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Everything you need to know about the Copenhagen Jazz Festival, the country’s premier music event heading into July

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Expensive for expats Capital up nine places in ranking of costly cities

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Roadmap to phase out facemasks and corona passes

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Path to Euro final wide open Denmark just 10/1 to match the heroics of 1992 SPORT

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HE EURO 2020 draw has opened up before Denmark like a bouncy castle: there are no hard landings anywhere!

Had they won their group, they might have had to beat Portugal, Italy and Spain to make it through to the final of Euro 2020.

Instead, following the 4-0 dismantling of an insipid Wales side last weekend – their first knockout win in a major tournament since 1998 - they must beat the Czech Republic and the winners of Ukraine vs England.

No Czech mates IN TRUTH, the Czechs will

post a stiff challenge when the sides meet in the Azerbaijan capital of Baku on Saturday at 18:00.

They knocked Denmark out at the same stage in Euro 2004, and also beat them at Euro 2000.

Still, Denmark are 10/1 to win the tournament, with the Czechs at 25/1.

No Wembly wobbles IT’S EARLY days, but a semi against new tournament favourites England at Wembley would not be mission impossible.

Denmark went there last year and more than held their own in a 0-0 draw in the Nations League, before beating the English 1-0 in the return fixture at Parken.

Matching Euro 1992 is within reach.

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ALCHEMIST has been ranked the number one restaurant in Europe by Opinionated About Dining. Two other Copenhagen eateries, Geranium (10) and Noma (11), also placed well. Even better, on OAD’s Cheap Eats 2021 list, Copenhagen establishments Møller Kaffe & Køkken, Hart Bageri and Juno the Bakery took the top three spots.

SWIFTLY going viral, a Rådet for Sikker Trafik campaign reminds cyclists that while it might not be cool, they should wear a helmet for the sake of safety. Set in the Viking Age, warrior Svend uses lame excuses such as “It ruins my hair” to avoid wearing one.

Around 47 percent of cyclists wear one. A helmet halves the risk of serious head injuries in accidents.

Nurses on strike

Racism a problem

SOME 5,000 nurses are on strike after 65 percent of the members of their union, Dansk Sygeplejeråd, voted against a May agreement with local government organisation KL to increase their wages by 5 percent over the next three years. Some hospitals will be impacted more than others, and it is not thought emergency services will be affected.

SOME 42 percent of Danes fully or partially agree that racism is a growing problem, according to a Megaphone survey for Politiken and TV2 − a marked change from last year. In the wake of the BLM movement, 51 percent completely or largely disagreed that racism was widespread. The findings suggest more people are aware of the problem.

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ONLINE THIS WEEK THE BELLA Center test centre was moved in early June to Ørestad Gymnasium due to traffic issues and resident complaints.

Out on a limb with Leth?

DANISH film-maker, journalist and Tour de France commentator Jørgen Leth is looking for a walking partner – and he is even willing to pay. Interested parties should contact him via Instagram.

New centre opens A NEW COMMUNITY centre has opened at Tagensbo School in the Copenhagen district of Nordvest, where locals can meet for activities, events and gatherings.

Valby beach opens

Speed limit pledge NINNA Hedeager Olsen, the mayor for technology and the environment, would like to lower speed limits to 30 km/h around traffic hotspots. Pedestrians and cyclists account for 81 percent of fatalities and injuries.

Olsen also contends it will help to reduce emissions and noise.

No Gaza conflict here A PROPOSAL to split Israels Plads square into two and name the other half Palestines Plads was narrowly rejected by the Citizens' Representation Board at Copenhagen Municipality last week. The vote finished 26-26.

Copenhagen hailed as one of the best places for angling in Europe CHRISTIAN WENANDE

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OPENHAGEN has been hailed as one of the top places for angling in Europe by FishingBooker.com.

The Nordics dominated the 12-strong list, with Finland and Sweden taking three places each.

Sea trout too WITH “ONE of the largest ports in the Baltic Sea”, Copenhagen’s city centre has numerous fishing areas, it praised.

“Cod bite particularly well in the north and sea trout can be

found on the Sluseholmen peninsula in the south,” it advised.

New supply COPENHAGEN’S angling community will be pleased to learn that 50 new fish kindergartens recently opened in the

city harbour.

The steel cage domain of the 'Biohuts' ensures vulnerable young fish are raised in a safe environment until they are ready to go out to the big sea.

The harbour boasts 28 different fish species.

Rising cost of being a city expat Copenhagen now the fourth most expensive for internationals, according to new Mercer report, and 16th most costly worldwide KASPER GRANDETOFT

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NEW REPORT from Mercer has named Copenhagen as the 16th most expensive city for expats to live in – a huge nine-place increase compared to last year, when Copenhagen came in at number 25.

Among the European cities on the list, Copenhagen was the fourth most expensive.

Tops in Turkmenistan THE ANNUAL report ranks 209 cities based on categories like the cost of housing, trans-

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Commuter bolt THE AVERAGE commute of Zealand Region residents grew by 24 percent between 2002 and 2019 to 57.1 km, reports Dansk Infrastruktur – a historic high, according to its head Henrik Friis. Some 67 percent use their car, and only 10 percent take public transport.

Top rooftop bar

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ILLUM Rooftop has been ranked the 40th best rooftop bar in Europe by Big 7 Travel.

The top five were Culpepper (London), Patchwork at Sa Punta (Ibiza), Terrazza Borromini (Rome), Nebotičnik (Ljubljana) and PK Cocktail Bar (Santorini).

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A NEW 120-METRE beach has opened in Valbyparken complete with a staircase and toilets.

Previously the site was used for industrial landfill.

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FOR THE next four months, the city streets of Skindergade, Vestergade and Dyrkøb, and stretches along Lille Kongensgade-Store Kirkestræde and Klosterstræde-Hyskenstræde-Naboløs, will be pedestrianised as part of a pilot scheme. No parking will be permitted.

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port, food and entertainment.

The list is topped by Ashgabat in Turkmenistan, Hong Kong and Beirut. While at the bottom, Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan is the least expensive city for expats.

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PADDLING pools have reopened in Nørrebroparken, Bredegrund, Skydebanen, Fælledparken, Remiseparken, Valbyparken and Hulgårds Plads. In related news, it is now possible to walk in both directions around the City Lakes, and no longer required to stick to the right on Strøget.

Stone Age discovery THE REMAINS of a Stone Age settlement have been found in Utterslev Mose, a nature area in Nordvest.

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THE SWEDISH police have been urged to find a motive behind the number of stones being thrown at cars with Danish number-plates.

Since the end of April, more than 50 Danes have been targeted on the E65 leading from Ystad, the Swedish port Danes need to use to travel to Bornholm, to Malmö, their point of entry to Sweden.

Refugees from Rwanda DENMARK will again take in 200 quota refugees from Rwanda this year. Last week, the immigration and integration minister, Mattias Tesfaye, revealed that the government will focus on women, children and sexual minorities.

Denmark’s strong bonds with Rwanda were recently consolidated

by Tesfaye’s visit to the country.

Aid for Syrian camps THE GOVERNMENT is sending funds to improve health conditions and access to water in northern Syria, including in the al-Hol and Roj camps. “The work of evacuating the Danish women and children from the camps has been initiated too,” confirmed the foreign minister, Jeppe Kofod.

Jabs to Ukraine DENMARK will give 500,000 AstraZeneca vaccines to Ukraine as part of a drive to donate a total of 3 million corona vaccines by the end of 2021. The decision followed a meeting between Danish PM Mette Frederiksen and the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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PLANE carrying the last Danish soldiers from Afghanistan landed at Copenhagen Airport last week.

plans in April to withdraw all of their armed forces by 11 September 2021.

Huge challenges THE DANISH soldiers leave Afghanistan still plagued with unrest and instability, and the foreign minister acknowledges the country’s troublesome future.

“Everyone can see that the challenges in Afghanistan are still monumental. It is still a country in need of engagement. Therefore, we’ll continue our civilian efforts,” said Jeppe Kofod.

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Heavy casualties OVER THE last 20 years, 37

Danish soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, while seven have died due to disease, accidents or other causes, giving the country one of the highest numbers of fallen soldiers per capita.

Some 12,000 Danish soldiers have been stationed in Afghanistan since January 2002.

COVID aid pledge

Chinese maritime deal

Greenland takes over

FOLLOWING a joint decision by the foreign, health and defence ministers, Denmark has pledged to send aid to help combat COVID-19 in Iraq, Nepal, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. Iraq will receive 15 respirators, Nepal will be sent 26, and Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia will receive medical and protective equipment.

DENMARK has signed a new maritime co-operation agreement with China to pave the way for stronger links in the area of green shipbuilding. The business minister, Simon Kollerup, claimed the deal recognised Denmark’s “green shipping trailblazer” status. Outside the EU, China is the biggest export market for the Danish maritime industry along with the US and South Korea.

IN THE future, Greenland will speak and sign agreements on behalf of the Danish Commonwealth in the Arctic Council, an intergovernmental forum that addresses issues faced by governments and indigenous people in the Arctic Region. Danish PM Mette Frederiksen said that the move was down to Denmark not being an Arctic state, while Greenland was.

Iran co-operation

More travel opens up

Displeased with Russia

A VIRTUAL meeting between Denmark and Iranian representatives has stressed the need to co-operate by strengthening scientific and research relations in the field of geology and mining - and perhaps also in the use of satellite technologies. Due to climate change, Iran experiences drought, floods, landslides and issues relating to water supply shortages.

THE FOREIGN Ministry recently eased travel restrictions to some of the Danes’ most popular summer destinations, including Cyprus, Croatia and the Greek islands of Kos and Rhodes. In addition, Luxembourg and Switzerland have also been downgraded from orange (unnecessary travel not advised) to yellow (take precautions while travelling).

THE FOREIGN minister, Jeppe Kofod, summoned Russia's ambassador, Vladimir Barbin, to a meeting with the Foreign Ministry's foreign policy director following the Russian violation of Danish airspace near Bornholm on June 11, which he called “a shameful, completely unnecessary, deliberately provocative act".

Historic moment THEIR return marks the end of a Danish military presence in the country that began almost 20 years ago.

The decision was made in the wake of the US announcing their

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Burkina Faso visit THE DEVELOPMENT minister, Flemming Møller Mortensen, recently visited Burkina Faso, where 1.2 million people are internally displaced. He met officials to discuss Denmark's joint projects to build critical infrastructure for water supply, sanitation and health in the country.

Faroese diabetes centre A STENO Diabetes Center will be established on the Faroe Islands − similar to the ones in Denmark and Greenland. Out of a population of 53,000, 6,300 people in the Faroe Islands are affected by diabetes or other endocrinological diseases. The centre will be implemented in 2022.

More cells for The Bridge AN ADDITIONAL 1,500 sqm of solar cells have been installed on Øresund Bridge, doubling its capacity to a total of 3,000 sqm.

The increase is expected to produce around 500,000 kWh per year, which corresponds to around 10 percent of the electricity needed to operate the bridge.

Austrian support THE LAW that allows Denmark to process asylum-seekers abroad has been welcomed by Austrian interior minister, Karl Nehammer.

Despite international condemnations, Nehammer called the law a “compelling approach” to deal with migration. He plans to visit Denmark to see how the implementation of the law works.

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Killing life at its very source, the horror of testicular cancer LENA HUNTER

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T TOOK me two months to go and get checked. That’s too long. I thought: ‘It’s okay, it’s a cyst, it’ll go away,’ and then I woke up one morning and my nut was the size of a lemon.”

Problems down below THOUGH Stuey Ross was just 23 the first time he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, sadly he’s no outlier.

Denmark has the highest prevalence of testicular cancer in the world per capita. Rare in comparison to other forms, it’s nonetheless the most common type of cancer among young men aged 15 to 35.

Concurrently male fertility levels are falling: a 2018 study

by Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen found that of a sample of 6,000 men a mere 20 percent had optimal sperm quality. Cancer and infertility can be avoided – but they need to be acknowledged.

“At the moment in Scandinavia there’s no real network for men who are going through testicular cancer,” explained Stuey who, now 38, has had it twice.

