Author: Denmark Review

Johnny Wojciech Kokborg There is chaos in the traditional club AaB.  Relegation from the Superliga, war between fans and the German owners, layoffs in a row – and now the major sponsor 3F is threatening to step down.  It is especially in the wake of Tipsbladet’s story that former coach Menno van Dam bullied a colleague that the union is reacting.  This happens in a sensational press release, in which the 3F management threatens to leave when the contract with AaB expires in 2027. Or maybe even before time.  The AaB fans want the Germans out of Aalborg.  Photo: Mads…

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In recent weeks, several Danish media outlets have carried advertisements that they have later had to delete. This has happened through a type of ad sales that, according to one expert, can undermine the credibility of the media.If you opened the Jyllands-Posten website on Monday, May 26, you would come across a rather strange advertisement.”Hamas vows to repeat the massacre of October 7 over and over again,” read red writing on a background image of Ghazi Hamad, a senior member of Hamas’s leadership.

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The proportion of people in Denmark who are 80 years of age or older will increase from 5.7 percent today to 8 percent in 2039.The number and proportion of Danes living beyond 80 years is increasing.Today, this age group makes up 5.7 percent, but in just 14 years – in 2039 – they will make up 8 percent of the population.And if we look ahead to 2070, there will be 650,000 people or 10.3 percent of the population who are 80 years of age or older.This shows a projection of the future population base in Denmark, which Statistics Denmark has…

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It became illegal to hit children in 1997 when corporal punishment was abolished, but many children continue to experience violence.One in six students responded in a survey that they had been exposed to either physical or psychological violence at home within the past year.This is shown by a new analysis conducted by Børns Vilkår.The study is based on questionnaire responses from 1410 students in 8th grade around the country.Here, 16 percent of the children respond that they have been exposed to physical violence from a parent, stepparent or foster parent. 17 percent respond that they have been exposed to psychological…

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New figures show that almost every third field receives too much fertilizer. Danish rules are so flexible that an important EU directive is being violated, experts say.For years, the Danish government has neglected to comply with an EU directive that is intended to save waterways, coasts and groundwater from pollution. A directive that Germany was previously convicted of violating in a sensational ruling.This is the criticism from several experts and green organizations following a major report from Aarhus University, which .

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In recent weeks, several Danish media outlets have carried advertisements that they have later had to delete. This has happened through a type of ad sales that, according to one expert, can undermine the credibility of the media.If you opened the Jyllands-Posten website on Monday, May 26, you would come across a rather strange advertisement.”Hamas vows to repeat the massacre of October 7 over and over again,” read red writing on a background image of Ghazi Hamad, a senior member of Hamas’s leadership.

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A right-turning truck hit a 37-year-old woman in Copenhagen on Wednesday morning.A woman was seriously injured in a right-turn accident in Nørrebro in Copenhagen on Wednesday morning.The woman was on a bicycle and was hit by a right-turning truck at the intersection between Mimersgade and Hamletsgade. The police received the report at 7:42 a.m., says Chief of Police Michael Andersen from Copenhagen Police.”There has been serious personal injury,” says the duty officer.The 37-year-old woman was conscious when she was taken to the hospital’s trauma center.The relatives have been notified.The police have cordoned off the area where a vehicle inspector will…

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Daniel Martinsen The banner came up towards the end of the match. ‘Pernille does the dishes’, it said in blue letters on a yellow background. And as Expressen writes, the words were directed at the captain of the Danish national team, Pernille Harder, who, together with her teammates, were eliminated 1-6 in Stockholm on Tuesday evening. A little extra suppository from the Swedish audience. Pernille Harder in action in Tuesday’s match. Photo: Pontus Lundahl/TT/Ritzau Scanpix Show more Pernille Harder in action in Tuesday’s match. Photo: Pontus Lundahl/TT/Ritzau Scanpix According to the media, the banner was supposed to refer to how…

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In Odsherred Municipality, almost one in four young people is expected to be without education in their early 20s. Marcus Kiel and Emma Henriksen are two of them.Emma Henriksen’s hand moves lightly and rhythmically up and down as she carefully studies each individual pink brushstroke that her movements leave behind.Every now and then she takes a short break, tilts her head and tones down the pink color with her index finger so that it blends with the purple color of the piece of wood she is painting on.

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The Social Democrats’ lead candidate does not want buildings above the fifth floor in Copenhagen. Bad idea that limits the possibility of urban development, is the reaction at City Hall.It should be prohibited to build properties in Copenhagen that are higher than the fifth floor.This is the opinion of the Social Democrats’ lead candidate in Copenhagen, Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil, who presents four specific demands for future construction, which she will be running in the municipal elections on. The common denominator of the demands is that they must ensure an architecturally more beautiful capital.

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