Copenhagen Police have prioritized questionable cases of terrorist condoning, as the government wanted, while a case of violation of the Criminal Code and human rights in the leadership of the Folketing was put aside.The Copenhagen Police acknowledge that they have downgraded a case in which the leadership of the Folketing was reported to the police almost 16 months ago. The case was reported in March 2024, after the state attorney, the Attorney General, had determined that the administration of the Folketing had violated the Criminal Code, EU data protection rules and the Human Rights Convention by reviewing the mailboxes of…
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Politiken journalist Emilie Stein Thorsen managed to tell the human stories from East Greenland when most others were covering big politics from Nuuk in West Greenland. This has now won her an award.When virtually the entire world made the pilgrimage to Nuuk in Greenland to cover major political agendas about Greenland’s future at the beginning of the year, Politiken’s journalist Emilie Stein Thorsen instead traveled to the small East Greenland town of Tasiilaq, which was over 600 kilometers away.From here she wrote about a town at the bottom of all the bad statistics from Greenland. She wrote about its inhabitants…
Josefine Glerup Jacobsen On Tuesday, the Schmeichel family said goodbye to Inger. She is the mother of Peter Schmeichel and the grandmother of Kasper and Cecilie Schmeichel. In a post on Instagram, the latter shared a number of pictures from the funeral. “Today we said goodbye to my grandmother, she has now been sent away – to my grandfather, who left 6 years ago.” “A beautiful and touching day with beautiful words, beautiful drawings and a lot of love,” writes Cecilie Schmeichel in the post. The pictures include Cecilie Schmeichel’s daughter, who is making a drawing on her great-grandmother’s coffin,…
The difference in life expectancy between men and women is remarkable, and the excess mortality among men is partly a mystery.Men’s lifespan is shorter than women’s. This picture is repeated almost all over the world, shows another new study that analyzed health data from up to 200 countries and territories.Women are more likely to think they are sick, they go to the doctor more often and take more medication. Men say they are in good health. Therefore, it is a paradox that women live longer than men, while at the same time getting sick more. We are talking about a…
Jonas Ryefelt Imagine meeting on the national team as father and son. Few people are blessed with this, but nevertheless it happened on Monday at the Danish national team camp at Hotel Marienlyst in Helsingør. Brøndby bomber Mathias Kvistgaarden was here, who was named Profile of the Year in the Superliga, namely for the first time selected for the A national team and was met by a very well-known figure. “Hi dad,” the 23-year-old striker blurted out. Show this post on Instagram A post shared by Herrelandsholdet (@herrelandsholdet) The thing is, father Nicolai Kvistgaarden has been a kit manager at…
The Danish Working Environment Authority has been notified of an accident in which a man died while driving a sweeper.A 71-year-old man has been declared dead after he drove into a ditch in a sweeper in the town of Skjød north of Hammel on Tuesday afternoon.This is according to Chief of Police Peter Tholstrup from the East Jutland Police, who received the report at 1:54 p.m.The cause of the man’s death has not been determined, but according to the police, it is likely that the man fell ill while driving the sweeper.”He died in the sweeper, which ended up in…
A tunnel that will shield Aarhus residents from the heavy traffic between the port and the motorway has been approved by the Danish Parliament.The Danish Parliament has passed a bill that will kick off the construction of a nearly two-kilometer-long road tunnel under Marselis Boulevard in Aarhus.This is stated by the Ministry of Transport in a press release.The tunnel makes it possible to carry heavy traffic from the highway to the Port of Aarhus, Denmark’s largest container port, under the city.This provides a more direct road connection for traffic and less traffic noise, the announcement says.”With the Marselis Tunnel, traffic…
There is virtually no unemployment, yet a surprising number of employees are now insuring themselves against unemployment. The economic pessimism of the Danes may be part of the explanation.It’s one of those statistics that just doesn’t make sense. Unemployment is at an almost record low, the economy is rock solid.Yet, for the first time in a number of years, insurance companies can note a clear increase in the number of employees who insure themselves against unemployment.
Tax Minister Rasmus Stoklund is concerned about the increase because the goods may be harmful. The Danish Chamber of Commerce gives Trump some of the credit for the explosive growth.There is an influx of foreign parcels to Danish consumers.Figures from the Danish Customs Board show that in the first four months of the year alone, so many packages from countries outside the EU were registered that 4.3 million customs declarations were made.
New pumps that can pump 50,000 liters of water per minute will strengthen Danish flood preparedness.When heavy rainfall and rising groundwater threaten to drown parts of Denmark, new so-called high-capacity pumps must be deployed.This week, a contract was signed for the purchase of six new pumps that can be deployed in the event of floods. The Ministry of Community Safety and Emergency Management writes in a press release.The purchase is the first equipment acquisition in connection with the political agreement on the emergency preparedness area, which was concluded in January.The pumps, which can pump up to 50,000 liters of water…