“I had it again when I was 34 … I was just one of the unlucky ones.”

That’s why he teamed up

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Hands in Your Pants is raising awareness of testicular cancer during the Euro 2020 football championships

with friends Nicholas Scotland and Thomas Jørgensen to create Hands in Your Pants – the only NGO for testicular cancer in Denmark. Together they’ve set up a myriad of initiatives to raise awareness for the early symptoms and to support men through diagnoses and treatment.

On a mission “JUST BEING able to talk about what I was going through was really powerful and healing for me. That’s why we wanted to start it,” continued Stuey, who knows first-hand how alone cancer can make men feel.

“There’s a real hole in the market for that. I’m not saying the Danish Cancer Society isn’t doing a good job, but their umbrella is just so big – if you go to one of those sessions it’s all kinds of cancers and only for people under 30.”

Hands in Your Pants runs meet-ups at Amager-based brewery People Like Us that all men are welcome at, regardless of age.

“We’re also planning retreats, group sessions and care packages for men who are currently going through testicular cancer, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and further down the line we’d like our donations to help fund research,” added Stuey.

“Cancer is just so morbid – there’s so much darkness, and if we can create some kind of light, it can really lift people’s spirits.”

Hands-on advice from the team at Hands in Your Pants

The ‘good’ cancer?

DOCTORS often refer to testicular cancer as ‘the good cancer’ as survival rates are so high. Though it may comfort some, for many it can invalidate the emotional trauma of cancer treatment.

“That term needs to change.

You’re on the chemotherapy table, going through your third chemo, throwing up, losing your hair and constipated – and you can’t get an erection ... and you’re like: there’s nothing ‘good’ about this,” contended Stuey.

Cancer treatment may be one section of Danish healthcare where the system is too efficient for its own good.

“In the Danish healthcare system it seems like everything is pretty rushed,” reflected Stuey.

“You come in for surgery on a Tuesday – you’re out of there on Wednesday because that bed needs to be someone else’s on Wednesday afternoon.”

“But the actual medical care I experienced was pretty amazing. The follow-up stuff here in Denmark has been top notch,” he said.

“I’ve been cancer-free for four years, and I’m still going in for check-ups – five years of aftercare is standard.”

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support missing from the Danish healthcare system is where Hands in Your Pants steps in with sessions to equip people with the skills to cope.

“I’ve got a fair bit of experience and enough knowledge and expertise now to really help others,” enthused Stuey.

“People are going to go through cancer and – though they claim to be – they’re not going to be fine. It can be really difficult for the support networks as well: girlfriends, parents, great mates.”

Recent campaigns have included The Biggest Nut Walk.

“That was back in April – we tried to walk the biggest testicles-shaped route in the world around Copenhagen,” recalled Stuey.

There’s also a beer in the works – a collaboration with People Like Us and merch-group Mandsholdet – the launch of which will coincide with Euro 2020.

“It gives us an opportunity to sell the beers near the official fan villages and talk to blokes about their nuts. What do men love to do? They love to watch football and drink beer,” joked Stuey.

In a similar vein, on September 4 there’ll be an all-stars Aussie rules match: Hands in

Your Pants vs the Copenhagen Barracudas at their home ground at Valbyparken: “We did something similar last year – it’s just a great opportunity to raise awareness on a really fun day in September.”

Get involved ANYONE who wants to get behind the cause can go to @ handsinyourpants00 on Instagram and check out upcoming events, or donate via the website handsinyourpants.com “If you donate to Hands in Your Pants, you’re helping to raise money for awareness campaigns to help us grow, create care packages for men who have been recently diagnosed, retreats, workshops and work groups,” said Stuey.

“And then at some point we’ll create boxer shorts … that aren’t too tight. So fertility levels go back up,” he added with a grin.

Ultimately, Stuey, Nicholas and Thomas’ mission objective is to open up the conversation surrounding testicular cancer.

It may be intimidating but it doesn’t have to be lonely.

“If you do find something, go and get it checked, because you’re going to be okay, and we’re going to be here to help you through it.”

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The dictatorship may kill us, but democracy doesn’t let us live ARZIA TIVANY WARGADIREDJA

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VEEN MOHAMED Issa, 20, took to the stage at a demonstration against the forced repatriation of Syrian refugees in central Aarhus on May 18, delivering a speech to hundreds of fellow protesters.

It was a chance for Issa to air an opinion shared by her family, hundreds of Syrian refugees and an increasing number of Danes: the situation in Syria is anything but safe.

It is the reasoning the government is using for strict immigration policies that have resulted in the withdrawal of many Syrian refugees’ temporary residency permits.

May 18 also saw protests take place in Copenhagen, Odense, Aalborg and 20 other cities and towns, while hundreds of Syrian refugees continue to demonstrate in front of the Danish Parliament every day.

Broken promises and families “BOTH MY dad and my brother were politically persecuted. If anyone in your family is persecuted, you risk being sent to jail, and tortured, and finally killed,” she remarked to applause.

Growing up in Damascus, Issa and her family escaped wartorn Syria in 2016. For several years, the family have been living in Nørager – the northern part of Denmark – where they rebuilt their lives, although her father sadly passed away not long after arriving in Denmark.

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Nationwide protests against forced Syrian repatriations have been gathering force of late

ily again just because of their illogical evaluation about the safety in Syria,” she remarked.

Now, Issa, her mother and her sibling have to return to Syria as the Danish government has declined giving them residence permit extensions, declaring Damascus a safe place to return to.

The right signalling ALONG with Issa, Syrian refugee and activist Rahima Abdullah also delivered a speech.

She called out Danish PM Mette Frederiksen for the Eid Facebook post she made on May 12 in which she proudly wrote that the current government, unlike their predecessors, does not celebrate the tightening of immigration laws with cake.

“The prime minister wrote that ‘we don't celebrate stricter laws with cake’, but this is the only difference between this and the past government,” she remarked. “I feel sad that both red and blue parties are running the same policies on immigration. It is difficult to tell them apart.”

Last year in February, for example, the blue bloc’s figurehead party Venstre suggested an agreement with Assad’s regime regarding repatriation, but the ruling Socialdemokratiet party called the suggestion “the wrong signal”.

A year later, though, the government would appear to have found the right one.

Where will be next?

SO FAR, the Syrian refugees denied extensions to live here have all been from the Damascus area, but nobody knows what the government might do next.

“I feel like it’s coming soon for me,” despaired Copenhagen-based

Protests against the repatriation of Syrian refugees in Aarhus on May 19

Syrian activist Agob Yacoub, who comes from Al-Hasakah in the north of the country, despite his valid residence permit.

Yacoub is concerned by the recent re-election of dictator Bashir Al Assad, which means he will remain in power for the next seven years.

“They [Western countries] say that Assad is a dictator, but it doesn’t seem to mean anything to them that they are sending back people to a dictator,” he reasoned.

Proof ’s in the numbers NEVERTHELESS, since taking power in 2019, PM Mette Frederiksen has been targeting zero asylum-seekers in Denmark, and recent figures suggest she is not so far off her goal.

Last year only 1,547 people applied – the lowest number since 1998 – and the government only granted asylum to 1 percent of them, compared to 11 percent and 88 percent in neighboring Sweden and Germany respectively.

The minister for immigration and integration, Mattias Tesfaye, conceded it was “partly because of COVID-19 … but also thanks to our tight foreign policy”.

Which sounds remarkably similar to “Let’s have some cake”.

“Don’t come to Denmark” “THE WHOLE idea is to send a

message to both refugees who are here and people who are not here yet: Don’t come to Denmark,'' Karen Nielsen Breidahl, an associate professor in political science at Aalborg University, told the Cristian Science Monitor.

“Of course you can’t just say that you don’t want refugees.

There are EU, international agreements and conventions,” concurred Yacoub.

“There will always be people fleeing persecution, and now they know Denmark is such a terrible country when it comes to asylum-seekers. Here, you will always be temporary.”

New law another blow THE LATEST signal on tough immigration came to life in early June when Parliament passed a law allowing refugees to be processed abroad.

The EU calls this a highly controversial plan that causes serious concerns over human rights and legal guarantees.

“In the dictatorship, they were killing us. And here in democracy, they don’t let us live,” Yacoub said.

International condemnation AS THE first country to sign the UN Refugee Convention in 1951, Denmark has swung so far right that today it is drawing criticism from international hu-

man rights organisations.

The Nordic UNHCR in a letter recently urged Denmark to accept a higher number of resettled refugees, to stop revoking permits, to ease access to family reunification processes, and to forget its plans for asylum processing outside Europe.

Analysts, researchers, and experts on Syria recently released a joint statement published by the Human Rights Watch questioning and demanding that the government revise its conclusion as “safe return to Syria does not presently exist”.

It seems that protests, international condemnations, social media activism have not done enough to change the Danish government's harsh policies on immigration. The question now is what people can do about it.

Power of the people “ALL THESE initiatives, demonstrations ... it might make a difference, it might change something,” mused Yacoub.

After seeing so many Danish people on the streets demanding the Syrian refugees’ right to safety, Issa believes there are still people with a sense of justice who will help Denmark make the right decision.

“Thank you so much for coming to the demonstration and being with us,” she said.

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THE CONSTRUCTION of the new Storstrømsbro bridge connecting Falster to Zealand has been delayed by three years. SBJV, the Italian contractor in charge of the construction, has conceded it won’t be ready for cars in 2022 and trains in 2023, pushing the deadlines to 2024 and 2026.

Island up for sale THE ISLAND of Langø near Langeland has been put up for sale for around 10 million kroner. The 15-acre isle includes a 156 sqm farmhouse. There are over 400 Danish islands, but only 80 are inhabited. The record price for an island was Siø, in between Langeland and Tåsinge, which sold for 32.5 million kroner in 2018.

Brexit relief confirmed DENMARK is set to receive 2 billion kroner from the EU’s Brexit reserve, which will be distributed to various industries struggling since the UK’s exit – most notably the fishing sector.

The funds will be allocated by the end of 2023, with the fishing industry receiving 1.136 billion and other trade 850.9 million.

All set for Støjberg trial A MEETING in Parliament on June 25 confirmed the 26 judges who will preside over Inger Støjberg’s impeachment trial at the Supreme Court, which will continue from September 2 until November 20. At the meeting it was agreed to drop the lesser charges relating to Støjberg allegedly misleading Parliament. The trial will not be televised.

New health framework THE GOVERNMENT will create a new framework for co-operation across the health service by establishing health clusters around each of the country's 21 emergency hospitals.

The new clusters will improve the collaboration between hospitals, GPs and municipalities, so that the treatment of citizens will be more coherent in the future.

Unis told to cut Anglophone courses

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HE GOVERNMENT has reached across the political divide to get support for a controversial bill that will reduce the number of English-language courses available at Danish universities – most particularly for vocational academy students.

Blue bloc parties Venstre, Konservative, Dansk Folkeparti and Liberal Alliance all backed the bill, leaving Socialistisk Folkeparti as the only red bloc ally to side with the government party Socialdemokratiet.

Know your enemy unless your enemy is English?

Lots of compensation HOWEVER, the government

does not intend to completely snuff out English-language courses in business, and a healthy number of places will still be available.

Care will also be taken to ensure it does not detrimentally affect exchange courses.

Funding will be set aside to compensate the establishments most affected by the cessation of courses. Some 50 million kroner will be shared in 2022, 37 million in 2023, and 25 million in 2024-25.

A further 50 million kroner will be made available every year to assist with finding work for foreign graduates in a bid to increase the current success rate.

Under the current rules, foreign students need to work for 10-12 hours a week to qualify for SU.

Survey: Abuse rife

Hotter June than most

Løkke names new party

A SURVEY involving the female members of ten political youth organisations carried out on behalf of Dansk Ungdoms Fællesråd reveals that close to 50 percent have been subjected to inappropriate sexual behavior or abuse within the past two years.

A HEATWAVE hit Denmark ahead of the weekend of June 19-20, resulting in temperatures of over 30 degrees for only the second time this month in the last decade. The water at the beach is accordingly a lot warmer now!

FORMER PM Lars Løkke Rasmussen has named his new party ‘Moderaterne’. The party, which will officially launch after the local elections in November, will need at least 20,100 voter declarations to contest the next general election … whenever that might be.

