Tag: Aalborg University
A quarter of Danish women in their 20s may become childless in light of climate concerns
Every fourth Danish woman aged 20-30 years says that they are considering not having children because of concerns about climate change, according to a study by the think tank Kraka with support from the consulting firm Deloitte. The survey asked 1,500 women and girls between the ages of 12 and 30 and found that 27…
Eight arrests after discovery of fraud with energy companies worth billions of kroner
Eight employees of a Danish energy company are to be questioned about the constitution today after being arrested yesterday and charged with price manipulation on a large scale. This is reported by DR. An investigation by the police’s unit dedicated to special crime (NSK) concluded that the company made billions of kroner in illegal profits.…
Harley credible: Outrage after revelations that Danish taxpayers have spent 250,000 to transport armed soldiers’ personal motorcycles
When the people of Denmark overwhelmingly voted for the abolition of the EU’s defense reservation in June last year, the government effectively gave carte blanche to spend whatever it wants on fighter planes, tanks, guns, ammunition and other light to medium weapons of destruction. , they didn’t expect that! Last year, during the last government’s…
Danish company abolishes children’s sick day limit
Your three-year-old woke up with an eye infection, but you managed to clear most of the dirt. Your five-year-old has a slight temperature, so there’s a chance he’ll come down with something, but he’ll definitely make it through the day—especially if you give him a pill. Working parents wake up to these kinds of dilemmas…
Church, vocal minorities and academics oppose plans to abolish public holidays, but businesses are mostly in favour
The new government has decided to cut one of the three public holidays that Danes enjoy every spring – the timing of all three always depends on how early or late Easter can be. READ MORE: Big changes on the way: New government unveils a surprising platform From 2024, Denmark can expect to say goodbye…
Science Round-Up: Study finds bias against female politicians in Denmark
The latest election represented a historic moment for women’s representation in Danish politics, where the proportion of 44 percent of elected women in the Folketing exceeded 40 percent for the first time. However, this is most likely the result of women’s sheer willpower in a society that continues to stack the deck against them, a…
Border trade is a path for the unemployed on benefits
Difficult to navigate Lorensen agreed that it was his responsibility to be aware of the rules, but he did not think that a two-hour shopping trip to a border shop would be considered a trip abroad. He said he only goes over the border to shop because times are hard and he can get more…
“People are stealing like never before,” claims the retail sector
The number of shoplifting incidents has increased by 23 percent over the past six months, figures from the National Police show. This is the highest incidence of shoplifting in five years, the National Police confirms. And with prices continuing to rise amid high inflation due to the war in Ukraine, there’s no sign of it…
Scientists agree: World can reach 100% renewable energy system by 2050 or earlier
Hundreds of scientific studies have shown that 100% renewable energy systems can be achieved at global, regional and national levels by 2050 or earlier. The number of published studies has grown by 27% annually since 2010 and continues to grow every year. “A rapidly growing number of researchers conclude that the demand for the entire…
Aalborg University professor added to the list of untrustworthy academics drawn up by Ukraine
Ukraine has drawn up a list of 70 foreign academics whose statements about the war are considered unreliable. One of them is professor of international relations at Aalborg University, Li Xing. Although Professor Li Xing has a Chinese background, he has been a researcher at Aalborg University for ten years. His area of expertise is…
Science Round-Up: DTU Space celebrates contribution to James Webb Telescope as the first images return to Earth
The James Webb Space Telescope, which was launched into space last December, has delivered its first images back to Earth, revealing “emerging star nurseries” and “cosmic rocks” in the Carina Nebula, according to NASA. DTU Space, the national space institute at the Technical University of Denmark, has been one participant in the James Webb Mission…
Russian cessation of gas supply to Germany could mean economic disaster for certain Danish companies
The largest single pipeline transporting Russian gas to Germany – the Nord Stream 1 pipeline – was shut down this morning for routine maintenance. But while it is scheduled to reopen on July 21, Germany is preparing for a prolonged shutdown of its energy supply. The work on the 1,220-kilometer-long pipeline is an annual event…
Danish news Round-Up: Confidence in the press remains high – report
The year’s Digital news report from Reuters has revealed continued high confidence in the Danish news media. About 58 percent of Danes said that they “trust news the most most of the time”, which makes Denmark one of the countries with the highest news confidence out of the 46 respondents. Social media is still a…
Copenhagen’s golf courses eye green greens
Good for birdies The project has also helped the clubs to look at phasing out paper scorecards in favor of digital opportunities – Hørsholm Golf alone spends around DKK 18,000 on printing around 40,000 scorecards annually for its members. Other changes being looked at include the introduction of LED lighting, the replacement of oil burners…
Science Round-Up: Danish universities form huge green-food collab
Denmark’s eight universities – DTU, University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University, IT University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Business School, Aalborg University, University of Southern Denmark and Roskilde University – have joined forces on a unique new project on the green transition in food. . An interdisciplinary facility based at Aarhus University called the START Center for Sustainable…
Making Danish citizenship easier to achieve accelerates integration – study
For more than two decades, right-wing parties have been campaigning to make it more difficult to obtain Danish citizenship. But now a new study suggests that tightening the criteria may have a negative effect on integration. Extensive research conducted by the BUILD Institute at Aalborg University shows that immigrants from non-western countries who received Danish…
Danish high school students: Why does sex education end just before we lose virginity?
