thronged with sunbathers who come to the water’s edge to enjoy one of the biggest perks of life in the Danish capital: swimming in the canals.The city boasts ten bathing areas and three harbour pools. The pastime is so popular that politicians in City Hall have sought to […]

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