A proposal from the Social Democratic Party’s lead candidate Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil to build to a maximum of five floors has been sharply criticized by the Unity Party. The party is speaking with two tongues, the mayor believes.A “desperate act” that makes Copenhageners “sore in the eyes”.That’s how harsh the criticism from the Green Party’s technology and environmental mayor in Copenhagen, Line Barfod, is of the proposal that the Social Democrats’ lead candidate for the municipal elections in Copenhagen, Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil, recently presented in .
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In an action in a money laundering case, NSK seized at least five million kroner in cash on Tuesday.At least five million kroner in cash.That’s what the police found on Tuesday during searches of a total of six addresses in Aarhus, Copenhagen and Sweden. The money was found in both Danish kroner and foreign currency.This is reported by the National Unit for Serious Crime (NSK) to Ritzau.In connection with the operation, the special police unit has arrested two men and a woman and charged them with money laundering of at least 13 million kroner.According to the police, the money was…
It has not gone unnoticed that Denmark took over the EU presidency on Tuesday. Despite a long agenda, it is a topic that the international media is particularly focused on when it comes to Denmark.On the website on Tuesday, you could come across the following articles: »Denim skirts are everywhere right now. This is how you style yours« and »All the best celebrity festival style at Glastonbury 2025«. And then there was a third bid in a slightly different ballpark. A long interview with the Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen (S).It’s not every day that a prime minister is…
A fugitive gang leader has been ordered to carry out terrorist attacks in the Nordic countries, according to several Swedish media outlets. In Germany, a man from Aarhus is believed to have been recruited by Iran’s intelligence service.You can have all the guards you want outside the embassy or synagogue.The terrorists will probably try to find a way to hit it anyway.
Two children were abducted from their home in Vejle by their parents in February 2024. The parents were sentenced on Tuesday.A Syrian couple is facing a prison sentence for abducting their two children from a residence near Vejle and taking them to Germany in February last year.The verdict was handed down on Tuesday in the Court in Kolding, according to the South East Jutland Police in a press release.The abduction took place on February 15th of last year, when the 38-year-old woman picked up the children from a place of residence near Vejle, where the children were forcibly placed.The mother…
According to DMI, the temperature will climb to around 28 degrees in weeks 29 and 30, when there will be many hours of sunshine.The weather will offer sunshine and rising temperatures from the latter half of July and into August.This is the sunny message from the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) in a new monthly forecast.Week 28 opens a bit unsettled with clouds, cities and ‘controlled’ temperatures between 17 and 22 degrees during the day.In the latter half of July, however, the summer heat returns in earnest with lots of sunshine and temperatures up to 28 degrees.In addition, the amount of…
At the beginning of June, the 1000-krone note became invalid. Since then, 256 million kroner worth of notes have been returned.256 million kroner in obsolete 1000-kroner banknotes were handed in to the Nationalbank in June alone.However, there are still expired 1000-krone banknotes worth 1.1 billion kroner in circulation in society after the banknote type became invalid at the end of May.This was announced by the Nationalbank in a statement on Tuesday.Overall, 95 percent of the 1000-krone banknotes have been handed in to the Nationalbank, it says.May 31st was the last day that 1000-krone banknotes and banknotes from older series were…
After 149 years, hardware store Møller & Mammen had to turn the key on Monday. Politiken was on the day, which was “traumatizing” for owner Jan Beregaard Pedersen.A small crowd has gathered in front of the hardware store Møller & Mammen on the corner of Adelgade and Gothersgade on Monday morning in Copenhagen. The summer sun casts a happy light down on the street, where traffic is chugging along. Some are wearing work trousers and have hardened hands, while others are in high heels and light summer clothes.Two carpenters pass the time by cutting strawberries in half with their hobby…
Trygfonden’s lifeguards kicked off the swimming season this weekend, and they were responsible for a single lifesaving operation.The Trygfonden’s coastal lifeguards opened the season on the beaches this weekend, and it was busier than last year.The lifeguard towers were opened on Friday and up until Sunday, June 29, lifeguards carried out 3,066 interventions. In one case, one or more people were in danger of death.The Trygfonden writes this in a press release.Of the more than 3,000 interventions, 85 of them were ordinary first aid actions.The rest were so-called preventive and educational efforts.Fewer assignments last yearDuring the opening weekend of the…
It has cost more than 50 times as much to develop the new machine for assessing properties. However, public trust is declining.The new property valuation system had an overall purpose: It was to ensure that citizens had confidence in the new property valuations and thus in the taxes they had to pay.That’s not how it has turned out. Citizens’ trust is lower than expected, and what’s worse: Citizens’ trust is declining.