Tag: Eastern Europe
High content of cocaine found in Copenhagen’s waste water – investigation
A new study that analyzes drug residues in waste water in European cities has shown that Copenhagen has one of the highest concentrations of cocaine in Europe. However, its levels pale in comparison to those of Antwerp and some cities in the Netherlands. Among other things, it emerged that Copenhagen’s waste water has much higher […]
Happy Nowrooz, Persian New Year 2023
Nowrooz is a time of renewal, rejuvenation and reflection. It’s time to leave the past behind and focus on the future. The days before Nowrooz are full of cleaning and decluttering the home, as a clean home is believed to bring good luck for the new year. People also buy new clothes to wear on […]
Denmark is still among the leading countries for knowledge jobs
Are you stalling?But the clouds may gather ahead. Denmark is one of just three countries (Iceland and Greece are the others) that experienced negative growth compared to 2014. According to the report, the Danes need to implement policy and reduce costs in order to maintain their position at the forefront of the knowledge nations. “The […]
463: The art of charming a Hungarian
It has been a kind of NATO Week on steroids, where parts of Hungary’s top echelon visited Sweden, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg as well, and in addition the government has received its long-awaited bill that will make the country ready for entry into the defense alliance. The Hungarian delegation’s visit to the capital was covered […]
Putin is losing patience – the war industry under pressure
The Russian Minister of Trade and Industry, Denis Manturov, presented a report that all was going well in Russian aircraft and helicopter manufacturing. Then the Russian president interrupted and said he had completely different tasks. In addition, hear lieutenant colonel Joakim Paasikivi and Russia correspondent Maria Persson Löfgren comment on the helicopter crash, where, among […]
Cost of attending an international school in Copenhagen on par with private education fees paid by the British in the 1980s
The cheapest international school in Copenhagen costs only 3,665 US dollars per year in fees, according to International Schools Databasewhich puts it on par with the amount typically demanded by a British private school in the early 1980s. Between 1991 and 2016, private school fees in the UK rose by 550 per cent, far outstripping […]
The 28th Sarajevo Film Festival opens in the Bosnian capital
SARAJEVO, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) — The 28th Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF) opened Friday with the film Triangle of Sadness by award-winning Swedish film director Ruben Ostlund. Ahead of the screening of his latest film, which won him the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival three months ago, Ostlund received the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo […]
Economists see a ray of hope in the political situation in almost all regions of the world
“At least the fighting has remained regional.” Participants rated political stability in 15 of the 18 regions under review as better than in the first quarter of 2022. Respondents from Western and Southern Europe in particular are more confident, rating political stability 19 and 24 points better (on a scale of −100 to +100). On […]
Putin’s military force has looted Ukraine
In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there has been extensive looting. Russian soldiers, for example, have taken people’s private belongings such as digital cameras, washing machines and toys for children. A woman who fled Ukraine seemed to recognize her own things when she saw a picture of a Russian tank where the […]
US General: Sweden and Finland do not need more American forces
Sweden and Finland’s desire to join NATO will not require the deployment of additional ground forces on their territory, a US general nominated for the post of European Command told the US Senators yesterday, the Associated Press reported, quoted by BTA. However, Christopher Cavoli pointed out that military exercises and rotations of American troops are […]
Poland ready to build permanent NATO bases
The installations would accommodate? Light infantry units? in the bloc, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has said Warsaw is ready to build permanent military installations to house “light infantry units” from the US-led NATO bloc, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday. The Prime Minister called for further military build-up of NATO in Eastern Europe […]
Authoritarian leaders slaughter covid-19 responses, leading to deaths
The World Health Organization (WHO) last week updated its report on redundant deaths from covid-19which highlights an extraordinary correlation between deaths and authoritarian leaders. It also highlights how well Australia handled covid-19 in both 2020 and 2021, although the deaths in covid-19 2022 are now increasing and significantly exceeding the deaths in 2020 and 2021. […]
The story behind NATO’s expansion after the Cold War
“A perfect storm” after the end of the Cold War where all conditions worked together gave the United States and NATO the opportunity to expand into Central and Eastern Europe, says Joshua Shifrinson, one of three American political scientists we hear about NATO’s development, and who in part provides a a different perspective on what […]
