The students have arrived at Storkespringvandet in Copenhagen with a mission. Although things are going better for some than others, the students agree on one thing: Today they live in the present.The sound of grasshoppers grows rapidly. An army of students with referee whistles in their mouths comes running down Strøget in Copenhagen, heading towards Storkespringvandet.Their arms are stretched out in a triumphant pose, and there is not a single one in the group who is not smiling broadly. At the front, a girl in an FCK shirt runs and leads the mission: To get a wave in her student…
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Lack of access and longer waiting times for access to materials are delaying the Greenlandic investigation into the spiral case.The Greenlandic investigation into the so-called spiral case will be delayed for four months. This is stated on the Greenlandic government’s website. The postponement is due, among other things, to lack of access to material.”It is of course a shame that the investigation is now being delayed. But it is more important to me that the work is done thoroughly and that the experts are satisfied with the product they deliver,” says Greenland’s Minister for Justice and Equality, Naaja H. Nathanielsen…
The police have repeatedly violated human rights by carrying out heavy-handed strip searches of people who had been taken to the station without specific reasons.After two cases where the police have been convicted of conducting strip searches of arrested persons without specific reason, stricter measures must be taken.The National Police has begun preparing new guidelines to ensure that police officers only conduct strip searches of detainees if there are specific reasons for doing so.
The alternative, the Red-Green Alliance and SF want cheaper housing and more green urban neighborhoods in the capital.For the upcoming municipal elections in the autumn, the Red Alliance, the Socialist Party and the Alternative have chosen to form an electoral alliance in Copenhagen, the Red Alliance Copenhagen announced in a press release on Friday.By joining an electoral alliance, parties can end up getting more seats than if they were to stand alone, because their votes are counted together. The three parties will work together to ensure that there is more affordable housing in Copenhagen. In addition, more green urban neighborhoods…
The IcyAlert warning system will use artificial intelligence to predict when the Arctic will experience ice-free summers.A new warning system developed by Danish and Belgian researchers will predict when the Arctic Ocean will experience ice-free summers.DMI writes this in a press release.The system is called IcyAlert and, via an advanced forecast model built on artificial intelligence, is intended to predict when the Arctic will experience ice-free summers.The Arctic experiences an ice-free summer when the amount of ice in the Arctic Sea falls below a certain threshold. In scientific circles, the Arctic is considered to have an ice-free summer when the…
On Thursday, NSK searched Flügger’s head office and the homes of two management members in connection with possible sanctions violations.The chief executive of the paint and varnish group Flügger, Sune Schnack, and the company’s CFO have been charged in a case of possible violations of EU sanctions against Russia, Flügger confirms to DR. The company Flügger itself is also charged in the case.The indictment was served in connection with a search of the company’s headquarters, which the National Unit for Special Crimes (NSK) conducted on Thursday.The two bosses were also arrested on Thursday, but released after questioning. Their private homes…
After DR revealed a tampering with fresh chicken in Danish KFC restaurants, they were ordered to close. Politiken visited: On Thursday, the business was in full swing, but on Friday it was suddenly closed.When the city hall bells in Copenhagen marked the hour of 10 on Friday, at least one thing was not as usual.In the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurant on Rådhuspladsen, the chairs were placed on tables with their legs in the air, and the only light that could be seen in the store came from the digital menu cards, which insistently offer crispy twisters, colonel original burgers…
For the second time in a month, Copenhagen Police have been convicted of violating human rights by – without specific reason – strip-searching a person who had had a happy night out on the town.It was 4 a.m. on a September day almost two years ago when a 20-year-old man was on his way home from a city tour in inner Copenhagen with his friend. Outside the LA Tequila Bar, his friend got chatting to some girls, while the young man himself went into a basement shop to buy a slice of pizza.There was a commotion when the girls’ boyfriends…
Just two days after a European revelation of shady payments at the company Worldline, the Brussels prosecutor’s office is opening an investigation. In Sweden, authorities are considering the same move.Belgian police are now launching an investigation into Worldline, one of the world’s largest payment services.This comes after Politiken, in collaboration with 20 international media outlets and European Investigative Collaborations (EIC), revealed on Wednesday how Worldline has for years enabled payments worth billions on shady websites such as fake dating sites and illegal casinos.
A number of conditions in the classroom can influence how many students fail Danish and mathematics in 9th grade.Two adults in the classes, lessons that take place after lunch, and teachers who are themselves trained in the subjects they teach.There is much evidence that these are factors that can increase the probability of 9th grade students passing the final exam in Danish and mathematics. Conversely, many substitute classes and high staff turnover among teachers can pull in the other direction and reduce the probability that students will get at least 02.