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IN NUMBERS: What are the most common crimes in Copenhagen?
WEBMar 25, 2024 · For example, rape and all other sexual offences all come under the first type; affray, assault and public order offences under the second; arson, burglary and vandalism the third; and fraud, drug smuggling or perjury the fourth. Table of reported crimes in Copenhagen Municipality in 2023. Source: Statistics Denmark databank.
Today in Denmark: A roundup of the news on Tuesday
WEBNov 7, 2023 · Government to announce plan for welfare spending . Following yesterday’s announcement of a major plan to cut income taxes, the government will today set out its plans for spending on the welfare sector up to 2030, news wire Ritzau reports.. Finance Minister Nicolai Wammen will present investments in the welfare system costing up to 32 billion kroner, the minister confirmed to Ritzau.
Danish police issue alert after latest round of scam texts
WEBAug 21, 2024 · The scourge of scam texts and calls in Denmark is broadly known, but the Danish special crime police unit NSK (National Enhed for særlig Kriminalitet) has seen fit to issue a new warning to the public with scams now impersonating the police themselves.. Complaints have been filed over calls and text messages in which persons in Denmark are contacted by scammers claiming either to be from NSK ...
Four key takeaways from the EU elections in Denmark
WEBJun 10, 2024 · Struggles for rest of government but Liberals survive under pressure. The Liberal (Venstre) party also had a damaging evening. The party, which partners the Social Democrats and the Moderates in the coalition government, lost 8.8 points and is now Denmark’s third-largest in the EU on 14.7 percent and 2 seats – 2 fewer than it had in 2019.
Denmark and Sweden announce joint response to gang crime …
WEBAug 21, 2024 · Danish justice minister Peter Hummelgaard (R) and Swedish counterpart Gunnar Strömmer brief media on new joint anti-gang objectives. Photo: Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix. Denmark and Sweden’s justice ministers on Wednesday announced joint measures against gang crime following a series of incidents involving Swedish hitmen on Danish territory.
Here’s how Copenhagen’s long-awaited new bus terminal will look
WEBApr 8, 2024 · The roadside, located a few minutes’ walk from the city’s central rail station, has served as an unglamourous main bus terminal for the Danish capital, but will go out of service on June 6th when the new terminal opens at nearby Carsten Niebuhrs Gade, the city said in a press statement.
Anti-whaling activist arrested by Denmark has 'no regrets'
WEBJul 31, 2024 · Photo: PHILIPPE DESMAZES / AFP. Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson, arrested in Greenland on July 21, has "no regrets" despite facing possible extradition to Japan, the head of the French branch of Watson's activist group Sea Shepherd said.
Today in Denmark: A roundup of the latest news on Friday
WEBNov 17, 2023 · The Social Democrats in Denmark have lost one in three of their voters in the years since Denmark's last election, winning the support of just 18.2 percent of voters in a new poll by Epinion for Denmark's public broadcaster, DR. This was down from 27.5 percent in the election on November 1st.
Denmark calls new UN COP28 climate draft 'historic progress'
WEBDec 13, 2023 · Danish global climate policy minister Dan Jørgensen at COP28. Photo: Henrik Montgomery/TT/Ritzau Scanpix. Denmark on Wednesday hailed a new draft deal at UN climate talks as historic on tackling fossil fuels, in one of the first reactions from a European nation.