When fiction becomes reality – about the psychology of war
In the Radio Correspondents Russia, the guests analyze the war in Ukraine on the basis of their respective works of art. We talk about the parallels between reality and the TV series “Servant of the People” in which the current President of Ukraine Zelensky plays the lead role. Also hear about the drama film “Kiborgi” […]
That is why Donbas is important to Putin
Hear Kristian Gerner, professor emeritus at Lund University with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe, talk about the importance of land for the war. The clip comes from P1-Morgon 20 April 2022.Host: Elias WahlbergResponsible publisher for P1-Morgon: Klas Wolf-Watz
Russia’s revenge against the Swedish researchers
The poisoning of the well-known opposition politician Alexei Navalny in the autumn of 2020 has similarities to what is happening today in Ukraine. It seems to be about revenge. Perhaps this story can also teach us something about what the Russian response to EU sanctions will look like in the future. Participants: Åsa Scotthead of […]
The political situation in Eastern Europe is deteriorating
According to the study, the economic situation in Eastern Europe deteriorated significantly, down 10 percentage points from the previous quarter. Estimates of the political situation also fell by 9 points. “Russia’s attack on Ukraine has plunged the region into a deep economic and political crisis,” says an ifon researcher. Niklas Potrafke. In contrast, assessments of […]
Hear Zelenskyj’s entire speech in the Riksdag
Zelensky thanked Sweden and talked about similarities between Sweden and Ukraine when he spoke in the Swedish parliament, via a link from Kyiv. – He pointed out that the Ukrainian blue-yellow flag is popular right now is popular right now, that it stands for a freedom struggle and that then also applies to Sweden. It […]
Nokian Tires’ shares will fall after the decision to stay in Russia
Nokian Tires’ share prices fell more than 14 percent on Monday afternoon compared to Friday’s closing price. Last Thursday, the tire company told analysts it plans to continue production in Russia, although many of its competitors announced their intention to suspend operations in Russia in response to its February 24 attack on Ukraine. Helsingin Sanomat […]
VMA in Ängelholm
Volodymyr Zelensky, who grew up in a Ukrainian industrial city, is studying to become a lawyer. But it is as an entertainer, together with his colleagues in the humor group Kvartal 95, that he will make a comet career. He gets special attention in the TV series The Servant of the People, where he plays […]
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 […]
It happened during the war in Ukraine
– Last night it has been quite calm, but there have been flight alarms, says Kate, who is in the city of Ivano-Frankivisk in western Ukraine. She is worried about her father, who is a soldier and is in Mariupol in the southern part of the country. Also hear Martin Kragh, Deputy Head of the […]
Finland prepares to receive Ukrainian asylum seekers, but number of arrivals remains unclear
By Monday, nearly 1.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s devastating attack on an Eastern European country began on February 24th. Finland expects to receive a number of asylum applications from people fleeing the war – and this has been the case in recent days – but as Ukrainians can enter Finland freely without […]
YIT will stop land investments and housing starts in Russia
These events have required YIT to respond quickly to the crisis, including accelerating the strategic review of the company’s operations in Russia. During the investigation, YIT has decided not to invest in plots or build new apartments in Russia for the time being. Markku Moilanen, YIT’s CEO: “The Russian military attack has led to great […]
President Niinistö will meet Joe Biden in Washington on Friday
President Sauli Niinistö meets with the President of the United States Joe Biden in Washington on Friday, the president’s office said in a press release on Thursday. The presidents will discuss Russia’s war against Ukraine, the effects of the war on European security arrangements and bilateral co-operation between Finland and the United States. Niinistö is […]
Putin’s order increases the risk of seizures
The breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk are declared independent by Russia, and these are also areas controlled by Ukraine. In this, Vladimir Putin sends “peacekeeping forces”, ie Russian military. – This means that there is now a risk that quite soon there will be a direct contact area between Ukrainian and Russian forces, says […]
European construction beyond pre-crisis levels: the ifo institute
At the same time, construction services became more expensive in many places in 2021: in eight countries, construction prices rose by at least 5 per cent from the previous year. In Hungary and Italy, the percentage was in fact in double digits. In Germany, prices rose 9.1 percent. In only five countries did price increases […]
According to the study, loneliness is widespread at a problematic level in many countries