Huge transport spending

Seized and sold

Bold cybersecurity plans

ON MONDAY, officials presented a new 160 billion kroner deal with plans to improve transport infrastructure throughout the country. The deal grants investments to roads, the railways and public transport in the coming years from 2022 to 2035. Some 106 billion will be used on new projects, and the rest on already approved projects. More than half will go to railway projects.

JUST THREE days after a new law relating to dangerous driving came into force, allowing the police to seize vehicles used in reckless driving cases, a 36-yearold man was caught driving 108 km/h in a 50 km/h zone. He got 20 days in prison and his girlfriend, the owner of the 200,000 kroner Mazda CX-3, lost her car! It will be auctioned and the proceeds will end up in the state’s coffers.

THE GOVERNMENT will soon unveil cybersecurity initiatives to prevent hackers from targeting the authorities and companies. A third of all major companies have experienced security breaches.The plans include the creation of a cyber home guard made up of volunteers with competencies in IT security. Cybercrime costs businesses nearly 1 trillion US dollars worldwide.

Tired of the exodus AT THE current rate, the government noted, the expense of paying the SU grant to EU and EEA students is expected to rise from 449 million to 570 million kroner.

The government reasons, in light of the growing cost of educating international students, that it is particularly necessary to target courses from which most graduates don’t go on to get a job in the same field in Denmark.

For example, it is targeting vocational academy and professional bachelor courses because 72 percent of the graduates are English-speakers, but only 21 percent find work in Denmark after completing their education.

“It is not an easy decision, but we are purposefully reducing courses from which only a few of the foreign students subsequently end up working in Denmark,” explained the education minister, Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen.

“However, we are aware it is also necessary to take local considerations into account – especially for some of the courses outside the main cities.”

Still hooked on nicotine THE PERCENTAGE of young people who use at least one tobacco or nicotine-related product has risen since late last year from 27 to 28.6 percent, according to the Statens Institut for Folkesundhed. However, fewer are smoking cigarettes, with more opting for snus, e-cigarettes, heated tobacco and nicotine pouches.

Healthcare back to normal ACTIVITY levels at hospitals and GPs have been normal since Easter, according to a report from the health services that suggests the COVID-19 pandemic is truly behind us. Nevertheless, a lot of catching up is now required to deal with patients who have been waiting for other treatments - particularly related to cancer.

Infections at football OVER 20 football fans were infected with COVID-19 whilst watching Denmark’s games against Belgium and Russia. Anyone who sat in in the C 1-4 and C 6-7 sections for the Belgium game, and in the B tribune area for Russia, is advised to get a PCR test. Among the cases are at least seven of the highly transmissible Delta variant.

Surge in drink driving THE NUMBER of newly-qualified drivers using their vehicles whilst intoxicated has doubled in the space of just one year. According to a Rådet for Sikker Trafik survey, 15 percent of drivers aged 17-24 drove whilst over the limit last year, compared to 8 percent in 2019. Casualty numbers for 2020 bear this out, as they were considerably higher than in the period from 2015-19.

Hacker bypass HACKERS have been able to bypass Nationalbanken’s IT system for the past seven months, reports Version2. The breach happened in the wake of the global SolarWinds-cyberattack in December 2020.

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J&J’s contribution PRIVATE vaccinator Practio has administered Johnson & Johnson single-jab solutions to well over 60,000 people – in excess of 1 percent of the entire population.

Some 16 percent of male applicants are turned down during the consultation process, compared to 28 percent of women.

High voices = less competent RESEARCH by SDU and the University of Magdeburg suggests women’s voices are perceived as less competent, expressive and charismatic than men's on video-conferencing tools like Zoom, Skype and Teams – particularly if they are high-pitched.

Plans to jab kids HEALTH authority, Sundhedsstyrelsen, is recommending COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 12-15. The vaccines will be offered in September once everyone in Denmark above the age of 16 has been vaccinated. Sundhedsstyrelsen believes it will help to strengthen Denmark’s overall herd immunity by around 4 percent.

Threat to fertility A STUDY from the Odense Children's Cohort at SDU and Odense University Hospital confirms that three-month-old infants exposed to parabens in the womb have some measure of decreased fertility. Parabens – preservatives used in creams and cosmetics – are suspected of being endocrine disruptors that can also impact hormone levels.

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Ice Age truths frozen in time THE UNIVERSITY of Copenhagen played a significant role in a study of 20,000-year-old air bubbles trapped in Antarctic ice, which have revealed that temperatures were markedly different during the last Ice Age, around 20,000 years ago, than previously believed. The findings have ramifications for predicting the rise of global sea levels.

Half covered OVER 3 million people have received at least one jab – which is well over half the population given that there are currently no plans to vaccinate children under the age of 12. Over @ million are fully vaccinated – 3@ percent of the nation.

Plant-based promise THE UNIVERSITY of Copenhagen and DTU are working together to produce new categories of climate-friendly plant-based foods with protein from rapeseed, yellow peas and oats – crops currently used for animal feed. A third of the world's arable land is used to grow animal feed, but 4 billion more people could be fed if those same crops were used to feed humans.

THE NUMBER of hospitalised people infected with COVID-19 has plummeted over the last month. In May, the numbers hovered around 150, but as of Tuesday afternoon, just 62 were in hospital, of whom 14 are in intensive care and 11 on a respirator.

BORNHOLM Bunker Hub, a consortium led by Ørsted, is considering the establishment of a green fuelling station for the maritime sector on the island.

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The start of Euro 2020 coincided with a lifting of restrictions to ensure fans could watch penalties should a game reach that stage BEN HAMILTON

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HE NIGHT of June 9 was a late one, so it was fitting that MPs gave permission to bars and restaurants to stay open until midnight on the opening day of the Euro 2020 tournament, which continues until July 11.

Not only that, but the capacity for the Parken games was raised to 25,000, meaning significantly more ticket holders would be able to realise their dream of watching Denmark play in a major tournament on home soil.

These were just two of several announcements, which included plans to start phasing out facemasks and corona passes, along with the go-ahead to fully reopen educational establishments from June 14.

The plans had the support of all parties bar Nye Borgerlige.

Faces are back!

ALTHOUGH it will no longer be necessary to wear a facemask on public transport from September 1, they have not been required in most public gathering spots, such as supermarkets and other shops, since Monday June 14.

Meanwhile, corona passes, which will be completely phased out by October 1, won’t be necessary to visit cinemas, theatres and indoor sports activities from

August 1.

For restaurants and bars, which will be able to stay open until 2 am from July 15, along with fitness centres and faceto-face proprietorships, corona passes will not be required from September 1.

From July 1, the validity of a PCR test will last for four days not three.

Nightclubs can reopen!

AND IT might not be long before discos and nightclubs, closed since March 2020, can reopen.

From September 1, they can reopen, providing a corona pass is shown.

But after a month, this restriction will be lifted, and there will be no advised closing time.

Stealthy with porpoise PORPOISES are usually spotted alone, but new SDU research suggests they adroitly collaborate when they hunt. The revelation is a result of 44 hours of drone footage from the waters around Funen, where porpoises were observed hunting in a manner that implies they share information and co-ordinate their actions by taking on different roles.

Grass fibre packaging RESEARCHERS at Aarhus University are developing a 100 percent biodegradable packaging material made from grass fibres.

An Aarhus-based biorefinery that extracts protein from grass to feed livestock provides the 'leftovers' that researchers are using to make the degradable packaging.

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BÆST IS the second best pizza joint in Europe, according to a new ranking compiled by Big 7 Travel. Frankie’s Pizza (26), Mother (30) and Torve-Hallen in Sønderborg (43) were also included in a top 50 topped by L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele in Naples. In 2017, the Guardian ranked Bæst as the eighth best in the world.

Funding for culture SOME 272 million kroner has been set aside to support new cultural initiatives and institutions including digital theatre, the Workers’ Museum, Goldschmidt's Academy of Music and Statens Kunstfond's ’dream scholarships’. The support will be partly funded by profits from Danske Spil and dividends from Det Danske Klasselotteri.

Attention to libraries

Apart for a millennium TWO MEN, presumed to be half-brothers, who were separated by a trip to England a millennium ago, have been reunited in 'Togtet', a Viking exhibition at the National Museum, which opened on June 26. One was murdered in the famous St Brice's Day massacre of 1002, while the other lived a quiet, rural life on Funen, where he died at the age of 50.

What a Bobby Dazzler!

BRITISH stand-up comedian Sarah Millican is performing at DR Koncerthuset next year on June 16 as part of her Bobby Dazzler show tour. Tickets cost 265 kroner. In related news, drag star Sasha Velour is bringing her show 'Smoke & Mirrors' to the same venue in 2022. Tickets to the January 29 show start at 430kr.

Serbian playwright Tanja Mastilo takes home theatre world’s top award for her play ‘The Cheyenne Are Leaving’ BEN HAMILTON

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HE DANISH-BASED Serbian dramatist Tanja Mastilo, the resident playwright at the Why Not Theatre Company, has won a prestigious Reumert – Denmark’s top theatre prize.

She, and her Why Not Theatre colleagues, recently attended the Reumert Awards of the Year show in Odense, where she was surprised to be confirmed at the ‘Playwright of the Year’ (‘Årets dramatiker’) for her work on ‘The Cheyenne Are Leaving’, a powerful play staged last autumn.

“We are over the moon, overwhelmed and a little bit hungover!” revealed the theatre’s Facebook page following the victory.

Tanya is cherished by Why Not Theatre Company, where she is the resident playwright

in a barricaded tower block,” it applauded.

“Raw and poetic lines grow into a refugee nightmare, peeling back the skin of civilization to reveal a bleeding humanity beneath. Brilliant!”

Humbled by the praise MASTILO was herself humbled by the praise, she told CPH POST last night.

“It felt very surreal and totally overwhelming. It still does! I’m so humbled by the fact that this text was noticed and appreciated and, as happy as I am to receive the award, I’m even happier that it’s for this text,” she said.

“I really poured a lot of myself and my feelings into this text, so for that to be acknowledged and awarded, it’s very gratifying,” she said.

when it was staged last autumn, given that the acting and production values were top notch throughout.

Bar CPH POST and Scenekanten, which gave the play six out of six stars, the vast majority only gave it four, suggesting there is a sheep mentality among reviewers.

XQ28, Frederiksborgs Amts Avis, CPHCulture, Kulturtid, Kulturkupeen, Morten Hede/ JP and POV International all gave it four, while most mainstream newspapers ignored it.

Fortunately the Reumert jury took a different opinion.

the ‘Stor lille forestilling’ award for ‘Flammens Muse’ in 2008.

Mastilo saw off competition from Line Knutzon, the writer of ‘Livstidsgæsterne’ (Betty Nansen Teatret), and Andreas Dawe, who created ‘Forræder’ (Randers Teater).

Praise has meanwhile been flooding in from other Anglophone theatre groups including London Toast Theatre, That Theatre Company, HIT International and the CTC.

Jury: it was brilliant!

AS IS THE case with all the Reumert awards, which this year also included a prize for Esben Smed for Best Actor for his work on the Royal Danish Theatre production of 'Hamlet', the jury provided its reasoning behind its selection.

“Tanja Mastilo's psychological chamber play in English is steaming with disturbing, intense presence when a young desperado on the run from a civil war calls in on an elderly writer

Critics like sheep DESPITE the award, it is a mystery why the critics were not praiseworthy of the play

Third win this century ANGLOPHONE actors and writers are rarely nominated for Reumerts, but there have been a few successes over the years.

Actor Benjamin Stender won Best Newcomer for ‘The Woman in Black’ (That Theatre) in 2013, while British director Barry McKenna was part of the team who won Tanja Mastilo

Shortlisted for Cannes

DAC reveals winners

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TWO DANISH films are competing for major awards at this year’s Cannes Festival, which runs from July 6-17. Horror film 'Det er i jorden' by Casper Rudolf Emil Kjeldsen is one of 10 shorts competing for the Short Film Palme d'Or. And 'Free Men' by Óskar Kristinn Vignisson is one of 17 films in contention for the ‘Cinéfondation’ prize for best graduate film.

