Danes are being vaccinated in large numbers against encephalitis, which can rarely be contracted after a tick bite. This is happening even though the Danish Health Authority does not recommend vaccination. The professor is skeptical.An extremely rare but potentially very serious disease is causing tens of thousands of Danes to roll up their sleeves and get stabbed in the shoulder. They are afraid of being infected with a virus that can cause encephalitis if they are bitten by a tick in nature.In just a few years, the number of vaccinations in Denmark against tick-borne encephalitis has exploded. This development has…
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During a food inspection on Friday, pests were found that may have contaminated chocolate in rum balls.Truffle rum balls from Selected Gourmet Group are being recalled after mouse droppings were found on the company’s property.Selected Gourmet Group writes this in a press release.Specifically, this concerns truffle rum balls with a best before date from July 20 to August 27, 2025. Rum balls with other best before dates are not included in the recall.The rum balls may have been in contact with mice, it is said.A food inspection on Friday found spores of pests that may have contaminated the chocolate, writes…
The past six months have been a rollercoaster ride for pension returns at both Sampension and PFA.At first it went well. Then it went really badly. And now everything that was lost has been made up for – plus a little more.The returns for some of the country’s pension savers have been on a bit of a rollercoaster ride in the first six months of the year.Preliminary figures for the pension companies Sampension and PFA indicate that the first half of the year will end with a positive return overall.At Sampension, the preliminary return for the first half of the…
Southern Norway is affected by strong winds on Sunday, and a cruise ship has been blown into a pier in Oslo.If you are traveling by ferry between Hirtshals and Norway on Sunday, you should arm yourself with patience.The ferry company Color Line has postponed its remaining departures on Sunday between Hirtshals and Larvik as well as Kristiansand in Norway due to weather conditions.On Color Line’s website it appears, among other things, that the ferry, which was supposed to sail from Kristiansand to Hirtshals at 4:30 p.m., is not expected to sail until 8:30 p.m.According to the Norwegian news agency NTB,…
Modern warfare has been revolutionized by unmanned weapons, which the Danish defense is investing heavily in. That’s why we went to the drone fair on Funen with a bunch of tech-savvy men and a few peace activists.In front of the entrance to Hans Christian Andersen Airport, a handful of activists from the almost non-existent Danish peace movement have taken up positions outside the barrier. “Stop the armament – no war drones,” reads their banner, which we pass on our way to this year’s edition of .Since 2019, the airport near Odense has hosted a trade fair where the industry showcases…
Conservatives fear that the close blue cooperation could end up as their dead end, writes Elisabet Svane in this political analysis.When Mona Juul (K) points to the Liberal Party’s chairman – and Minister of Defense – Troels Lund Poulsen as a candidate for prime minister, it is probably as much about Mona Juul as it is about Troels Lund.It’s about giving the Conservatives more freedom after an election, giving the party better cards in its hand, and putting Mona Juul in a position where she can maneuver.
Today’s immigration is an economic gain for Denmark, but in Brøndby, since 2022, there have been 0 to 11 reception classes for children who do not speak Danish, and that is too much, believes Mayor Maja Højgaard (S).The immigration of foreign labor is in several areas the great success story of our time – the room for maneuver is growing, the business community is rejoicing, and at the same time, immigration seems to be able to maintain the population in the coming decades, when the population would otherwise shrink significantly as a result of our low fertility. But you think…
It is simplistic to give Donald Trump full credit for the NATO countries’ decision to spend more money, says the Prime Minister, who is also surprised by the treatment of the Ukrainian president.As one of the first European heads of state and government, Mette Frederiksen (S) sends two diplomatic messages in the direction of NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, on the heels of the historic NATO summit in The Hague.Firstly, she believes that it is a distorted representation of reality when Rutte, in text messages and public statements, gave US President Donald Trump all the credit for the European countries’…
Today’s immigration is an economic gain for Denmark, but in Brøndby, since 2022, there have been 0 to 11 reception classes for children who do not speak Danish, and that is too much, believes Mayor Maja Højgaard (S).The immigration of foreign labor is in several areas the great success story of our time – the room for maneuver is growing, the business community is rejoicing, and at the same time, immigration seems to be able to maintain the population in the coming decades, when the population would otherwise shrink significantly as a result of our low fertility. But you think…
It may be necessary to expropriate citizens’ properties that are close to the weapons factory for security reasons.More than two years ago, Minister of Defense Troels Lund Poulsen (V) first said that the state should help produce ammunition, and on Saturday he signed the contract. This is stated in a press release from the Ministry of Defense.”In light of the heightened security situation, it is very important that both Denmark and European allies fill their ammunition stocks,” says Troels Lund Poulsen.In October 2023, the state purchased Krudten, a closed weapons factory in Elling, North Jutland, and Denmark will now become…