The results showed significant data gaps, especially in low- and middle-income countries, as well as significant geographical variability in loneliness. The level in northern European countries is consistently lower than in other regions. Existing evidence showed that loneliness not only affected mental health and well-being, but was also associated with a number of physical health […]
I think they’ll be Japanese! Copenhagen among the most sushi-crazy cities in the world
Arigatōgozaimasu Japan! For cities outside Japan, Copenhagen also scored high, coming in sixth place after leaders Vancouver, Novosibirsk and a hat-trick of the Ukrainian cities of Odessa, Kharkiv and Kiev. “Copenhagen has gained a fantastic reputation for its food culture and worldwide cuisine, and hosts the best rated restaurant in the world (Noma) and a […]
With low vaccination rates, Eastern Europe is able to cope with the increase in Covid
BUCHAREST, Romania: In the wake of the rapidly spreading Covid Omicron variant that struck Western Europe, officials in Eastern Europe, where the population has low inoculation rates, predict a large increase in the number of cases after the holidays. Currently, as the Omicron tribe spreads across Europe, along with the winter break period that attracts […]
Record quantities of illegal fireworks confiscated
May result in fines The Danish Customs finds especially the illegal products in packages sent from Eastern Europe – everything from fireworks, batteries, smoke grenades, Roman candles and emergency flares. The agency forwards illegal fireworks cases to the police, which can result in fines. The fireworks sale opened in Denmark on 15 December and runs […]
Europe has the highest weekly COVID-19 case since the start of the pandemic
Nearly 27,000 deaths were reported on the continent last week, more than half of all COVID-19 deaths worldwide, UN News reports. WHO Director – General Tedros Ghebreyesus, speaking to reporters in Geneva, explained that the virus is spreading not only in countries with lower vaccination rates in Eastern Europe, but also in countries with the […]
Faith is the foundation of his life
In 1986 he ran for the Christian People’s Party, in what he calls a “safe circle” in Skjern. He did not come in, but when his party colleague and then Minister of the Environment Christian Christensen became ill in 1988 and later died, there was a bid for Henning Lysholm at Christiansborg. Here he joined […]
It has not yet been agreed to continue Russian timber transportation through the Saimaa canal
Russia is still planning to stop transporting timber through the Saimaa canal, and the bilateral economic policy body will not resolve the matter on Thursday. If this is implemented, the change would reduce the channel’s traffic by a third from early November. Finland wanted to get Russia to reconsider the matter at a meeting of […]
Defender of homecoming woman: She has nothing to hide
One of the three women who with her children has been helped home to Denmark from Syria, was at a constitutional hearing in the Court in Kolding on Thursday charged with the terrorist clauses, as she must have joined the Islamic State in 2015. It writes JydskeVestkysten. The woman, who is 37 years old, has […]
Children and mothers have been evacuated from prison camps
– My client has arrived and she is in the municipality that handles the case. I will meet the woman shortly, says lawyer Tyge Trier, who represents one of the three women, to DR. In May, the government decided to bring the three women and the 14 children to Denmark. And up to 19 children […]
Islamic State families evacuated from Syrian camp and back in Denmark
Three women and 14 children – who yesterday were evacuated from the Kurdish-controlled al-Roj prison camp in northeastern Syria, where the inmates are primarily families of killed or executed fighters from Islamic State – arrived in Denmark around 03.00 this morning at. Copenhagen airport. However, it is reported that some of the women, if not […]
FACTS: Three women and 14 children are on their way from Syria
They are sitting here because in their time they traveled out of Denmark to join the militant movement Islamic State (IS). When the women land on Danish soil, they are expected to be remanded in custody for terrorism, writes DR Nyheder on Wednesday. Read more about the women and their children here: * An ethnic […]
FACTS: Three women and their 14 children are brought from Syria
But when the group soon lands on Danish soil, they are already charged with terror, DR News writes on Wednesday. Read more about the women and their children here: * An ethnic Danish woman from Zealand in the early 30s with Danish citizenship and her two small children, a girl and an adopted boy. The […]
Rules stop training Eastern European sosu helpers
The problem arises because the women have taken a medium or long higher education in their home country. Because according to the rules in Denmark, they are not entitled to support from the state on sosu intro courses, because their education is above vocational school level. At the same time, the user fee per student […]
Police: Drunk driver ran away after accident with wounded comrade
The latter has been arrested. He is accused of having encouraged the driver to run away and of having tried to remove evidence at the accident site on Kalvebodbroen. This is stated by the central head of investigation in the Copenhagen Police, Anders Frederiksen. On Sunday morning, he does not want to go into detail […]
The Huawei 5G ban was legal, according to a Swedish court
