The Unity Party’s yes to also being a defense party is another step on the path to being a party of power, but still being itself, writes Elisabet Svane in this analysis.Back in 2008-2009, a group of younger, then quite young, members of the Unity Party sat and looked at a party that in their eyes had become stagnant. The 2007 election had given 2.17 percent of the vote, the threshold was at the distance where it smells bad, SF had vacuumed the left wing of votes and was now on its way into the arms of the Social Democrats.Now…
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In Aalborg, where the US is set to gain unhindered access to an air base, radical councillor Jes Lunde believes, going against the party line, that the Danish Parliament should vote no when the base agreement is about to be finally adopted.When the Danish Parliament soon passes the law that will allow the United States to permanently station American troops on Danish soil, it will be with the support of the radicals.The Radicals’ political leader, Martin Lidegaard, has defended the decision, calling it an “awkward situation” in light of the rhetoric currently flowing from the White House.
The Government and the Danish Regions have agreed to introduce a new maternity agreement that benefits vulnerable pregnant women.All women giving birth will soon be entitled to a home visit by healthcare professionals the day after discharge.This is one of several initiatives to strengthen the birth sector, which the government and the Danish Regions have reached an agreement on the implementation of. This is stated by the Ministry of the Interior and Health.The reinforcement, which is based on a broad political agreement from December 2024, allocates around 68 million kroner from this year onwards.First-time mothers have the right to receive…
It is necessary to build a strong territorial defense to be able to resist threats, believes Pelle Dragsted.On Sunday, there will be an expected heated debate when the Red-Green Alliance’s annual meeting will debate a proposal from the central board regarding the party’s defense and security policy.But even though political spokesperson Pelle Dragsted has already announced before the annual meeting that the party is ready to spend the money on defense and security that is necessary, this does not mean that the party is toeing the government’s line.”I was asked by journalists leading up to the annual meeting whether this…
Johan Kjær Prehn is 20 years old and a self-proclaimed super-nerd when it comes to beetles. In May, he discovered two new species of beetles in Denmark20-year-old Johan Kjær Prehn doesn’t have a car, so he had to take the bus to a plantation in Southern Jutland when, on the first day of May, he began a month that would feature one of the best decisions he has ever made in his life.Here he made two discoveries that have earned him much respect within and outside his circle of friends.
The case is one of the first against a suspected so-called facilitator or middleman, who is accused of hiring mainly young Swedes to carry out contract killings in Denmark.He was guarded by two officers when he was led into the Copenhagen District Court in handcuffs. It was one day in January this year, he is 22 years old, a Swedish citizen, and at the time he was charged with complicity in attempted murder in a case where another Swede, a 16-year-old, was sitting in the dock in the courtroom charged with attempted murder.The 16-year-old young man was sentenced to six…
A European committee has assessed that the eye disease Naion is a rare side effect of the use of semaglutide.The Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk does not believe that there is a connection between the eye disease Naion and the use of semaglutide.The company states this in a written response to DR.”Based on all available data sources, Novo Nordisk has concluded that the data do not show a reasonable probability of a causal relationship between treatment with semaglutide and the development of Naion,” it says in the response to DR.The European Adverse Reactions Committee Prac has otherwise assessed that the…
Two 16-year-olds at Skive Festival had to be placed in an induced coma on Thursday after ingesting the drug fentanyl.The Danish Health Authority is closely following the situation at Skive Festival, where two young people overdosed.The board writes to Ritzau.”Throughout the day, we have been in continuous contact with the hospital, the poison control center, the forensic chemistry institute and the police,” the agency writes.Two young festival participants had to be placed in an induced coma on Thursday after ingesting the drug fentanyl.They may have inadvertently ingested the drug in a drink, police said earlier Friday.The two, a girl from…
Committee to investigate chickenpox vaccine used in Denmark for its risk of encephalitis.Two chickenpox vaccines to be investigated for their association with encephalitis.The Danish Medicines Agency writes this in a press release.The investigation was initiated by the European Committee for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products for Human Use (PRAC) after a child in Poland lost his life to encephalitis.The child was vaccinated with one vaccine, Varilrix, which is not marketed in Denmark. However, the other vaccine, Varivax, is.It is already clear from the two chickenpox vaccines, Varilrix and Varivax, that in rare cases there may be a risk of encephalitis.The…
The case is one of the first against a suspected so-called facilitator or middleman, who is accused of hiring mainly young Swedes to carry out contract killings in Denmark.He was guarded by two officers when he was led into the Copenhagen District Court in handcuffs. It was one day in January this year, he is 22 years old, a Swedish citizen, and at the time he was charged with complicity in attempted murder in a case where another Swede, a 16-year-old, was sitting in the dock in the courtroom charged with attempted murder.The 16-year-old young man was sentenced to six…