THE DANISH Architecture Centre has presented the winning photographs from a contest that drew 4,400 entries in response to the question “How does architecture form the framework for both community and loneliness in our cities' spaces?” The winning images plus 55 selected entries are being presented in an exhibition on Bryghuspladsen in front of the DAC.

IGGY POP has announced gigs on June 3 and 5 at Værket in Randers and Falkoner Salen in Copenhagen respectively.

Tickets start at 505kr. In related news, Belle & Sebastian (Vega on April 24, 300kr), Sons of the East (Lille Vega on Feb 17, 200kr), Vitalic (Lille Vega on Dec 9, 295kr) and Metallica (2022 Copenhell) have all confirmed gigs.

A MINISTRY of Culture report, 'Media trust, fake news and fact-checking’, reveals that 47 percent of the Danish population are suspicious that ‘fake news’ is clouding their worldview.

While 66 percent trust their favoured news sources, 60 percent believe that some Danish media outlets deliberately deliver fake news. Around a quarter use some form of fact-checking media.

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IN THE government's action plan for the UN's Global Goals in Denmark special attention is paid to libraries. The plan highlights the role of libraries in encouraging ‘public enlightenment’ and outlines an approach that focuses on developing competence among library employees.

Anglo group’s resident dramatist wins Reumert HASSE FERROLD

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FC MIDTJYLLAND will take on Celtic in late July in the second of the four qualification rounds of the Champions League, with champions Brøndby guaranteed a place in the playoff round. Meanwhile, in the new Conference League, FC Copenhagen will take on FC Torpedo-Belaz Zhodino from Belarus and AGF Aarhus will face either Welsh or Northern Irish opponents.

Aalborg miss out AHEAD of Mikkel Hansen joining Aalborg next year, his ‘new’ side failed to become the first Danish team to win the handball Champions League, losing 23-36 to Barcelona in the final.The last time a Danish team made a CL final was in 1976, when Fredericia KFUM also finished runners-up.

100m mark broken KOJO MUSAH, 25, recently smashed the Danish men’s 100-metre record with a time of 10.17 seconds in the Czech Republic, beating the previous record of 10.26 set by Kristoffer Hari two years ago. Musah, whose father is Ghanaian, set a new record in the 60 metres earlier in the year.

He is expected to qualify for the Olympics via ranking points.

New record for women THE DANISH women’s 100-metre relay team recently set a new national record with a time of 43.71 seconds at a meet in Geneva. The previous record stood at 43.90.

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Rip tide: Bridge proved to be too far Local British copywriter fails in his bid to swim the Øresund Bridge, but he will return …

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LTRA ENDURANCE athlete Rip Davenport, a British copywriter based in Malmö and Copenhagen, failed in his bid to swim across the Øresund Strait from Denmark to Sweden on June 19 alongside the imposing figure of the Øresund Bridge.

The swim is an estimated 15.35 km and Davenport, 51, had hoped to become the first person to swim the proposed route.

“Being dwarfed by a magnificent engineering structure, this will be one of the scariest and most thrilling locations I have ever swam in," he said beforehand.

"It’s not about being the first, swimming the furthest or the fastest. It’s quite simply just a swim, a personal challenge.”

Current too strong SADLY though, his bid came to an end after five hours, during which time he had swum threefifths of the distance but only managed to cover one-third of the proposed course.

A strong current made it almost impossible to advance, and Davenport felt it wise to concede and plan to swim it on a more favourable day sometime in the near future.

“I barely made Peberholm due to the unrelenting currents,” Davenport told CPH POST.

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FCK season ticket record FOLLOWING a year of limited fan presence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, FC Copenhagen has reported a record number of season ticket holders for the coming season, smashing its previous record of 12,700. With three weeks until the start of the season, the club has sold over 15,000.

Sold to Leverkusen Rip Davenport in action and (below) his doomed route

FC NORDSJÆLLAND has sold starlet Zidan Sertdemir to Bundesliage side Bayer Leverkusen. The 16-year-old Danish central midfielder with Turkish roots has inked a three-year deal with the Germans.

Sertdemir, who has several youth caps for Denmark, joined FCN from Brøndby back in 2012.

Premiership pedigree

“At 9km, I should have been well over halfway: on the home straight with Sweden in my sights.

But currents change and no marine forecast or archive of tides will tell you how it’s going to be like. I blew the whistle on this challenge rather than continue swimming past exhaustion, hypothermia and pain.”

Not his first rodeo DAVENPORT, a former rescue swimmer and medical first responder, has completed multiple triathlons, long distance swims (10km+), swim/run events and ultra races including an IRON-

MAN full-distance triathlon.

In 2015, he became the first person to swim the length of the Kenmare River in the Republic of Ireland (42km). He even walked across the Gobi desert twice.

Aside from a few small chaff marks on his neck, he was back in training the next day.

“Success comes from trying again. Ultimately, you can never fail if you never give up. Will I do the swim again? Of course, and very soon, but I will prepare for it differently, with more humility and stronger focus,” vowed Davenport.

AGF AARHUS has recruited Dave Reddington as assistant coach following his departure from Crystal Palace where he worked as first team coach under former England and FC Copenhagen manager Roy Hodgson. He has also held coaching positions with Watford.

Barca eye under-21s coach BARCELONA is reportedly interested in recruiting the Danish under-21 coach Albert Capellas, who recently extended his contract until 2023. According to Mundo Deportivo, the Spaniard has met Barca representatives to discuss a return, as he was the assistant coach of Barca’s B team from 1999-2003.

Capellas worked as Thomas Frank’s deputy at Brøndby from 2014-16.

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DAIRY giant Arla has announced that it intends to establish a stateof-the-art commercial dairy farm in northern Nigeria. Among other initiatives, the company aims to support and educate up to 1,000 local dairy producers and help develop the Nigerian dairy sector.

Arla’s new 200 hectare farm will have a capacity of 400 dairy cows and be located in the state of Kaduna. It is expected to open in 2022 and eventually hopes to produce 10 tonnes of milk every day.

Nemlig loses another GENTOFTE Municipality has terminated its contract with Nemlig.com with immediate effect, citing the online supermarket’s failure to provide information about the working conditions of subcontractors' employees. Odense cut ties in April for similar reasons.

Nemlig.com has asked delivery partners to in future ensure their employees have better employment terms along with more reasonable delivery route calculations.

US approves Novo drug NOVO NORDISK has received approval to introduce its prescription slimming medicine Wegovy to the US. Administered as an injection, it is a treatment for type 2 diabetes in Denmark.

One of its ingredients, semaglutide, mimics the body’s natural appetite regulating hormones, which studies have shown can reduce body weight by up to 12 percent.

Sea rapidly eroding bank loan values Flood risks already threaten around 41 billion kroner in loans − a figure that could more than quadruple by the end of the century, warns Nationalbanken

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Huge consequences IT’S NOT just a problem for homeowners – or even for individual credit institutions, the bank warned.

“Flood-related damage could hurt the entire financial system.

Lenders should incorporate climate-related exposure in risk management for their real estate

Record seed round DANISH customisable virtual events platform Tame has in its first seed round received 4.6 million euros – the second-largest funding in a seed round in Danish history. The funding came from three top-market angels and two venture capital funds: byFounders and Vækstfonden – The Danish Growth Fund.

Tame allows users to host virtual events, build event websites, design, send personalised emails and more – all in one place.

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ATIONALBANKEN is concerned that rising water levels along the nation’s shoreline will render coastal properties – which many use as collateral against bank loans – worthless.

Flood risks already threaten around 41 billion kroner in loans and Nationalbanken predicts that figure could rise to 198 billion korner by the end of the century – equal to about 7 percent of all property exposure.

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loans. Geographical concentrations should also be addressed, it stated.

Everybody loses DETAILED climate and flooding data from the Technical University of Denmark has allowed researchers to identify particularly vulnerable areas –

information that the bank argues should be used to inform lending policy.

Currently, Danish banks have about 2.8 trillion kroner in property exposure. Though property owners will be the first to suffer, banks are also likely to see losses as property values fall.

More passengers

Good for dividends

Shirts to your doorstep

THE NUMBER of daily passengers at Copenhagen Airport has grown for the first time in 2021, from 6,000 in April to 8,300 in May – an increase of almost 40 percent. It’s still 90.3 percent fewer than in May 2019, when there were 83,000 daily passengers.

DANISH companies paid out 38 billion kroner in dividends over the first quarter - the highest ever figure, according to Nationalbanken. Novo Nordisk, Ørsted and Maersk led the way. Companies have also been busy buying back shares and taking them out of circulation.

WOLT AND Sportsmaster have teamed up over Euro 2020 to offer a 30-minute, door-to-door delivery of the Danish national team jersey. The shirts are available via the Wolt app for 499 kroner in Denmark’s ten biggest cities.

FIGURES from Danmarks Statistik indicate that inflation rose by 1.7 percent in May compared to last year – the largest increase since 2012. The rise has particularly affected consumer prices for tobacco, petrol and diesel, and rent. For a normal Danish family the change in inflation is equal to 2,500 kroner per year, with products costing more and currency being worth less.

Goodbye to turbo chicks IN 2022, TURBO chickens will be cut from the fresh meat section of Salling group supermarkets Netto, Føtex and Bilka.

Turbo chickens – so-named as they are bred to grow from 50 grams to two kilos in five weeks – suffer immense biological strain from accelerated growth and the practice is considered cruel by welfare groups. Aldi and Lidl dropped turbo chickens last year.

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Euro 2020: How football galvanised an entire nation ... and beyond Christian Eriksen's tragedy could have broken the spirit of Denmark. Instead, it united the world football community DAVE SMITH

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T'S NO EXAGGERATION to say Danish fans had been eagerly anticipating the opening game against Finland on June 12 for years, but all that urgency ceased to matter in the 43rd minute.

As Christian Eriksen fought for his life with the whole world watching, nobody's mind was on the game.

Even when it became clear that he had pulled through and the game restarted, it was obvious that few really cared about the result. Football had taken a backseat.

Rise like a phoenix IN THE following days, the entire nation, and indeed the world, rallied behind Eriksen and the Danish team.

Messages from fans wishing Eriksen a speedy recovery came flooding in from all corners. Football, always passionate, but often so devisive, suddenly brought the whole of Denmark together.

Everyone was wearing the number 10 kit, wall murals depicting Eriksen popped up everywhere, and flags were draped out of windows near and far.

When Denmark returned to the scene of Eriksen's tragedy five days later to take on Belgium, emotions were probably as high as they had ever been before.

And while the Danes ended up losing 1-2, something happened − collectively for a nation and beyond − in that game.

Something sparked.

An ocean of support HE WASN'T with them anymore, but it was as if the team was being carried on the shoulders of Eriksen and Denmark.

The 4-1 win against Russia to

see them through to the last-16 proved that. An equally electric atmosphere would be difficult to replicate.

The support the Danish squad has received has been immaculate.

From Helsingør, where the team stayed, to Hirsthals, everyone is on the red and white wagon.

Whole world's number two THE OUTPOURING of support has known no national boundaries.

Midfielder Thomas Delaney went as far as saying that Denmark had become the rest of the world's second favourite team And where could it all end?

After going to Amsterdam and beating Wales 4-0, the Czech Republic stand in the way of a first semi-final appearence since 1992 − and we all remember what happened then.

But really, even if Denmark were to falter against the Czechs, it won't be disappointing.

They've already triumphed.

They've showed the world how to rise up in the face of adversity and carry on. Chin up. Chest out.

They've turned tragedy into inspiration, found dreams within a nightmare and, most importantly perhaps, helped show the world that football is more than just 22 players chasing a ball around a pitch.

You'll never walk alone SURE, fans may tell you that they despise some team, or they might boo opposing fans and players.

But at the end of the day, this calamity turned fairytale reveals that football is a big family. It may seem a bit dysfunctional at times, it's true, but when disaster strikes, everyone comes together.

Leagendary Liverpool manager Bill Shankly once said that "Some people think football is a matter of life and death ... I can assure them it is much more serious than that".

Rarely, have his iconic words rung as true as in recent weeks.

