Copenhagen West Police are working to clarify the circumstances of the fatal right-turn accident.A female cyclist was killed in an accident with a right-turning truck in Hvidovre Municipality on Thursday morning, the police said. The truck hit the cyclist at an intersection between the roads Stamholmen and Avedøreholmen. She was 18 years old.The police immediately announced on Thursday morning that the cyclist’s condition was serious, and later in the day it was announced that she had died. Pictures from the scene show that both rescue workers from the Capital Emergency Services, an ambulance and an emergency medical vehicle from the…
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A 29-year-old man from Randers produced child abuse material and sold it to customers all over the world.The Western High Court on Thursday significantly increased the sentence for a man who used artificial intelligence to produce sexual abuse material with children. When the Randers Court heard the case in January, the sentence was one year and three months in prison. But only the three months had to be served. The rest was made conditional.On Thursday, the High Court reached a significantly different result. The sentence was changed to an unconditional prison sentence of one year and six months, the prosecution…
Seven Danish companies have reached the top 50 in Europe on the list of the most sustainable companies.Is the jewelry company Pandora a green frontrunner? Is the cable company NKT?Yes, according to the Canadian research firm Corporate Knights. The two companies are among the reasons why Denmark is firmly on the list of Europe’s 50 most sustainable companies: Seven Danish names are on the list, which has just been published for the first time. Only one other country can match that, namely the United Kingdom.
A minor drama is currently unfolding on the Danish left wing, after the Unity Party made a number of demands to the Palestine organization that was to receive an award at this weekend’s annual meeting.There was otherwise not much drama in sight when the Red-Green Alliance delegates and the party leadership met over the weekend to hold the party’s annual meeting.But on Sunday morning, a post on the Instagram profile @Stopannekteringen changed that picture.
At the People’s Meeting, pastor Mikael Wandt Laursen invites well-known Danes to share their relationship with religion to promote conversations about faith.How do you create a space where festival-goers find the peace to talk about their faith?This is what Mikael Wandt Laursen, secretary general of the Christian organization Frikirkenet, who has been a regular part of the Folkemødet for the past many years, knows. He has experienced increasing interest – especially from young men who want to talk more about their faith. One of the reasons for this is that the narrative that has dominated our culture for the past…
Very worrying. But not surprising. This is the reaction to a negative record from psychiatry. A 10-year plan is to correct the problem.Never before has the revolving door of psychiatry rotated faster. Patients are flowing in and out on an unprecedented scale.New figures on readmissions for the whole of 2024 underline that far too many people with severe mental illness are receiving inadequate treatment. This is the reaction from Secretary General of Better Psychiatry Jane Alrø Sørensen.
The explosive growth of the lobbying industry over the last 20 years has created a new rockwool layer in Danish politics, which blurs the connection between the population and politicians, concludes the Power Inquiry.Discrete lobbying firms and a new class of ‘policy professionals’ have, over the past two decades, largely established themselves as a new ‘rockwool layer’ in the political process.Some of this rockwool group does not have a popular mandate and does not represent any specific political interests. Others are employed by interest groups, but the rockwool group has grown into a significant power factor in the political process…
The cases against Danes who have posted about the war in Gaza on social media continue. On Wednesday, person number 20 was sentenced at the Court in Sønderborg.A 43-year-old man from Aabenraa, who works as a dishwasher at a hotel, was sentenced to 80 hours of community service on Wednesday for having written a comment on a Facebook support post from the New Civic Party on the anniversary of the Hamas attack in Israel.”Remember October 7th,” the party had written.
A massive majority on Wednesday approved the controversial base agreement that gives the United States unhindered access to three Danish air bases in Jutland.After months of loud debate with allegations of constitutional violations and almost unlimited American powers on Danish soil, a large majority in the Danish Parliament passed the law on Wednesday that gives American soldiers access to three air bases in Denmark.But if you ask the United States, it is unknown to what extent the Americans intend to use the opportunity.
With hundreds of events spread over the three days of Folkemødet, it can seem impossible to choose. Five famous guests give you their recommendations for this year’s program.With several thousand events over the three days of Folkemødet, it can be a bit of detective work to find the debates and events you are most passionate about.But don’t despair – help is on the way.Politiken’s debate editorial team has asked five knowledgeable Folkemødet guests what they think you should experience while you’re on the sunny island.Bertel Haarder, former politician”I would recommend that you go for the cultural and festive, where you…