Deense autoriteiten bevestigen dood van walvis Timmy
• Bultrug werd vrijdag dood aangetroffen na een reddingspoging die werd bekritiseerd als ‘pure dierenmishandeling’
theguardian.com• Bultrug werd vrijdag dood aangetroffen na een reddingspoging die werd bekritiseerd als ‘pure dierenmishandeling’
theguardian.com• Anders Antonsen en het mixeddubbellpair van Mathias Christiansen en Alexandra Bøje zijn doorgegaan naar de halve finales van de Toyota Thailand Open 2026, aldus Badminton Europe. • De bond meldde dat er nog slechts twee Deense halvefinalisten in het toernooi over zijn, wat de sterke reeks van Denemarken in Bangkok in zowel de enkel- als dubbelcategorieën onderstreept. • Dit resultaat is significant omdat Super 500-evenementen een cruciaal onderdeel zijn van de BWF-kalender en vaak de wereldranglijstpunten en seeding bepalen voor de grotere zomertoernooien.
badmintoneurope.comDe koning van Denemarken vraagt Troels Lund Poulsen om een regering te vormen nadat de premier moeite had steun te vergaren
theguardian.com• De dochter van Keira Alexandra Kronvold, Zammi, werd gedwongen bij haar weggehaald toen ze twee uur oud was
theguardian.comExclusive: Letter sent to government about case of Inuit woman whose baby was removed after now-banned testThe United Nations has warned Denmark that the treatment of a Greenlandic mother whose newborn child was removed by Danish authorities as a result of controversial parenting competency tests “may amount to ethnic discrimination”.Keira Alexandra Kronvold’s daughter, Zammi, was taken away from her when she was two hours old and placed in foster care in November 2024 after Kronvold was subjected to so-called FKU (parental competence) psychometric tests. At the time, she was told that the test was to see if she was “civilised enough”. Continue reading...
theguardian.comDivers in race against time to unearth wreck of the Dannebroge before seabed becomes construction siteMore than 200 years after being sunk by Admiral Horatio Nelson and the British fleet, a Danish warship has been discovered on the seabed of Copenhagen harbour by marine archaeologists.Working in thick sediment and almost zero visibility 15 metres (49 feet) beneath the waves, divers are in a race against time to unearth the 19th-century wreck of the Dannebroge before it becomes a construction site in a new housing district being built off the Danish coast. Continue reading...
theguardian.comPM’s party forecast to win most votes, but another centrist or centre-right coalition appears likelyMette Frederiksen’s Social Democrats and Denmark’s other left-leaning parties appear to have failed to win enough votes to gain a clear mandate to form a government in an election fought amid geopolitical tensions with the US over Greenland.According to two exit polls released shortly after voting stopped on Tuesday evening, the prime minister’s party looked to have won the most votes but still performed worse than expected, with an estimated 19%-21% of the vote. Continue reading...
theguardian.comSix-day state tour includes visits to Canberra, Melbourne and Hobart and aims to deepen trade tiesDanish royals Frederik and Mary have kicked off their first trip to Australia since taking the throne in the nation’s red centre.The six-day state tour, which includes visits to Canberra, Melbourne and Hobart, aims to deepen trade ties between Queen Mary’s adopted and home countries. Continue reading...
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