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It's more than a game: For aspiring young sports journalists, football is a calling

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OST FANS around the stadiums during Euro 2020 were likely intensely focused on the games at hand.

But there were another group of individuals present: youngsters busy typing, recording video and snapping photos - a new generation of sports journalists!

These wordsmiths brought millions of readers into the fray as the matches unfolded. They worked tirelessly to convey the action to their readers − in newspapers, websites, blogs ... you name it.

Journos of the future AT EURO 2020, thanks to Gazprom’s International Children’s Social Programme Football for Friendship, some of those conjuring up words and images during the games were children from Euro 2020 News Bureau, who reported on all the championship matches for their millions of peers worldwide.

As Young Ambassadors of the Football for Friendship Programme, they covered the events of the Championship through the prism of the nine values shared by the millions of Programme participants: friendship, equality, justice, health, peace, loyalty, victory, tradition, and honour.

Experience of a lifttime IN COPENHAGEN, like in every one of the hosting cities, 12 aspiring sports journalists

were given the opportunity to attend the four Euro 2020 games being hosted in Parken Stadium. Afterwards, they recounted the many sights, sounds and experiences.

One of the key aspects of the initiative is for the kids to learn about current trends in sports and mobile journalism − its benefits, as well as challenges at the School of Nine Values of the Football for Friendship Programme.

For instance, how does one juggle the often demanding balance of quickly producing content while being surrounded by the unbridled atmosphere that football games produce?

To this end, the studious teens conjured up some 'life hacks' − tips that they found could help them cover the matches while they were on the go.

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Noah & Mathias Bachmann Funch (both age 13) – Denmark vs Russia

Robin Ozdal Chelik (left, age 12), Gustav Emil Trane Larsen (age 12) and Kevin Kaan Celik (age 13) – Denmark vs Belgium

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N UNFORGETTABLE experience. All the Danish fans were really

happy. Everybody was singing and everyone was in a really good mood. In the 10th min-

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A dozen ambitious youngsters in Copenhagen enjoyed the experience of a lifetime by participating in Gazprom's 'Football for Friendship' initiative

Albert Goodley (age 12) – Spain vs Croatia – was among the lucky journos

T WAS THE best experience I’ve ever had. I was so happy because Denmark won 4-1 over Russia and Belgium won 2-0 over Finland. That meant that Denmark ended up in second place in group B and they are going to play against Wales on Saturday," wrote Mathias.

"Another thing that happened was a Danish guy who said: 'I lost my friend, he is wearing red and white'. I am very happy that I got the opportunity to watch the game,

it was the greatest experience," noted Noah.

"Today, with the internet literally on our fingertips, using mobile devices has become a way to convey journalistic topics. This can come in examples of mobile videos, pictures and live-streams on social media like Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook. With such a large audience available and the popularity of social media increasing, the usage of mobile journalism also continues to grow."

ute of the match it was stopped and everybody began to clap for Christian Eriksen. Denmark was really good in the first half.

Denmark kept playing and tried to get a goal. They were close many times. One time Martin Braithwaite hit the crossbar. The final score remained 1-2, and Lukaku was called the star of the match.

After the game the Danish fans were still in a good mood and had a lot of fun. This was a very good and fun experience which I will never forget. I had a very good day."

JOURNALISTS OF THE FUTURE Euro 2020 News Bureau is an initiative of Gazprom International Children's Social Programme 'Football for Friendship'. The initiative is intended to become an information centre for millions of children and teenagers in the world.

LIFE HACKS: - Voice message: You can use your phone to make a voice message, like an interview - On the move: Take notes on the move - Video: Record videos (for example an interview) on your phone.

- Photos: Take some photos with your phone» - Shoot in Landscape - Use the Grid Composition to Follow the Rule Of Thirds - Use the Editing Tools Provided on your Phone to Edit

12 Young Journalists in each of the 11 cities of EURO 2020 will attend the tournament and cover matches from the perspective of the nine values of the Football for Friendship Program: friendship, equality, justice, health, peace, loyalty, victory, tradition, honor.

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Emotions ran high when Christian Eriksen's number 10 shirt was unfurled in the Denmark vs Belgium game ... just ask the young journalists who were in attendance

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Ahmed Kamil (age 13) – Denmark vs Finland

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Frederikke Bjørn-Døssing (age 14) – Denmark vs Russia

REMEMBER watching my dad jumping around just like a little child who just got a big ice cream. I also remember my thoughts that the rain started suddenly, but then I realized that it was beer which was spilled by the fans.

As we left Parken Statium, fans were still celebrating, dancing, singing and drinking. As we went back to the hotel, I was thinking that it was one of the biggest experiences in my life, the one to tell my family, classmates and friends.

So many Danes would have loved to be at Parken Stadium

HANK GOD, Simon Kjær saved his life, he made sure that Christian Eriksen didn’t swallow his tongue and laid him in the right position. This was a very sad and traumatising episode to see.

The audience acted perfectly.

They chanted 'Christian' and the reply from the Danes was 'Eriksen'.

I sat beside a man who started chanting, while he was being carried off the field. What a feeling that ran inside my body.

It wasn’t a two-team audience anymore; everybody was chanting as one 'Christian Eriksen'.

this particular day, but I was the lucky one."

LIFE HACKS: - Be situated at a good site at the stadium. A good view is important - Have a mobile phone of a certain quality, and a good internet connection so pictures and sound are good - Distance yourself a bit emotionally from the game. It is very difficult to do a good job reporting if your emotions and feelings are all over the place. You need to be able to focus and stay calm

When the match continued the team of Finland gave an applause to their competitors from Denmark in order to respect their decision to continue playing.

And honestly the further result of the game didn’t matter. The main thing was that Christian Eriksen was alive and stable.

This situation reminds us that professional sport when people work at the limits of their capability sometimes may be dangerous and how important the role of the support and unity in football is."

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A European celebration: Continent comes together in face of pandemic From massive fan support to grand artistic endeavours, Euro 2020 has been a true commemoration of the beautiful game we all love

On 27 June, the Gazprom stand hosted the key event for creating the NFT Trophy for the Championship’s best goal: the physical prototype of the award will be destroyed before people’s eyes for transfer to its digital format. The digital award and the ball bearing the winner’s name are for the footballer who scores the best goal of Euro 2020. A hologram of the award will be given to the UEFA headquarters’ exhibition in Nyon, Switzerland. "The last ball will bear the name of the football player who shoots the best goal of the Championship – which we’ll find out after the final," said calligrafuturist Pokras Lampas (pictured above), the author of the art installation.

From Denmark's women's team (left) to a boisterous showing at Denmark's training headquarters in Helsingør (centre) there was an immense show of support from all corners of the country. Even Crown Prince Frederik (right) turned up to convey his backing to the team, much to Pierre-Emile Højbjerg's delight

Whether they be from Denmark, Russia, Belgium, Finland, Croatia or Spain it is the fans who drive the game. And despite the pandemic, the fans flocked to Copenhagen in droves to support their teams in an impressive showing of passion for the sport and their nations

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BUSINESS OPINION

GARETH GARVEY UK-DK TRADE Gareth (gareth@bccd.dk), who has a passion for creativity and innovation in business, has been the CEO of the British Chamber of Commerce in Denmark since the start of 2017. Gareth has a background in management consultancy working for Price Waterhouse, PwC Consulting and IBM, and he also teaches at Copenhagen Business School.

Ability to adapt is key HOWEVER, while hospitality, entertainment and travel are still struggling, other businesses are beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel.

At the same time, Brexit has impacted Danish companies exporting to Britain as well as British exports to Europe, but not as badly as many economists predicted.

Businesses continue to face other challenges, including climate change and political uncertainty in major markets, and are looking to leverage digitalisation, AI and other emerging technologies.

Throughout the last year, companies have demonstrated

Careful consideration AS THE restrictions have relaxed, some organisations are looking to get back to ‘normal’, while others have declared that they will not revert to their old ways of working.

Clearly, there are many things to take into consideration as we explore how we do business in the future.

These include company culture, quality control, the ability to negotiate with customers and suppliers, the differences between factory and office-based workers, diversity, and science companies in Scandia – and I happen to be one of them!

We are a small part of a growing number of almost 1,000 commuters working in the life science industry either going from Sweden to Denmark, more than 800, or the other way – a little less than 200. When talking about the need for qualified life science professionals in Denmark, our Swedish neighbours are definitely part of the solution and should be recognised as such.

Trade with Britain: as comfortable as old shoes!

employee mental health.

A golden opportunity LET’S NOT make the mistake of getting back to ‘normal’.

We all now have a golden opportunity to take advantage of the momentum generated by the change forced upon us – and to question the assumptions built into our business models.

This is not just about whether we work from home. We should be taking advantage of the experience gained over the last year as an opportunity to look at our products and services, our markets, our supply chains, our customer relationships, and our overall business models to grow our businesses and make our contribution to the economic recovery.

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the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic - including partly closed borders and restrictions on travelling as well as gathering - it is also a call for key decision-makers in Denmark and Sweden to reconnect and reboot the region.

their ability to adapt to the constraints arising from the pandemic. Many employees have worked successfully from home, where Zoom and Teams have become the norm – in some cases taking us more internationally than we would have gone with unrestricted air travel!

Back together again after a long break

As the chairman of the Medicon Valley Alliance – the gold-labelled Danish-Swedish life science cluster organisation – Søren will address current trends and challenges in the sector.

ET´S GET back together!’ might sound like the beginning of a love song from the ‘90s, but after more than 15 months with very different strategies for

Unrealised potential THE RECENTLY published analysis ‘Life Science across the Øresund’ presents new facts and figures not only documenting Danish-Swedish life science collaboration, but also highlighting unrealised potential and obstacles hindering their realisation.

The conclusion is that from a life science perspective we could do so much more to work together and boost the region Despite the restrictions and various obstacles, more than 20 Danish CEOs/managing directors are now working in large, medium-sized and small life

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industries and is anchored within a greater and stronger framework of cultural, infrastructural, political and industrial collaboration.

Signs are there INTERVIEWS with life science stakeholders and key opinion leaders in this analysis clearly reflect that regional collaborations are easy, and that most barriers are almost always structural.

They argue for more transborder research funds, fewer ‘tax headaches’ and scrutiny of administrative costs resulting from

inflexible national regulations and administrative practices.

From Novo Nordisk Foundation’s establishment of the BioInnovation Institute in Copenhagen in 2017, an important event for seed-funding in the region, to the granting of just under 47 million euros by the EU program Interreg Öresund-Kattegat-Skagerrak to joint Danish-Swedish projects in the life science sector, it is hard to deny the potential of the life science sector.

Now is the time for an approach and outreach to our Swedish neighbours that transcends individual

Back to the ‘90s LET’S NOT forget that Denmark won Euro 1992 in Sweden during a period of massive support for a strong and integrated Øresund region.

I would like to see the ongoing championship followed by some of the same ‘90s-style Danish-Swedish Øresund enthusiasm.

We cannot go back to the ‘90s, but we could get back together again!

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Part of something again

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N SKT HANS Aften, we sing about the witches and trolls as they go up in flames. A time for reflection, sometimes.

A revitalised community BUT THIS year, sympathy for purveyors of the dark arts was the last thing on our minds, as we mingled within our communities without masks, recognising faces we had not seen for ages. The pandemic is under control, and life as we remember it is back – almost. We can travel, we can dine, we are fearless.

Something has changed though. We are still distancing.

We do not hug. We remain reluctant to shake hands., and we also appreciate working from home, even though managers are calling for all hands on deck again.

On top of this, we’ve experienced an overwhelming feeling of community these past two weeks, like it’s hardwired into our bloodstream. It came via an unfortunate heart attack and a thrashing of the Russians. Off the field, the same foe intruded our airspace with warplanes, and we had to scramble our fighter-jets, instead of forwards this time, to see them off.

Nurses: out on their own NO, ONLY the nurses give cause for genuine concern.

During the pandemic they were praised and admired for their readiness to bring the hospitals up to speed, which they took as a promise of better pay.

But negotiations only yielded a rise of 5 percent over three years, so now they are on strike – or at least 10 percent of them with an emergency capacity maintained.

