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After more than a decade in charge, Copenhagen Mayor Frank Jensen has quit public life after admitting to multiple acts of sexual misconduct 2
To mark 100 years of diplomatic relations with Denmark, Hungary is opening its doors to its history, culture and presence over here
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Fanning the flames Right-wing parties provoking Muslims as terror threat rises
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INTERNATIONAL Belarusian opposition leader makes surprise visit to capital
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Von Trier in tears Rival’s films are simply better, says Danish public
BIDEN: THEIR TIME?
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DEFCON 3 … on all systems! New coronavirus alert system launched by government SPORT
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Why 2022 could be a special year for Danish football
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ENMARK now has its own DEFCON … for the coronavirus. Unlike the US defence readiness alert system, its lowest level is one, not five. The government, which recently confirmed support of 8 billion kroner for business and culture up until the end of January, hopes the five-level system will make the ongoing crisis more transparent. We are at Risk Level 3 AT THE time of going to press, Denmark is at Risk level 3, which indicates “widespread infection in society, with the potential for rapid
acceleration in infection numbers”. Talking of acceleration, the country confirmed a daily record number of 1,353 new infections on Tuesday. However, the State Serum Institute estimates that had the country tested as comprehensively back in April, around 2-3,000 new daily cases would have been found at that time. More in hospital THE NUMBER of people in hospital with coronavirus has grown by around 50 percent over the last three weeks. On October 13, there were 103. Yesterday, there were 169, of whom 22 are in intensive wards and 16 on ventilators. The death toll has meanwhile climbed to 728.
4-5 Madsen prison escape
‘Cyberchondria’ rife
CONVICTED murderer Peter Madsen escaped from Herstedvester Prison in Albertslund on October 20. He forced his way out by taking a hostage and threatening to detonate a bomb strapped to his waist. He was later detained about 1 km from the prison. An investigation has been launched – particularly as there had been rumours of his plan.
PEOPLE in Denmark are prone to claiming they have the flu a lot … and pneumonia. And now it emerges the Danes are the third most hypochondriac nation in Europe, behind only the Spanish and French. At 143 symptom searches per 100,000 people every day, the Danes are five times more likely to self-diagnose than the average Brit or Irish person.
Fucking obvious innit
Bad for conservation
DANISH swear-words like ‘fanden’, 'for helvede’ and 'for satan’ – all linked to the devil and hell – have taken a back seat to the import ‘fuck’, according to Rasmus Nielsen, a socio-linguist from the University of Southern Denmark. He told DR that Danes use it as a noun, adjective, verb and exclamation – and it is not considered that inappropriate.
DENMARK is one of the worst countries for natural habitat conservation, according to the EEA report 'State of Nature in the EU 2013-2018'. Only Belgium was worse, while Romania, Estonia and Greece led the way. Over 70 percent of Denmark’s habitats have a ‘bad’ status and it is the fifth worst at conserving species.