A Swedish court on Tuesday rejected a plea from the Chinese telecom giant Huawei, which challenged the ban on its equipment in the Swedish tender for its 5G launch. The Administrative Court in Stockholm decided that the decision of the Swedish telecommunications authority, PTS, to ban the use of equipment from Chinese companies Huawei and […]
Tampere has the second cleanest air on the list of European cities
The European Environment Agency (EEA) has rated Tampere as the second highest air quality survey of 326 cities across Europe. The Swedish city of Umeå was at the top of the list, with Tampere very close to the other, according to the report. The study looked at the concentrations of fine particles measured over two […]
Finland sun in warm, sunny weather on the graduation weekend
Warm, dry weather is expected throughout Finland for the next few days as the people celebrate Saturday’s graduations and the start of school holidays. The highest temperatures are mostly in the mid-20th century and reach up to 27 degrees Celsius in parts of the north and east. The temperature is usually a little cooler on […]
Revoked environmental approval stops huge gas project
The Environment and Food Complaints Board has put a temporary stop to the significant Baltic Pipe project, which will transport billions of cubic meters of gas from Norwegian gas fields through Denmark to Poland. It writes the state-owned Energinet, which builds and operates energy supply, on its website. Otherwise, environmental approval was given in 2019 […]
Eastern European connoisseur of forced plane: A kind of attack on the EU
The outside world has reacted strongly after the incident yesterday when a passenger plane on its way from Greece to Lithuania was forced to land in Minsk on the orders of President Lukashenko and a regime-critical journalist on board was arrested. Prosecutors in Lithuania have launched criminal investigations into aircraft hijacking and violations of international […]
Very Swedish also in the second semester of Eurovision – Talk with Carolina Norén
Now it’s time to recharge for the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Tonight, Tusse will have ten new competitors in the final. In addition, there is a lot of Swedish to cheer on tonight as well – as there are Swedish songwriters behind many contributions … Icelandic group Gagnamagnið in quarantine Today’s big […]
Migrants and jellyfish: Alice Petrén, Lesbos
Lesbos Thursday morning. The sea is calm here under a bright blue sky. Yesterday morning, my colleague Filip Kotsambouikidi’s and I took towels with us and took a morning bath before the working day. When we got down to the quay with the bathing ladders, very close to the pier where the big ferry to […]
DMI forecast predicts semi-chilly and erratic summer weather
Overall, DMI expects average temperatures in July and August to end slightly below normal. In June, a stable period of dry and fairly sunny weather is expected, but it will turn into more erratic weather in July. DMI also expects the latter half of June to be somewhat cooler. In July, precipitation is expected to […]
Money laundering of 140 million took place from small apartment
She has been found guilty of attempted money laundering of the large amount, but has in return been acquitted of transactions for a further 25 million in a fourth company. When the court in Frederiksberg previously assessed the case from the Bagmandspolitiet, a conviction was made for 166 million kroner, and the sentence was imprisonment […]
Money laundering of 140 million was controlled from small apartment
She has been found guilty of attempted money laundering of the large amount, but has in return been acquitted of transactions for a further 25 million in a fourth company. When the court in Frederiksberg previously assessed the case from the Bagmandspolitiet, a conviction was made for 166 million kroner, and the sentence was imprisonment […]
Value struggle became costly for Dutch commissioner
Timmermans, who turns 60 on Thursday 6 May, was blocked by a number of Eastern European countries, led by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The reason: his role as the European Commission’s enforcer of the rule of law and democratic values. For five years, Timmermans spoke for the European Commission, pointing fingers at countries such […]
A long life in the sign of literature
The printed word became his destiny and career – as a writer, literary historian, critic, journalist and editor. Niels Barfoed, who turns 90 on Thursday 29 April, has, despite his age, far from retired himself. In September 2020, his latest book, “No Way Around. About Life and Death and Love and War,” a series of […]
The Finnish court annuls the conditional fine imposed on the alleged ethnic profiling
They suspected that the officers had separated them on the basis of ethnic profiling. The case sparked national controversy after it was brought up by a female family member. James Nikanderknown as the rapper Black Barbarian. The Helsinki Police Department justified the officers’ actions by pointing out that the women had been asked to present […]
Vinterberg says no to big jobs: Makes Danish series
– I have received offers that were very nice offers, but I have also said a nice no to them, because I would rather make my own right now. – If there is something I can not say no to, I do not know, he says. The director already has a new project on the […]