No other group of public employees are in conflict, so they are all alone out there.

Winning over public employers with economic means is not possible, but they hope to win the hearts and minds of the people/ politicians before they have drained their funds. It does not look good for them as a Socialdemokratiet government will always try to avoid legislation. The Danish Model must be praised, after all.

And public irritation over long waiting lists for surgery will erode the initial sympathy. Alas, the nurses’ only hope is public service reform.

We are fit for fight MEANWHILE, the central bank has revised its prognoses on growth and expects the GNP to soon surpass pre-pandemic levels. That means the country is fit for fight.

So are the political parties. They are positioning themselves for a possible general election in the autumn. The PM is losing support but still way ahead in the polls, and the blue parties are still not in shape to offer any organised opposition.

However, some red bloc allies are ready to cash in. Foremost, we hear Sofie Carsten Nielsen from Radikale is considering a possible swing across the centre line, although she will find the immigration hardliners on the blue side just as unacceptable.

It would be nice to see the summer soften some of the more sensible politicians into a more civilized attitude regarding immigration so we can return to inspiring the international community instead of stonewalling the debate.

Let’s participate in the necessary international effort to find solutions for the desperate migrants fleeing Africans and the millions accumulating in refugee camps, instead of adding to the problem. (ES)

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Born in India, adopted by Wales and England, Smitha (chaplain@st-albans.dk) is the priest of St Alban’s Church.

Recently appointed Honorary Canon of the pro-Cathedral in Malta for outstanding work in Copenhagen and for bettering the cause of racial justice in the Church of England, she has travelled widely, working in advisory and advocacy capacity on matters of liturgy, vocation and social justice

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Inspiring faith; restoring people! I am writing as St Alban’s celebrates its patron saint and Denmark celebrates Midsummer’s Eve! It’s a time when the sacred and secular unite.

England’s proto-martyr NEITHER the placid nor regal figures of St Alban immortalised in our church windows do justice to faith under fire and the faithful witness to Christ over centuries. In around the year 250, when history records Britain’s tenth and most cruel persecution in which Christians were hunted and killed, Alban gave shelter to a priest in Verulamium, the Roman name for St Alban’s.

Observing the priest’s faithfulness and prayer, Alban committed himself to Christ and, when soldiers came baying for blood, he stepped up and took the place of the priest. Flogged and tortured to renounce his new-found faith, he was ordered to be executed and became the proto-martyr of England.

He sacrificed his life for his faith! Some of his mortal remains are said to be in Odense and he is popularised in Denmark by the beer that bears his name! Cheers!!

For many generations AS YOU crack open a beer to celebrate the summer, spare a thought for St Alban’s Church, present in Copenhagen for over 130 years, in Denmark for 400 years and hoping to be around for many generations to come.

I’m thankful to God for the blessings of past years and pandemic times, but remain conscious of the challenges that lie ahead. I’m excited by the potential we have to serve the Church of England by being ‘Simpler, Humbler, Bolder’ and the visible representation and

One of the church's beautiful stained-glass windows

participation of the worldwide Anglican communion in our midst.

And I am proud of our ecumenical partnership with the Danish and Swedish Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Methodist and Russian Orthodox churches who are our neighbours and friends.

Slowly spoiling spire EVEN IF you have not seen the figures inside St Alban Church, you may have been struck by the more iconic, visible and majestic spire and cross that dominate the Copenhagen skyline. This impressive architectural feature invites most passers-by through the doors of St Alban’s to enter sacred space and encounter God. Sadly, today, this proud spire is in need of urgent restoration work.

The pandemic has confirmed and strengthened what we do at St Alban’s, and new ideas and initiatives are emerging for hybrid worship and fellowship. We hope to continue to be a beacon of Anglican heritage and will continue the fine tradition of music and worship so many know and love (especially at Christmas).

The church, as both the building and people God has placed in our care, comprises precious gifts with an important role in

worship and community engagement. They enrich the faith and artistic heritage of Copenhagen.

Sheltering St Alban RESTORING the cross and spire damaged by water ingress is critical, and we have already started the process of securing funds. We see St Alban’s as a place where we can know God, grow in Christ, build community and look beyond ourselves.

That usually means meeting other people’s needs. Today, we look to you in our time of need.

The cost of restoring the spire is in the region of 4 million kroner. I would be truly grateful if you would consider the cost of a crate of celebratory beer or other, or dig deep into your pockets in thanksgiving for your life and health, the memory of a loved one or indeed the anniversary of your own wedding or child’s baptism.

Please give whatever you can via MobilePay 32664 or write to me at chaplain@st-albans.dk if you would like to help plan or sponsor a fundraising event to help realise our target.

St Alban once sheltered a priest. This priest is now asking you to shelter St Alban. Thank you for your generosity.

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JACK GARDNER

Englishman in Nyhavn Jack escaped Brexit Britain in October 2019 to forge a new life in Copenhagen. In this column, he outlines the challenges expats face when integrating into Danish life. Jack (jacksgard@gmail.com) co-hosts the comedy podcast ‘Butterflies on the Wheel’, which is available on all major podcasting platforms

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WAS FORTUNATE recently to receive my Johnson & Johnson vaccine through Practico’s voluntary program that has swept the nation like an ironic virus.

What we call Danishes FORTUNATE not only to receive a replication-incompetent recombinant-adenovirus type 26 vector (if memory serves), but fortunate in a much truer sense to unearth precious material to write this column about the idiosyncrasies of Danish people (AKA Danishes).

You see, observational comedy is nigh-on impossible when your entire life is distilled into the same four routines within the same four walls. (Bo Burnham’s Netflix special ‘Inside’ is out now – Ed.) But thanks to the hour-long wait for my vaccine last Thursday, I could observe Danishes in their most unnatural of environments: The Queue.

A cue to be British BACK HOME, queues are kind of ‘our thing’. They’re as British as xenophobia and racism and, just like those examples, we’re tremendously good at them.

When Brits see a six-person supermarket queue, we think: “That’s lucky, maybe I’ll make it home before daybreak after all.”

When Danishes see a six-person supermarket queue, they become so apoplectic, so shrouded in the fury of a thousand hellfires, that they become roused by a deep biological impulse to scream at the hapless child cashier to “ÅBN EN NY KASSE.” (Incidentally, to every person … who am I kidding… to every man I’ve heard say that, I’m delighted you saved those precious seconds to rush back to your presumed rou-

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When it doesn’t ‘appen WHEN BRITS arrive at a bus stop, the very last thing we would do is check the timetable. The timetable for us is a little collective lie we tell ourselves. We know there are times, in a table format, and we know there’s a bus number in there somewhere, but that’s where the relevance ends.

The only thing we avoid more than the timetable is eye contact.

Danishes, however, arrive with apps in hand, and if the bus isn’t 30 seconds early, they deploy The Clåssic Danish Exæsperated Heådshake in anticipation of a queue. They must pre-launch their disappointment like this, because buses are literally never late.

And that’s what became so painfully obvious as I queued in the glorious sunshine for my vaccine. Danishes are so used to everything working perfectly, that they cannot cope the moment something doesn’t.

Telling off HandsOnHead NO-ONE, it seemed, could help but place hands on hips, do a little circle, look back down the queue to check it was still there, Exæsperatedly Heådshake, and repeat every three to four seconds.

I saw fully-grown men with

their hands on their head, others knelt on the floor in agony. I saw one risk-group-aged woman arrive, clock the queue and ask Mr HandsOnHead if this was, indeed, the queue.

His affirmative response triggered her to Exæsperatedy Heådshake, criticise Mr HandsOnHead for the queue, and then check her watch to see if she could squeeze this LITERAL LIFE-SAVING VACCINE INTO HER BUSY SCHEDULE OF TRYING NOT TO DIE. Intoxicating libations AT THE entrance, I had a nice two-minute chat with the Practico employee, punctured three (fucking) times by people trying to enter the building, bypassing the queue.

Their excuses were identical: “But I have a time booked for now.”

It’s such a fascinating insight into their insane minds. Imagine seeing 400 people queuing and thinking: “Good for them: they’ve all arrived early and are just patiently waiting for their timeslot.”

Danishes have drunk too long from the intoxicating libations of order and scheduling to the extent that when things go wrong, they have all the poise and rationality of an actual drunk.

This is what happens when public services are well-funded and work as they should. It’s a disgrace.

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India’s new ambassador at the forefront of another International Day of Yoga Pooja Kapur oversaw a stunning celebration in the sunshine on the weekend of June 19-20 that involved participation in six Danish cities PHOTOS: INDIAN EMBASSY WORDS: CPH POST

The Indian Embassy was again at the forefront of another stunning International Day of Yoga celebration across Denmark from June 19-20

Like with the previous six events, the action was not restricted to Copenhagen and also involved gatherings in Odense, Aalborg, Aarhus, Fanø and Sønderborg – and there was even a flash mob event in Nyhavn

Indian ambassador Pooja Kapur (left) was joined by hundreds for a weekend of fitness, presentations and speeches

Unblocking your nose to enable the easy passage of your ‘Ida’ and ‘Pingala’, the flow of air through your nostrils, is crucial to effective yoga (left). And the proof was evident at the end

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CIS a dominant presence at Ambassador for a Day event

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CIS: A tour de force THE SELECT group of winners included no less than eight girls proudly representing Copenhagen International School.

The eight CIS students who participated in the initiative were: Alice Meregalli, Anwita Karanth, Beatriz Silva, Ebba Wiklund, Freya Constable, Nour Makhlof, Marie Anna Storch, and Tarang Dalela.

Words of wisdom DALELA was paired up with Norwegian Ambassador to Denmark, Aud Kolberg, who was quick to hand out some golden nuggets of leadership to her young protege.

"As a young woman entering the workforce, my main advice is to be positive and take the challenges and opportunities you can get," Kolberg said.

"Say yes! Show that you are willing and that you want to learn. No one expects you to be perfect, but they do want somebody who is willing to stretch, to learn and finally grow into a leadership position."

Following the event, Dalela sat down with CPH POST to shed some light on how the process was for her and what she hopes to achieve by taking part. roles, has been something I feel passionately about, and this opportunity would make it tangible.

What inspired you to take part in this initiative?

There was an opportunity to meet the Ambassador of the UK, other female ambassadors, and business and civil society leaders. I decided that I must participate. The prospect of being able to create awareness about the under-representation of women in the Tech industry, especially in leadership

Do you see yourself as having a future within diplomacy?

At this point of time, I am not sure if I would like to become a diplomat, but I would definitely like to be in a leadership position in my future work. I think that this program/experience will provide me with the relevant skill-set and mindset to become a successful leader.

What do you hope to learn from this experience?

From this experience, I would like to learn more about leadership, and the skills needed to become a successful leader. I am hoping that I would be able to effectively convey my message across to people, and make them aware about the vast gender disparity in many industries, especially the Tech sector, which has phenomenally grown in the recent years.

Marie Anna Storch proudly posing with her ambassadorial pairing, Croatian Ambassador Tina Krce LINKEDIN/CIS

How did you learn about the Ambassador for a Day competition?

I first got to know about the competition from my school, when the principal sent out an email regarding it. I initially became interested by reading the title ‘Ambassador for a Day’. I was curious as to what it would entail: signing papers all day, shadowing an Ambassador, getting training.

I went to their website, and saw that they were offering to partner with the winners, for a joint project/activity in an area of the winner’s choosing.

Tarang Dalela picking up pearls of wisdom from Norwegian Ambassador Aud Kolberg LEAN HUNTER

N CONNECTION with International Women’s Day, the British Embassy hosted the winners of its ‘Ambassador for a Day 2021’ competition on June 16.

A total of 17 girls aged 1417 were selected from across the country and paired up with women ambassadors serving their countries in Denmark.

The theme was 'Think Global, Live Local' and the winners were asked to write an essay about what positive difference they would like to contribute to in their own communities.

