The parties behind the defense agreement have agreed on a political agreement on military ships on Friday evening.Frederikshavn has been selected to assemble new larger military ships.The parties behind the defense agreement agreed on this on Friday evening, the Ministry of Defense writes in a press release.”Although Denmark is a major maritime nation with proud traditions in shipping and shipbuilding, we do not currently have shipyards that can be used to build or assemble major maritime capabilities,” says Minister of Defense Troels Lund Poulsen (V).”Therefore, the parties behind the defense agreement have agreed to establish such a framework for the…
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Despite the government’s own desire for rapid armament and massive pressure from the United States, the decision on more central capabilities for defense in the Arctic and the North Atlantic has been postponed.If anyone doubts that President Donald Trump is keeping an eye on Denmark, they can just think back to the poison arrow sent towards Copenhagen in January.When Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen (V) negotiated with the Danish Parliament about investments in the Arctic and the North Atlantic, the US president mocked the prospect of more dog sleds in the Sirius Patrol.
On Sunday evening, a perpetrator shot at a kiosk in Nørrebro. A 16-year-old boy was arrested on Thursday evening.The police have arrested a 16-year-old boy as a suspect in a shooting Sunday evening at a kiosk in Nørrebro in Copenhagen.This was announced by the Copenhagen Police on Friday.The boy was remanded in custody by a judge in the Copenhagen City Court on Friday afternoon.”The 16-year-old has been remanded in custody until July 21st in accordance with the request of the attending prosecutor,” the police wrote on the social media X.It is not clear how the boy is involved in the…
The Rebildfest, which celebrates the 4th of July, is in crisis. Fewer and fewer guests are coming, and this year there was an extra challenge: How do you celebrate a friendship where one friend wants to take over Greenland?”Today is the 4th of July,” say two ladies to each other, walking around the hallways of the Comwell Hotel in Rebild with a couple of freezer elements in a net bag and looking for space in a freezer.”That’s it, isn’t it?”
Air France-KLM takes over majority stake in SAS. This could mean more routes and travel options for Danes, says expert.At the SAS offices, the bosses are sitting with their hands over their heads and cheering.At least that is the assessment of the editor-in-chief of the aviation media outlet Check-In, Ole Kirchert Christensen, following the news that landed on Friday morning.
Danish boy receives special honor for raising money for Ukrainian children affected by war.The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyj, presented a special award to Jens Fogh Thomsen from Biersted in North Jutland on Thursday in Aarhus.The 11-year-old Danish boy is the first foreigner to receive the honor.Since last year, he has been voluntarily making handmade Easter decorations. Through the sales, he has raised over 34,000 kroner for school bags and school supplies for Ukrainian children affected by the war.Zelenskyj writes this on several social media, where a video of the session is attached, where Jens Fogh Thomsen is clearly touched…
Disagreeing jury defies recommendation from the Danish Medical Council for detention and sentences 19-year-old to 12 years in prison.A 19-year-old man is sentenced to 12 years in prison in the Court in Hjørring for the murder and rape of a 13-year-old girl in Hjallerup.It is a divided jury that has delivered the verdict on Friday at 1 pm.A minority voted for detention, but the majority decided that the man be sentenced to 12 years in prison.”A very special recklessness has been shown, but we have placed emphasis on the age of the defendant and that he has no previous convictions,”…
A 33-year-old man is deported from Denmark and sentenced to two years and six months in prison for raping a 16-year-old girl.A 33-year-old man is sentenced to two years and six months in prison for rape and indecent assault of a 16-year-old girl on a regional train between Køge and Østerport in January.He is also expelled from Denmark with a six-year entry ban.This was decided on Friday in the Court in Roskilde.According to the prosecution, the man assaulted the girl in several places on the train. The actual rape took place in the toilet.The court found this proven and sentenced…
The Danish Palaces and Culture Agency was defrauded of seven million kroner by Peter Bindner, the court ruled.Event manager Peter Bindner is sentenced to three years and six months in prison and an additional fine of 28 million kroner for fraud with corona support.In the Copenhagen City Court, a judge and two lay judges on Thursday afternoon found evidence that Peter Bindner defrauded the Danish Palaces and Culture Agency of seven million kroner.This happened together with his collaborator, who was sentenced to the same sentence.During the corona pandemic, the two deliberately exaggerated the costs of a series of events with…
The Danish Armed Forces would like to give its employees more flexibility and is opening up exemptions from deployments.The Danish Defence Force will allow employees with children under two years of age to be exempt from international deployments and seagoing service lasting longer than 14 days.This is stated by the Danish Armed Forces Personnel Command in a press release.”This is done to meet the employees’ desire for a greater degree of flexibility in order to better balance family life with participation in international operations and seagoing service.”The Defence Command states that this is a possibility and that it will still…