Unemployed foreigners and the growing number of infections
This week’s comments from Kári Stefánsson, CEO of Icelandic Genetics, on the Kastljós program launched a discussion about unemployed people who travel between countries to maintain their Icelandic Genetics benefits. He pointed out that the infections that are diagnosed at the border concern, inter alia, these people. Kári Stefánsson wants to increase the number of […]
The Foreign Chronicle
Stockholm, Monday The tidal wave of the big wave pulls in over southeastern Europe. Not the corona wave, we leave it outside this chronicle, but me too the wave. For more than three years after the Me too autumn of 2017, Greece and more countries in the Balkans have had a Me too winter. Then, […]
EU citizens still fill Danish prisons
– There are really many from a broad crowd of especially Eastern European countries who are serving time in Danish prisons. And who, according to the EU rules that apply, should actually serve time at home, he says and continues: – It is of course completely unacceptable, at the same time as the Danish prison […]
From Iceland – Discussions about criminal groups can lead to prejudice against immigrants
In an interview with RÚV, Margrét Valdimarsdóttir, criminologist and lecturer at the University of Akureyri, said that discussions about criminal organizations will lead to increased contributions to the Icelandic police. She also believes that there is a risk that this will lead to increased prejudice against immigrants. When Margrét spoke to the news agency, she […]
Europapodden
Participants: Filip Kotsambouikidis, Eastern European Correspondent, Andreas Liljeheden, Brussels correspondent, Susanne Palme, EU commentator. Host: Claes AronssonProducer: Ulrika Bergqvist.
74-year-old woman sentenced to 12 years in unusual murder case
The sentence has been handed down by the jury in the Copenhagen City Court to 12 years in prison. The case began on 23 February 2017. At that time, the couple’s adult daughter had recently died after a course of illness, and two police officers arrived at the man’s apartment on Amager due to the […]
The 74-year-old woman killed her husband with a needle or needle
The woman killed the 66-year-old man on February 13, 2017 or a few days later. The man had been stabbed 14 times with the needle or needle. Subsequently, the man lay for possibly more than a week in the apartment before he was found when the police knocked on 23 February 2017. The woman opened […]
Woman of 74 years in court accused of possible needle killing
Here, the accused – an elderly, short and close-built Russian woman – sits next to an interpreter, while prosecutor Anders Larsson tells about the case. The charge against the woman is that in February 2017, she killed her husband by stabbing him with a needle or needle several times in the neck, chest and shoulder, […]
The Foreign Chronicle
Stockholm, Wednesday. I remember when I was little and took communion during an Easter celebration in Greece. The spoon was cold, the wine was sour and the bread was dry. It was no wafer but a hearty piece of dry white bread that just grew in your mouth. I especially remember that you did not […]
Increased risk of corruption in Eastern Europe during the pandemic
In Romania, the media have revealed that large quantities of medical equipment have been purchased without checks and the purchasing manager is suspected of having received bribes. Patients have died when new respirators have not worked, according to Romanian journalist Catalin Tolontan. According to the OECD, there is also an increased risk to the legal […]
Eastern Europeans are rushing home before tougher restrictions take effect
Hundreds of thousands of Eastern Europeans in the diaspora travel home, despite strict restrictions in their home countries but which in some places are eased during Christmas Eve. However, many Eastern European authorities have imposed strict restrictions on those coming from abroad, including quarantine, curfews and oral protection requirements. Despite this, the car queues are […]
Returnees at Christmas time worry in Eastern Europe
With the closed borders with Great Britain, many guest workers there seem to find it difficult to get home for Christmas. Elsewhere, cross-border Christmas traffic is in full swing, and several Eastern European countries are concerned. One of those who refrains from traveling is the Romanian Mircea Cule who works as a bartender in British […]
Europapodden
Many are hoping that the vaccine will be light at the end of the corona tunnel, and this week the UK became the first to approve and distribute doses of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine. That, said Health Minister Matt Hancock, is thanks to Brexit – a statement that has sparked debate. At the same […]
The exception that can give Hungary the Russian vaccine
Hungary defies the EU and wants to start vaccinating the population with the Russian covid vaccine Sputnik V. It is not approved by the EU – but Hungary could ask for an exemption from EU medicines rules. Listen to Filip Kotsambouikidis, Ekot’s Eastern Europe correspondent. What does the EU have against Hungary wanting to start […]
Excess respirators for millions are donated to Eastern Europe