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Copenhagen International School was well represented at the British Embassy on June 16 as part of the inspiring ‘Ambassador for a Day’ initiative

Where future leaders live: The majestic and sustainable campus of Copenhagen International School

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Introducing the Danish in-laws to the whiff of a knacker’s armpit

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HE ONGOING European Championship throws my mind back to a holiday I spent with my Danish in-laws in Mayo during the 1982 World Cup. Behold the sun of Mayo GIVEN that most Danish summers are more Mr Monsoon than Scorchio Scorchio, it’s no surprise that most Danes are secret sun worshippers. It’s a religion. They may pretend to go to a Christian church, but their true god is ‘Sol’.

When my wife Hedi went anywhere, it was to the sun. So when she agreed to check out some Irish palm trees, it was going against her religion.

She was giving up her guaranteed sunny holiday and going to ‘Tir Na Nog’: a place of magic, mystery … and heavy rain.

Like Xmas but no telly SO WE WERE off. To a pair of custom-made Irish cottages and the ‘Wild Atlantic Way’. To ‘Majestic Mayo’. To ‘Ballycastle in the Sun’.

The June weather was rough.

We are talking nothing but black skies overhead. Without a radio or television, the turf fire became the focal point of the holiday.

Singing Christmas carols did not endear me to the sun-worshippers. It rained and howled constantly. The wind whistled through the newly-built cottages.

The mood darkened to such an extent that I’m sure Scott or even Shackleton could have rescued the moment with a witty story of survival among the heavy ice drifts and perilous polar landscape.

Firelight fables of old I REGALED my wife with leg-

ends about Belmullet Peninsula, where it was said dinosaurs still roamed, watched by the last known holdout of Irish cavemen.

I told her how it was an intrepid Irish monk called Columbanus who had discovered America.

And how it had been scientifically proven in California that Irish monks not only saved European civilization, but also taught the Vikings how to sail.

This last story went down like suntan lotion in an Arctic storm.

As punctual as the flu BUT HEDI was not a bit interested in Celtic legends, even if they were told by the flames of a romantic burning turf fire. She was also uninterested in pubs, pints and places to have a cup of black, sugar-free tea. How anyone could spend hours sitting in those dark dens of iniquity defied all sense of her logic.

Hedi was up at 6am-sharp to do her housework. Lunch was at 12 noon-sharp, dinner at 6pmsharp. She also had no detectable sense of humour. Okay, she did have one joke – one that ended with the punch-line “You drive me Cheese."

You could say that Hedi was made to order for the slip-sliding lifestyle that is holidaying in Ireland.

Oh Gerry, Gerry THIS WAS to be put to an extreme test during the Ballycastle Fair on the day when Northern Ireland were playing Spain in a crunch World Cup game.

The Mother-in-Law bought fish for a very special dinner, and the girls went home to cook the fish with promises, sworn in blood, that we would be home for dinner at 6pm … sharp.

Samuel Goldwyn once said that a verbal contract is not worth the paper of pub piss it's written on. This is a golden truth. Our blood-sworn, pisssoaked promises evaporated under the dual attack of Gerry Armstrong on the front-line of

the Northern Irish football team and Arthur Guinness in the back bar of Polkies.

Spain put to the sword IF PULLING pints of Guinness is a form of poetry, then drinking them must be art in motion. As we watched Northern Ireland win the match, we disregarded the clock.

There were a lot of angry young mountain men in the town that night, and a Dublin accent wasn't the best one to have on such occasions. So Peter, the bold Danish Fatherin-Law, was pushed up to order our pints. This went down very well with the natives. He didn't talk like a Dub. So he must be … okay.

It was hitting 2am when I dragged him away-sharp I reminded him we still had to go home and face the fisher-women.

We bought a couple of bottles of Snowballs and peanuts.

Bonding, cold-shouldering THIS I explained was the peace offering: a cunning ploy I learned from my Dad. It worked every time. Our story, though, was caught up in the magic of the moment, and we could not break the spell nor leave our new friends.

When we eventually poured into the cottage, the two women were sitting in silence poking the dying embers of the turf fire.

I delivered our peace offering without breaking anything or falling into the fire. I retold our story. Including the heroically graphic details of a truly wondrous and soul-bonding night.

Peter had made friends for life.

We were given the hard, cold shoulder and sent hungry to bed.

Time to save the Titanic NEXT MORNING we were suffering, as I explained to Peter, from what is known as the bad pint syndrome. It's an imperfect world, and among all those creamy works of poetry we consumed last night was hidden ‘The Banger’.

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The only known antidote, besides hitherto undiscovered exotic herb plants deep in the South American Jungles, was of course to go back to the scene of the crime and consume more creamy works of art and just hope for the best.

It was at this moment, as our Titanic Irish holiday of a lifetime was fast approaching its submerged iceberg of discontentment, that I decided to introduce Hedi to one of the true wonders of an Irish summer: a glass of cider.

Tourist-targeting travellers CIDER has a much ill-deserved reputation as the preferred drink of the travelling people of Ireland: those carefree children of the road who always seem to drive around in brand new white Ford vans, whose only visible means of support seems to be grubby women and even grubbier kids with no dress sense.

They speak their own language, which sounds like a mix of Chinese and Esperanto, but isn't, tormenting tourists with their immortal phrase "Spare a few ould Cop-purrrs, for the Baaaa-bee."

These are the people who have made cider infamous - a drink with a kick as strong as a ‘Knacker’s Armpit’.

With a few ciders inside her ...

A GLASS of cider was just the

thing, I thought, for my Motherin-Law. It’s just what she needs: a cool summer drink on a cool summer's day.

I slipped out and stocked up on a few bottles of Bulmer’s and Hedi began drinking. “Mmm,” she said. "Apple-juice."

“Yes,” I said. “Of a sort.”

By the time I remembered its ‘Knacker’s Armpit’ potency, both had downed a few glasses, as I watched on horrified, witnessing the total disintegration of my beloved Mother-in-Law. We immediately packed her off to bed.

Slept like an Irish wolfhound NEXT MORNING Peter informed us she had spent most of the night running around on all fours, trying to eat the wallpaper off the walls.

From that day onwards, she slept in late and became, dare I say it, more Irish. She learned the tricks of holidaying in Ireland: like keeping your coat on when you visit people in Dublin, either to stay warm or ready to head for the pub.

She reluctantly admitted to me, years later, that she actually enjoyed her time in Ireland.

I've often wondered what changed it for her. Was it ‘The Wild Atlantic Way’, ‘Majestic Mayo’, ‘Ballycastle in the Sun’, or even ‘Dublin’s Fair City’.

More likely, it was ‘The Whiff of a Knacker’s Armpit’.

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Runaway success: June 7 marked 125 years since Copenhagen’s first cinema trip

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ANISH cinema has just celebrated a historic anniversary.

No, it wasn’t the foundation of Nordisk Film, which is widely acknowledged to be the world’s oldest producer still in existence. That came ten years later in Valby.

It was in fact the anniversary of the first screening. History doesn’t remember what the film was, but it documents the provider and location.

On 7 June 1896, the impresario Vilhelm Pacht provided an audience in the Panorama pavilion on Rådhuspladsen in Copenhagen with a collection of short films – presumed to be English-language productions – just six months after the Lumiere Brothers famously premiered their first productions in Paris.

So that moment when the late 19th century cinema-goers ran away from the train hurtling towards them on the screen … this was Denmark’s runaway audience moment.

At the forefront IT’S A REMINDER that Denmark was at the forefront of cinema – right from the very start.

Just outside Copenhagen then, the town of Valby quickly became the home to several successful film studios, making it the Hollywood of its day.

Of course, sound had not yet been invented, meaning that Denmark could really compete without worrying about language issues. So long as a film’s subtitles were adequately translated, international viewers were willing to watch the film. Films were short, running no more than half an hour in length, offering simple plots with little character development.

In 1906, director and producer Ole Olsen founded Denmark’s first film company, Nordisk Film, with a view to making films to show in his cinema, Biograf-Theatret, which were longer than the standard fare, allowing for more complicated plots and more realistic characters.

In that first year, an allotment in Valby was acquired and it was decided that a polar bear sitting on top the globe should represent Nordisk Films Kompagni.

The iconic logo remains to this day.

In that same year the first short film was produced, ‘Pigeons & Seagulls’, a two-minute reportage. Many more were to follow and the company was an instant success, ushering in what is referred to as the golden age of Danish cinema, and by 1909 other film companies started cropping up.

Psilander the star IN 1910, VIBORG-BASED Fotorama, a direct competitor of Nordisk, released the first Danish multi-reel film, ‘The White Slave Trade’, to great box office acclaim.

Olsen was quick to respond with his own version, essentially the first remake (Fotorama threatened legal action and they settled out of court), kickstarting a global trend for longer films with melodramatic subject matter – often with some mild form of sexual interest.

Nordisk fared brilliantly with the release of their film soon after, ‘At the Prison Gates’, which was their first production to star Valdemar Psilander, who went on to make a staggering 83 films for Nordisk in just six years.

Due to the universal nature of silent cinema, his popularity was global. He was largely responsible for a huge increase in international sales and cemented Nordisk Film’s status as a major player with branches, affiliates and theatres the world over.

Despite his success, however, Psilander killed himself in 1917,

TWITTER/DANISH SILENT FILM

The first ever screening took place just six months after the Lumiere Brothers’ famous premiere in Paris

aged just 32.

Nielsen the siren NEVERTHELESS, perhaps the most famous film of this era is ‘The Abyss’. Produced by Kosmorama, it was directed by Denmark’s first great director, Gad Urban, and starred Asta Nielsen and Poul Reumert, who play two sides of a love triangle.

In the film, Nielsen’s character dumps her fiancé to join the circus to be with her lover, where she gets a job as a gaucho dancer.

Though the film established both Reumert and Nielsen as the Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet of their day, the scene of gaucho dance earned Nielsen an even greater reputation.

Part of the dance required that she gyrate her hips. In addition to the hint of bondage created by the lasso, this “improper hip writhing” caused an international scandal.

‘The Abyss’ also earned Nielsen the distinction of being the world’s first erotic film star, and it is commonly thought that Nielsen is the first performer to portray what has become known as ‘the third sex’ – an erotic androgyne. This distinction places Nielsen at the beginning of a long line of such performers as Marlene Dietrich, Mick Jagger, Boy George and Annie Lennox.

After her work in ‘The Abyss’, Nielsen received international acclaim. She moved to Germany, where she became known as Die Asta. Married five times, first to Gad Urban, Nielsen appeared in over 70 films. In the 1930s, the German minister of propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, offered Nielsen her own film studio, but she declined.

Nordisk’s rise and fall

BY THE First World War, 98 percent of the company’s revenue was dependent on international sales. Distribution throughout Europe became ever more complicated, and while Denmark remained neutral, a great slice of Nordisk’s pie was coming in

The first film was a real blockbuster

from Germany.

The authorities there had banned films made by the countries they were fighting against – such as Britain and France, and later the US – and so there was an opening, which Olsen was quick to exploit. By 1917, Olsen had almost 40 cinemas in Germany, plus a production house.

However, when Germany decided to nationalise its cinema, Olsen was pressured into relinquishing all German interests to the German studio UFA. His North American branch soon closed and the Russian market had been lost. Nordisk Film suffered as many abandoned the studio, including in 1922 Olsen himself.

New management came in and chose to concentrate on higher quality pictures, with a smaller output. Throughout the 1920s, Nordisk Film produced big budget adaptations of Charles Dickens’s novels and the like, nurturing many new talents.

Among them was the great director Carl Theodor Dreyer who later left the company, finding recognition in France with his masterwork of the silent era, ‘The Passion Of Joan of Arc’. Although this period was artistically fruitful for Nordisk Film, they struggled to find their audience and in 1928 Nordisk

Film filed for bankruptcy.

Fortunately, Nordisk was kept afloat by Carl Bauder, a wealthy stockbroker who took a majority share in the company. Sensationally he also won a lucrative patent for ‘noiseless’ sound projection that saw all the major American studios pay him to use the new technology as ‘talkies’ took over.

Nordisk went on to produce the first Danish language talkie: a classic crime drama called ‘Vicar of Vejlby’, which was released in 1931.

Advent of talkies THE GOLDEN days of Danish film were quickly forgotten, as the arrival of spoken dialogue robbed Danish cinema of its international appeal, as cinema became increasingly provincial.

In the wake of sound technology, tastes were such that all-singing, all-dancing folk comedies were gaining popularity.

