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Today in Denmark: A round-up of the latest news on Wednesday
The Local Denmark - [email protected]
Published: 16 Jun, 2021 CET.
Updated: Wed 16 Jun 2021 08:26 CET
Find out what's going on in Denmark today with The Local's short roundup of the news in less than five minutes.
Danish minister slams UEFA for handling of Eriksen collapse
Denmark's culture minister, Joy Mogensen, has criticised the European football association Uefa for its handling of collapse of Danish striker Christian Eriksen at a match last Saturday.
"I do not think that Uefa have proven themselves good leaders of some very, very committed athletes, who of course are incredibly affected by watching their teammate battling with death," Mogensen told Denmark's TV2 channel.
After Eriksen suffered an on-pitch cardiac arrest, his teammates were given a choice of resuming the match against Finland that afternoon or waiting until midday the next day.
Danish film selected for 'Best Short Film' shortlist at Cannes
The Danish short film "Det er i Jorden" (In the Soil) directed by Casper Kjeldsen, has made the shortlist for Best Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival, the festival said in a press release on Wednesday.
The film is about a girl who struggles with a mentally ill father. The father always makes plans, and the latest plan is both scary and surprising. The award will be given out on July 17th.
100,000 non-Western residents hit by special housing demand
As many as 100,000 people in Denmark may be forced to move apartments as a result of the government's controversial political agreement to counter "parallel societies", Denmark's housing minister Kaare Dybvad Bek has said in an interview with Ritzau.
"We can see that over the last twenty years, that there has been growing segregation and that our cities have become more divided. Children growing up in vulnerable housing areas do not get the same opportunities as children growing up elsewhere," he said.
"The only way we can ensure that we meet each other in everyday life is to ensure that there are mixed districts and that there are no places where we have a very segregated population composition as we have today."
Denmark registers lowest number of new infected since September
In the 24 hours running up to 2pm on Tuesday, 222 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in Denmark, the lowest number since September 6th last year, the country's SSI infectious diseases agency has said.
The cases were found through 81,080 PCR tests, giving a test positivity of 0.27, among the lowest level seen since last summer.
The country's health minister, Magnus Heunicke, said that the country was seeing a clear "seasonal effect", with people spending more time outside and so infecting each other less. The reproduction number is now 0.8 he said, meaning the pandemic is in retreat, with every ten people infected infecting only eight more.
Greenland suspends flights after virus returns
Greenland will suspend air and sea travel from its capital Nuuk to counter a resurgence of Covid-19 on the huge Arctic island, after months when no cases were reported at all, local media reported on Tuesday.
The autonomous Danish territory managed to contain the epidemic early on by imposing strict measures such as quarantine, but has recorded an increase in cases in recent weeks.
Of a total 49 recorded cases since the beginning of the pandemic, nine are currently active in the territory which has some 56,000 inhabitants. Read our story here.
Denmark’s armed forces release photos of Russian jet which violated airspace
Denmark's armed forces have shared close-up photos of the Russian Sukhoi Su-30 jets which violated Danish airspace twice on Friday in what Denmark's defence minister has called "a deliberate provocation".
“It cannot be seen as anything other than a deliberate and intentional provocation when you ignore warnings like this,” Denmark’s defence minister, Trine Bramsen, told TV2 after briefing the parliament’s foreign policy committee. Read our story here.
Danish Social Democrats slump in polls as corona effect wears off
Denmark's ruling Social Democrats have plummetted in a new poll, adding to growing evidence that the "pandemic boost" the party has enjoyed since last March is wearing off.
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Danish minister slams UEFA for handling of Eriksen collapse
Denmark's culture minister, Joy Mogensen, has criticised the European football association Uefa for its handling of collapse of Danish striker Christian Eriksen at a match last Saturday.
"I do not think that Uefa have proven themselves good leaders of some very, very committed athletes, who of course are incredibly affected by watching their teammate battling with death," Mogensen told Denmark's TV2 channel.
After Eriksen suffered an on-pitch cardiac arrest, his teammates were given a choice of resuming the match against Finland that afternoon or waiting until midday the next day.
Danish film selected for 'Best Short Film' shortlist at Cannes
The Danish short film "Det er i Jorden" (In the Soil) directed by Casper Kjeldsen, has made the shortlist for Best Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival, the festival said in a press release on Wednesday.
The film is about a girl who struggles with a mentally ill father. The father always makes plans, and the latest plan is both scary and surprising. The award will be given out on July 17th.
100,000 non-Western residents hit by special housing demand
As many as 100,000 people in Denmark may be forced to move apartments as a result of the government's controversial political agreement to counter "parallel societies", Denmark's housing minister Kaare Dybvad Bek has said in an interview with Ritzau.
"We can see that over the last twenty years, that there has been growing segregation and that our cities have become more divided. Children growing up in vulnerable housing areas do not get the same opportunities as children growing up elsewhere," he said.
"The only way we can ensure that we meet each other in everyday life is to ensure that there are mixed districts and that there are no places where we have a very segregated population composition as we have today."
Denmark registers lowest number of new infected since September
In the 24 hours running up to 2pm on Tuesday, 222 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in Denmark, the lowest number since September 6th last year, the country's SSI infectious diseases agency has said.
The cases were found through 81,080 PCR tests, giving a test positivity of 0.27, among the lowest level seen since last summer.
The country's health minister, Magnus Heunicke, said that the country was seeing a clear "seasonal effect", with people spending more time outside and so infecting each other less. The reproduction number is now 0.8 he said, meaning the pandemic is in retreat, with every ten people infected infecting only eight more.
Greenland suspends flights after virus returns
Greenland will suspend air and sea travel from its capital Nuuk to counter a resurgence of Covid-19 on the huge Arctic island, after months when no cases were reported at all, local media reported on Tuesday.
The autonomous Danish territory managed to contain the epidemic early on by imposing strict measures such as quarantine, but has recorded an increase in cases in recent weeks.
Of a total 49 recorded cases since the beginning of the pandemic, nine are currently active in the territory which has some 56,000 inhabitants. Read our story here.
Denmark’s armed forces release photos of Russian jet which violated airspace
Denmark's armed forces have shared close-up photos of the Russian Sukhoi Su-30 jets which violated Danish airspace twice on Friday in what Denmark's defence minister has called "a deliberate provocation".
“It cannot be seen as anything other than a deliberate and intentional provocation when you ignore warnings like this,” Denmark’s defence minister, Trine Bramsen, told TV2 after briefing the parliament’s foreign policy committee. Read our story here.
Danish Social Democrats slump in polls as corona effect wears off
Denmark's ruling Social Democrats have plummetted in a new poll, adding to growing evidence that the "pandemic boost" the party has enjoyed since last March is wearing off.
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