This is what the Capital Region of Denmark informs Berlingske. Carsten Nørgaard, deputy director of the Center for IT, Medico and Telephony in the Capital Region, emphasizes to the newspaper that the Capital Region, like everyone else, was in a difficult purchasing situation this spring. The need for respirators was unknown. In addition, the purchasing […]
The laboratory worker fights for equality in the EU
The personal experience immediately came into play for the Social Democrat, who turns 50 on Thursday 3 December, when the European Parliament at the time was deeply divided over the road package on drivers’ working lives. With an angry smiley, Win sent a message to his potential voters: – With my father in mind, it’s […]
From Iceland – Drop the warning! sóley Goes Experimental Harmonion On Harmoník
Friday the 13th in 2020 might seem like a great day, but the lovely singer Sólley has enlivened it with today’s release of a new 10 ″ entitled ‘Accordion I & II’ – a conglomeration of her two previously sold out Accordion versions. The effort shows the artist’s journey into the world of experimental drone […]
The sun finally breaks through dense cloud cover up to the weekend
– It actually looks a little better. We have actually had almost unbroken cloud cover all week and both a little cool and also quite windy weather, he says early Friday morning. – Now a front from the Atlantic Ocean has passed, and this autumn it gives a slightly milder type of weather. The big […]
“It was as if Sven Wollter was stronger than others”
Sven-Hugo Persson, a longtime employee of SR’s cultural editorial staff, remembers the actor Sven Wollter. The first time I saw Sven Wollter was like Gusten in the TV series Hemsöborna after Strindberg’s novel, which large parts of the Swedish people followed, in the only black and white channel in 1966. Ten years later in 1976 […]
Romania is preparing tougher restrictions as infection increases
In most parts of Europe, the number of covid-19 infections is now increasing. One of the worst affected countries right now is Romania. The country is planning for new restrictions while the curve continues to point upwards. Last week, Romania reported record numbers of new infections for several days in a row. The country, whose […]
Eastern Europeans limit the depopulation of Danish rural areas
For years, more and more people are moving from Danish rural areas to more populated urban areas in Denmark – something that is also a global phenomenon. However, the depopulation of rural areas in Denmark is to some extent limited by the fact that more people of Eastern European origin settled instead. A new report […]
FACTS: The population of rural municipalities is falling
There have been fewer inhabitants in the rural municipalities in the last ten years. This is shown by a new analysis from Statistics Denmark. However, the decline could be even greater if there had not been an influx of immigrants and descendants. Here you can learn more about the development: * In the so-called rural […]
Eastern Europeans limit depopulation in rural municipalities
Many rural municipalities are struggling with a declining population. However, the relocation of people from Romania and Poland, among others, is helping to limit depopulation. This is shown by a new analysis from Statistics Denmark, which has examined the development in the period 2010-2020. Here, 38,500 more inhabitants, originating in countries other than Denmark, have […]
Europapodden
After several months of delays, the European Commission finally presented its proposal for a new European migration and asylum policy. Migration Commissioner Ylva Johansson pointed out that probably none of the 27 member countries will be completely satisfied with the “migration pact”. The European podcast sets out where the dissatisfaction lies, who are considered winners […]
Minister: Eastern European workers are entitled to early retirement
It is not only Danish workers who can benefit from the government’s new proposal for early retirement. The rules of EU law allow citizens from other countries within the EU to earn the right to the government’s new pension benefit in a short time. It writes Fagbladet 3F. It appears in a response from the […]
New knowledge gives Vikings southern European genes and dark hair
The Vikings probably shared many genes with southern Europeans. And it is also more likely that they had dark hair instead of red or blonde. This is shown by new research, the University of Copenhagen writes in a press release. The study from the University of Copenhagen is the largest genetic study of Vikings ever. […]
Slovenian company used Danish truck for illegal driving
A Slovenian haulage company rented a Danish truck from a Danish haulier, after which the Slovenian company drove 21 illegal cabotage runs in Denmark. This is what Police Commissioner Henrik Fobian says. The Slovenian company was taken for it in late August. Henrik Fobian believes that foreign transport companies use Danish trucks to go under […]
The Jokers will go to Minsk for the opening of the series amid the political crisis in Belarus
The Helsinki professional team Jokerit has decided to continue starting the series with the Minsk Dinamo match on Thursday in Belarus. This has raised eyebrows as the Eastern European state is in the midst of a political crisis and large-scale demonstrations. Belarus held presidential elections on 9 August. The official counting showed that the president […]
