The media loves debates about everything from conditions in home care to the imbalance between rural and urban areas to residents of so-called parallel communities. But we hear far too rarely from those we are talking about.Spinach birds are not exactly an endangered species in Denmark.Every week, the media is filled with the opinions of the same small group of professional columnists and commentators. They have made their own opinions a living and occupy a large part of the newspapers and the soft sofas of talk shows.
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FLSmidth has been looking for a buyer for its cement division for almost a year and a half. Now an agreement has been reached.The Danish industrial group FLSmidth has entered into an agreement to sell its cement business.FLSmidth writes this in a company announcement.The sale is to a subsidiary of the private equity fund Pacific Avenue Capital Partners, and the price is up to 1.1 billion kroner.FLSmidth will initially receive around 550 million kroner for the business. However, in addition to the price, an additional 550 million kroner may be paid if certain undisclosed results are achieved, it is said.FLSmidth…
In April, a bus in Tønder was involved in an accident. The driver was charged with reckless driving, and the bus was seized.Back in April, a bus in Tønder first hit a lamppost and then a pedestrian and a scooter.The police were called, and a patrol determined that the driver’s blood alcohol level was too high.The driver, who had a blood alcohol level of over 2.00, was charged with reckless driving, and in June the bus was seized for confiscation.This is what the South and South Jutland Police write in a press release.The incident took place on April 22, and…
140,000 Danes received a message in their e-box on Friday stating that their data had been used without their consent. One of them is Mette Najbjerg, who calls it “insanely cross-border”.When Mette Najbjerg opened her e-box on Friday morning, she was first confused. Then she felt nauseous.In her inbox was a message from Aarhus University with the heading: “You are participating in the iPSYCH research project.”
More than 100 people have gathered to celebrate Mette Frederiksen’s 10 years as chairwoman of the Social Democrats.The Social Democrats have acknowledged Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s ten years at the top of the party with a gift certificate for a live donkey.It shows pictures from a reception for the anniversary, which will be held on Friday afternoon at the Hotel and Restaurant School in Valby.”Mette has bought a farm down on Møn. We have heard that she would like to have some more animals. Among other things, a donkey. It is more fun than a seagull set or a book…
Almost one in four teachers refrain from teaching topics that could be controversial, a study shows. Educational consultant Maria Bjørn calls it ‘five minutes into closing time’ if one is to preserve teaching freedom.Endelig.As a teacher, Maria Bjørn has had a bottle thrown at her because she had distributed an article from Jyllands-Posten, which at the time printed the Muhammad cartoons. She has also seen a student throw chairs and tables in frustration over the day’s topic of civil liberties.
Young people’s use of social media is reduced when they are forced to consider why they go there, shows a new experiment from the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority.The last thing Olivia Christensen Klinger sees before she falls asleep is a small white ghost. It’s also the first thing she encounters when she wakes up.The little white ghost is the logo for the social media platform Snapchat. This is where all communication with friends takes place, and class events are planned in chats on the platform. Once Olivia is on the app, she is caught up in an endless scroll,…
Almost one in four teachers refrain from teaching topics that could be controversial, a study shows. Educational consultant Maria Bjørn calls it ‘five minutes into closing time’ if one is to preserve teaching freedom.Endelig.As a teacher, Maria Bjørn has had a bottle thrown at her because she had distributed an article from Jyllands-Posten, which at the time printed the Muhammad cartoons. She has also seen a student throw chairs and tables in frustration over the day’s topic of civil liberties.
A one and a half year old son was subjected to attempted rape by his father, who has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison.A 32-year-old man from Horsens was convicted on Thursday of sexual assault and abuse of his own minor son. The man was found guilty, among other things, of attempted rape of the boy when the child was one and a half years old, writes Horsens Folkeblad.The father filmed and photographed the abuse of his son, which according to the indictment took place between October 2022 and June 2024, and shared the material with…
A myriad of topics fill the government’s program for the next six months of the EU presidency. Defense, security and Ukraine overshadow most, while Israel is only mentioned in a passing sentence.It was with an attempt at historic momentum when European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre (V) presented the SVM government’s priorities for the Danish EU presidency, which runs from July 1 to the New Year, in an almost full parliament hall at Christiansborg.”Never again than April 9th,” was the statement from Bjerre, who quoted almost all Danes who lived in the years after the end of World War II.