At the same time, on the fringes of this artifice and farce, the documentary began to find new form – and quietly blossom.

With the invention of sound, film-goers began to demand films in their own languages: the more widely spoken the language, the larger the demand.

It restricted the likes of Asta Nielsen and Poul Reumert to only appearing in Danish films.

22 EVENTS

THE COPENHAGEN POST | CPHPOST.DK

2 - 15 July 2021

Hollywood music in Tivoli

Soleima x LiveStrings

Street Food Festival

Beer tasting at Mikkeller

Monty Python screening

July 4 & 11, 16:00-19:00; The lawn at Tivoli, Vesterbrogade 3, Cph V; free with entry to Tivoli from 135kr TIVOLI hosts a live summer concert with evergreens from old Hollywood films and musicals. Tivoli’s own symphony orchestra – Tivoli Copenhagen Phil – plays classic tunes from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60s by Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and many more. (KG)

July 8, 17:00; Ofelia Plads, Kvæsthusbroen, Cph K; free adm, pre-booking required DANISH singer-songwriter Soleima gives a free live performance with a classical rendition of her songs. She is accompanied by Livestrings, which adds cello, violin, piano and harmonica to the musical expression. The show is played from a floating stage in the harbour. (KG)

July 3-4, 11:30-20:00/11:3016:00; Teglværket, Teglholmsgade 27, Cph SV; free adm MAKE SURE you work up an appetite before visiting Teglværket’s Street Food Festival. Numerous food trucks and stands are ready to offer something for everyone’s taste – whether you’re in the mood for Mexican, Greek, Belgian or Iranian food. (KG)

July 2, 18:00; Mikkeller Baghaven, Refshalevej 163, Cph K; 300kr MIKKELLER Baghaven promises to introduce you to a whole new world of beer. The tasting consists of the beer variants 'Danish Shipyard Ale' and 'Danish Wild Ale', introducing a sensation similar to drinking wine and champagne. This unusual beer tradition, mostly known in Belgium, is mixed with typical Danish flavours and ingredients. (KG)

July 3, 19:30; Husets Biograf, Rådhusstræde 13, Cph K; 70 kr JOIN KING Arthur and his knights on their quest for the holy grail in this all-time comedy classic. Watch some of Python’s funniest scenes on the big screen as they battle the Black Knight and a killer rabbit, whilst enduring the insults of the Frenchmen and the Knights who say Ni. (KG)

Dinner on top of Glyptoteket

July 4, 18:00; Cisternerne, Bag Søndermarken, Frederiksberg; 150 kr UNDERGROUND in Valby Bakke is the old waterworks of Copenhagen. The cisterns have been transformed into a museum and on selected days they are open for guided tours.

Once down there, hop on a boat through the underground colonnades and take in Tomás Saraceno’s atmospheric art exhibition ‘Event Horizon’. (KG)

Film, tapas and cocktails July 7, 17:00; Cinemateket, Gothersgade 55, Cph K, 210 kr CINEMATEKET invites the audience to a Spanish night at the cinema. A screening of Pedro Almodóvar’s classic ‘Talk to Her’ is supplemented by cocktails and a tapas menu. The film is in Spanish with English subtitles. (KG)

Laser game for ages 7-15 July 7, 10:00-13:00; KU.BEs byhave, Dirch Passers Allé 4, Frederiksberg; free adm PLAY LASER Battles in a hilly garden converted into a challenging laser course. A fun and exciting way to exercise, laser games are neither dangerous nor something that hurts. In case of bad rain, the event moves indoors. (KG)

Maritime dinner at Arken July 7, 17:30; Arken Café, Skovvej 100, Ishøj; 355 kr ARKEN Museum hosts a maritime dinner with four servings of fish with a view over the sea.

Combine the dinner with a visit to the museum and their many exhibitions. (KG)

Nature workout July 3, 10:00; Søndermarken, Pile Alle 55, Frederiksberg; free adm ADULTS and children alike can join for a free workout among the trees of Søndermarken. Participants are encouraged to dress flexibly, as the workout includes sitting on tree trunks and exercising on the grass. (KG)

Free improv workshop July 4, 15:00-17:00; Frederiksholms Kanal 2, Cph K; free adm TRY YOUR hand at improv comedy. The workshop will focus on basic exercises and the fundamentals of improv. It’s perfect for anyone who wants to try improv comedy or just try something fun and different. No previous experience is required. (KG)

Cph Clothing Market July 10-11, 10:00-18:00/10:0016:00; Teglværket, Teglholmsgade 27, Cph SV; free adm A BIG CLOTHING market where locals and businesses alike sell out of their dressers and storages. The market will also include food stands, beach bars and DJs. (KG)

Dance in Fælledparken July 1-22, 19:00-22:00; Dansepladsen in Fælledparken, at the corner of Edel Sauntes Allé and Øster Allé, Cph Ø; free adm DURING the summer, from Monday to Thursday, professional dance instructors are ready to teach styles such as swing, salsa, dancehall, Argentine tango, ballroom, Bollywood, afrobeat and folk dance. The program also includes dance workshops for families, children and OAPs. (KG)

Volleyball Tournament July 3-4, 09:30-15:00; Islands Brygge Beach Volley Bane, Cph S; free adm EXPERIENCE a volleyball tournament on Islands Brygge – either as part of the crowd or as one of the teams. Four players in a team, a maximum of five per squad, each match is the best of three sets, first to 15 in each one.

The four teams with the most victories on Saturday proceed to Sunday to contest the main prizes. (KG)

July 8 & 15, 18.45-20.30; Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Dantes Plads 7, Cph K; from 315kr GLYPTOTEKET opens its newly renovated roof terrace for the public. It is now possible to eat and enjoy the view over Copenhagen on top of the historic museum. On July 8 the menu will consist of slow-fried pork, summer salad and beer, while oysters, duck and champagne will be served on July 15. (KG)

Art exhibit 1 + 1 = 11 July 9-Aug 29; Next to Rundetårn, Købmagergade 52, Cph K; free adm DANISH and Colombian art is weaved together when designers and artists from different cultures interpret each other’s work. The Wayuu from northern Colombia has a rich culture with a special tradition for weaving and crocheting. In the exhibition, 11 Danish and 11 Wayuu artists will collaborate on new expressions and art works. (KG)

Sail through the cisterns

Krigsmuseet – War Museum July 1-31, 10:00-17:00; Krigsmuseet, Tøjhusgade 3, Cph K; from 70kr THE MUSEUM of military history opens its summer season with activities for the whole family. Besides exhibits chronicling the Danish fleet, medieval armour and a 156-metre cannon hall, the museum introduces activities such as archery, remote-controlled torpedo boats and how to reload a cannon.

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Open air - indoor! free entrance On July 30 and 31 The Cinematheque welcomes you to two full days of free screenings of Tarantino’s ’Pulp Fiction’ and Tornatore’s ’Cinema Paradiso’.

There will also be comfort food, cocktails and sweet summer tunes from our DJ’s.

See what’s on at cinemateket.dk or visit us in Gothersgade 55.

ENGLISH JOB DENMARK Recruitment Announcements Part of The Welcome Group DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING; MIINTO

You will become part of the Group Finance team in the Head Office in Copenhagen, Denmark.

You will be reporting to the CFO and work closely together with management across the company as well as the Controlling Team in Denmark and the Accounting Manager in Poland.

Location: Copenhagen Deadline: ASAP Company website Contact:

MASTER DATA SPECIALIST; BESTSELLER

You join a team of 9 dedicated colleagues in Master Data & Document Management, all working towards the common goal of securing exemplary Master Data quality through solid Master Data concepts and efficient processes.

Location:

Aarhus or Brande

Deadline:

27 July 2021

Contact:

contact@bestseller.com +45 99 42 32 00

GRAPHIC DESIGNER; SHAPING NEW TOMORROW

We are looking for a skilled Graphic Designer with a keen eye for visual communication to help create meaningful graphic designs expressing the visual identity of SHAPING NEW TOMORROW. You will be helping our Graphic Design Specialist producing visuals for both online and offline channels making sure the creative ideas capture the essence of our brand.

Location: Aalborg Deadline: 21 August 2021 Michelle Bøving-Jakobsen, Contact: Talent Acquisition Specialist, +45 30 43 43 45

To advertise your vacancy here and reach 60,000+ readers weekly, contact: info@englishjobdenmark.dk or call 60 70 22 98.

For more information about what we can offer: https://englishjobdenmark.dk/

ENGLISH JOB DENMARK

SPARE PARTS SALES REPRESENTATIVE; PHILIPS

As AGITO Medical Part Sales employee, you are a part of the AGITO Medical Parts team and you will work closely with our customers, making sure our offering of medical equipment parts suit the needs of our customers and developing new customers.

Location:

Norresundby

Deadline:

ASAP

Contact:

Company website

JUNIOR GROUP CONTROLLER; MOBILE INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS A/S Would you like to excel in controlling and analyzing data for an international and fastgrowing robotics company? Then this is your opportunity to join our newly established position at MIR.

Location:

Odense

Deadline:

ASAP

Contact:

Jeppe Juul, Group Controller, +45 31 35 40 91

TECH TALENT PARTNER; PLEO

With upcoming Series C Pleo continues to scale at an ever-growing pace. Until now hiring is something we were doing ourselves coupled with other People Ops responsibilities. But at this stage, we want to bring in Talent Partners to support that growth.

Location: Copenhagen Deadline: ASAP Company website Contact:

PLAY TECHNOLOGY EXPLORATIONS LEAD (GB5365); LEGO

Uncover and apply new technologies to pave the way for new ways to play! Can you drive a crossfunctional team to explore the frontiers of how emerging interactive tech can build exciting ways to play with LEGO® bricks?

Location: Billund Deadline: ASAP Company website Contact:

PARTNER MARKETING MANAGER; TIMEXTENDER

Are you passionate about what you do? Are you a partner marketing wizard and an amazing relationship builder? Are you curious and eager to make a true impact in a fast-paced international tech environment?

Location: Remotely in Nordic countries Deadline: ASAP Line Sakstrup, Contact: lsakstrup@timextender.com +45 61 38 19 24

IT SUPPORT TRAINEE; ORIFARM

Do you enjoy working with information technology and love solving issues? Are you a collaborative and goal-oriented person with a team spirit, who has a natural desire to learn new things? Do like to share all your knowledge with other colleagues?

Then we may have a great opportunity for you.

Location: Odense Deadline: ASAP Company website Contact:

STRATEGY AND INNOVATION ASSISTANT; BLUE OCEAN ROBOTICS

As a Strategy and Innovation Assistant at Blue Ocean Robotics, you will have a unique opportunity to join in on creating and developing amazing robots that affect people’s working habits, especially in a world with Covid-19.

Location: Odense Deadline: ASAP Company website Contact:

FARMING JOBS AVAILABLE NOW; EURO JOB

For pig farming: taking care of sows and piglets, administrating medicine and vaccines, pressure washing and cleaning up the stables, selling and delivering piglets/ pigs, any other aspect regarding the production.- for cow farming: milking cows, washing milking room, cleaning beds, feeding and taking care of the calves, any other aspect regarding the production.

Location: Various locations Deadline: ASAP Flavius Tarniceriu, Contact: +45 88 44 82 44

Working together with internationals and companies to better understand the needs of one another.

The Welcome Group has created this page and provides additional services, including an online community supporting employment for internationals on Facebook.

Danish Summer School

Learn Danish and Make Friends From All Over the World

Summer School

Family Summer School

The Summer School program is a unique experience

The Family Summer School program is a shorter stay

for children and teens aged 10-17. The experience of

in Denmark for children aged 6-9 and 10-13 and

spending 17 intensive days in Denmark at Summer

their parent(s)/grandparent(s). The program offers

School builds the children’s Danish roots... and

engaging classes, activities, and excursions to give

friendships for life. They spend their vacation weeks

participants insight into the language and culture of

learning Danish and gaining familiarity with the culture

Denmark. Family Summer School 2021 is scheduled for

and society of Denmark.

10-18 July.

Summer School 2021 is scheduled for 7-23 July.

Learn more at sommerskolen.dk