School children aged 6-16 are learning this week about consent as part of a sex education focus in week 6 approved by Sex & Society. But their high school counterparts, students generally aged 16-20, feel the need to confirm consent before two people become confidential, which was made part of Danish law in January 2021,…
Business acquisition: Every third municipality has financial constraints
More than a third of the country’s 98 municipalities are victims of an unequal distribution of funds, according to a survey conducted by TV2. Langeland Municipality, for example, with just over DKK 2,000 liquidity per capita, is the one with the worst finances, according to the report. Academics agree Per Nikolaj Bukh, professor of financial…
Local Round-Up: Scooters officially back, but at what price for suppliers?
A transport expert doubts that the scooter companies Voi and Bolt will be able to make money after their green light to start activities in the capital region today. Under the terms of their tender, the two companies can jointly operate 3,200 scooters, but there are severe restrictions on where people can end their journey.…
Celebrities on the ballot paper benefit
Among other things, former homicide boss Bent Isager-Nielsen (K), former cyclist Jesper Skibby (Nytgribskov) and former “X Factor” participant Vilson Ferati (S) will compete in Frederiksberg, Gribskov and Sønderborg, respectively. They are known to each other, but they are common to be known in public. And it matters when voters on November 16 have to…
Foreign hackers cheated themselves of 180,000 tax dollars
It did not ring the alarm bells when the finance department in Høje-Taastrup Municipality on 11 August this year received an email with a foreign invoice. The invoice was sent from an email account belonging to an institution manager in the municipality who asked to have corona expenses covered. In the following days, the finance…
Prince Felix turns his back on duty
It took almost two months for the lieutenant training at the Garderhus barracks in Slagelse. Thus, he copies his big brother, Prince Nikolai. In 2018, he dropped out of the training as a reserve officer at the Army Sergeant School in Varde. At the time, Prince Joachim said he may have been pushing a little…
The number of new corona cases is the highest in almost three weeks
There have been daily answers to between approximately 26,300 and almost 52,000 tests. Wednesday’s infection figures have been found in about 40,000 samples. This equates to 1.35 percent of the samples being positive for covid-19. The figure, also known as the positive percentage, is the highest in the period. – It looks fundamentally stable, even…
Life-threatening bacteria abound in nine out of ten nursing homes
This is shown by a study from Aalborg University and the Statens Serum Institut (SSI), which has not yet been published, writes the media Ingeniøren. In nine out of ten nursing homes, legionella has been found in the water. The worst situation is in Copenhagen, where after water tests it can be concluded that there…
Cases of rejected foreigners can be resumed
It writes Jyllands-Posten. There are ten cases of family reunification and three cases of religious preachers. In addition, there may be accompanying family members who are affected, the ministry informs according to Jyllands-Posten. – Cases where a refusal of an extension of a residence permit has been announced, solely with reference to the fact that…
Man stabbed in his own home is in stable condition
A 31-year-old man is out of danger on Sunday. Earlier in the day, the message was that his condition was critical after he was stabbed with a knife in his home in Nørresundby shortly before 07.29. This is stated by the North Jutland Police on Twitter. The suspected perpetrator has been arrested. It happened, about…
Work stoppages trigger penalties for nurses
The decision comes after the Labor Court last week ordered the nurses to return to work. Nevertheless, nurses in various parts of the country have stopped working, typically for an hour. On Thursday morning, up to 200 nurses at Aalborg University Hospital quit their jobs. – We have passed on the Labor Court’s order to…
Every fifth Dane has a debt to the public sector
The debt is unevenly distributed. It looks worst in Region Zealand. Here, every single citizen owes an average of DKK 127,000. In the Central Jutland Region, the amount is 95,000 per citizen. On average, every Dane owes 105,000 kroner. It shows a new statement from the National Debt Management Agency, which collects debt on behalf…