News round up

  • Authorities encourage Danes to prep homes for war and crisis

    The National Emergency Management Agency is working on a “pamphlet or online campaign” on what food, water and equipment to stock in your home. Plus, a Danish MEP has been appointed the figurehead of the extreme right-wing EU party Identity and Democracy, and more than half of large Danish companies have been affected by a cyber attack.


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  • Employees in Copenhagen try shorter working weeks – Pride demands a stand from sponsors on Gaza

    Copenhagen is trying flexible working hours. Copenhagen Pride meets opposition to demands for a position on the conflict in Gaza, and Germans once more come in large numbers to Denmark to spend their Danish holiday in safety


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  • Politicians support renaming Russian embassy street to ‘Aleksej Navalnyjs Gade’

    Copenhagen’s employment and integration mayor backs the suggestion and calls it a “very important signal”. Plus, Dansk Bank predicts even higher growth for the Danish economy this year with greater purchasing power on the horizon, and new figures from the police show more people in Denmark are drug-driving than drink-driving.


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  • This year, you can edit your Danish tax summary in English

    From March 11, you can see and edit your annual tax summary on the digital platform TastSelv. Plus, 143 Greenlandic women are suing the Danish state for the forced insertion of IUDs in the 1960s and 70s to inhibit population growth, and Aarhus researchers discover a potential game-changer in the treatment of stress-related diseases.


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  • MitID is latest to be hit by suspected Russian DDoS attack

    The digital ID app, used to verify user logins for Danish bank accounts and borger.dk, was downed yesterday as part of a ‘hacktivism’ campaign – the most important piece of infrastructure to be hit so far. Plus, the Danish ambassador to Russia attends Navalny’s funeral, a new town plan proposes 40,000 new homes in Copenhagen in the next 12 years, and former US Vice President Mike Pence is giving a talk in Copenhagen.


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  • Shoplifting at highest level for over twenty years

    Last year, high prices due to inflation were said to be the root cause. But despite prices falling in 2024, shoplifting continues to rise. Plus, TV2 acknowledges ‘mistakes’ in Borup School coverage, The Body Shop goes bankrupt, and Syddjurs city council fights off location proposals for a new biogas plant that will become one of Denmark’s biggest.


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  • 12 Danish NGOs issue joint call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

    The organisations fear a planned expansion of the Israeli ground operation in Rafah will become “the deadliest and most destructive chapter of the war to date”. Plus, Denmark’s first community hospital kicks off national drive to improve local care, the EU adopts tougher environmental crime penalties, and Danish banks are turning record profits.


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  • Police prepare to comb Pusher Street for weed again

    Copenhagen Police are maintaining high pressure on the hash trade inside the self-governing commune in an attempt to stamp out organised gang crime. Plus, gender-neutral changing rooms may be introduced in Frederiksberg sports facilities, the end of electricity austerity sees lampposts relit in Copenhagen parks, and a housing market trend sees properties selling at well under the asking price.


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  • Danish PM meets heads of government at major Ukraine conference in Paris

    Global allies of Ukraine are meeting in Paris today to reaffirm their unity and determination to overcome “the war of aggression waged by Russia.” Plus, Copenhagen’s M3 and M4 metro lines reopen, Ryanair announces fewer flights at higher prices this summer due to Boeing manufacturing crisis, and a Danish oil tanker is targeted by a Houthi ballistic missile in the Red Sea.


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  • Denmark enters long term commitment with Ukraine – covid study calms fear of late effects

    Danish aid to Ukraine has so far cost DKK 33 billion. DKK and it will continue for a long time to come. New study plays down the fear of late effects of covid and it will be easier for Indians to find work in Denmark.


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  • Survey: Danes want EU policies that focus on climate, security and migration

    Job creation, unemployment, and regulation of tech companies were not ranked as highly in the poll of Danish EP voters’ biggest policy values. Plus, antisemitic incidents in Denmark increased tenfold last year, a strong storm will hit the whole country tonight, and Lidl is axing VAT on greens for another month, to research the question: ‘Should the grocery trade interfere with the health of Danes?’


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  • Environmental disaster at Randers averted – Danish job market remains hot

    The contaminated soil at Ølst near Randers has been brought under control. A new initiative aims to reduce the number of bicycle thefts in Copenhagen, and the capital area needs to deal with rising water levels. The Danish job market continues to grow


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