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Opioids drive a sharp rise in deaths in Europe

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Ten years of misjudgments cast doubt on the military’s major procurement program

Photo: Jens Dresling
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Professor, after threats from farmers: They have no alternative

Photo: Finn Frandsen
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Lord Mayor: »The more we’ve emphasized academics in Denmark’s public schools, the worse results we’ve gotten«

Photo: Jens Dresling
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Forecast: In 10 years, Denmark will have 66,000 fewer young people

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A desperate cry retraumatized Denmark when Christian Eriksen collapsed again

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See the best photos from Distortion: »I just called in sick for work tomorrow«

Photo: Vikki Søholm
Guides

England circa 1910 meets Shanghai in Køge

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Her parents fled from Afghanistan to Denmark. Now she holds one of the most powerful posts in government

Photo: Jacob Ehrbahn
Interview
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»I got a sandwich from there for the first time last week. And I’ve seriously eaten three since«

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Former minister delighted with government having the highest share of female ministers

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The government’s promises add up to new spending of nearly 31 billion kroner in 2030

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We finished with a cup of coffee and the best financier I’ve ever tasted

Photo: Loui Pedersen
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Here are all the new ministers

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Now Distortion is returning to the streets. Here are the parties and the secret tip you’ll want to know

Photo: Nicolai West
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Cheaper housing is on the way in Copenhagen: »It’s not entirely wrong to compare this to Christmas Eve«

Photo: Vikki Søholm
Guides

It won’t be long before I’m back

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Regions want higher tobacco and alcohol prices

Kollage: Freja Juul Pedersen. Foto: Finn Frandsen, Cille Mortensen
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»That’s a lot of money that people with those kinds of salaries get from the middle-tax cut«

Photo: Jens Dresling
News

We’re getting a new strange government

Photo: Mads Nissen
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General elections

Elisabet Svane: Mette Frederiksen said something on Monday evening that I’ve never heard before

Photo: Mads Nissen
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Becoming the greenest government ever is no simple matter

Photo: Miriam Dalsgaard
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Agriculture’s expensive climate technology emits more of a potent greenhouse gas than expected. It threatens the climate targets.

Photo: Christian Falck Wolff
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Jonas Vingegaard took the final step into cycling’s mythic circle of legends

Photo: Jennifer Lorenzini/Ritzau Scanpix
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Young people use the UV index to get an extra dose of dangerous rays

Photo: Jacob Ehrbahn
Edition

Has Little Denmark on the prairie been caught up in Trump’s dreams of Greenland?

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Six young people beat men they called pedophiles on social media. Now they have been convicted

TegningTegning: Claus Nørregaard
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Beer researchers have uncovered hops’ deepest secret

Photo: Jacob Ehrbahn
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Fierce criticism: Wolves behaving entirely normally now have a target on their fur

Fotocollage: Tomas Østergren. Foto: Pixabay/Texturelabs
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Old shipyard buildings to become the linchpin of a major new Copenhagen neighborhood

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Lena Dunham is the voice of her generation. What happens if you listen to it?

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Good idea, Lars Løkke: Liberal Alliance and Alternativet point to which ministries could be abolished

Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix
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Denmark’s one-of-a-kind tech ambassador is stepping down: Now she wants to »make it big and successful in Europe«

Photo: Kollage: Mads D'Alterio Djervig. Originalfoto: Pexels, Marius Renner
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New survey of support for wind turbines and solar panels yields a surprise

Kollage: Mads D'Alterio Djervig. Originalfoto: Finn Frandsen
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After scandals, a classic in the greenery makes a strong comeback

Photo: Thomas Borberg
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In the end, the ministry reacted when he said he was about to go on TV again to talk about Danes’ low life expectancy

kollage: Freja Juul Pedersen. Foto: Pexels
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Danish researchers’ new theory for why coral reefs are in a fight for survival is being called »brilliant«

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Laws are being rushed through despite promises to the contrary

Archival photo:  Jens Dresling
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Immigrants’ pay keeps pace with Danes’

Illustration: Tomas Østergren
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»I’ve never been as much of a royalist as I am now, and that’s because of him and his family«

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The line is already long: Here are 15 new places to eat and drink you’ll want to know in Copenhagen

Photo: Ida Marie Sandgren/POLITIKEN
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She is worried about very young boys with a »very, very limited« sexual experience who get caught up in the consent law.

Photo: Thomas Borberg
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Aula sees five million parent logins a week – fathers are conspicuously absent

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Troels Lund rules out a new government with the Social Democrats and demands a yes-or-no answer from Løkke

Photo: Jens Dresling
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Sextortion of boys and young men is skyrocketing in Denmark

Illustration: Caroline Niegaard. Originalfoto: Unsplash
Interview
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Need a date plan? Musician Kristoffer Jessen has the perfect Sunday date up his sleeve

Pr-foto: Laura Bisgaard Krogh.
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What a week in Copenhagen! Here’s everything you won’t want to miss

Pr-foto: Klub Werkstatt.
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A pan-Nordic debate showed that the Nordic countries stand united

Photo: Antti Aimo-koivisto/Ritzau Scanpix
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An earthquake was felt in several places in Denmark and Sweden

Photo: Jens Dresling
Guides

How do the city’s cafés sound? A music critic sat down in 10 of them to find out

Photo: Ida Marie Sandgren/POLITIKEN
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Researcher points to »an enormous social problem« in new cancer study: The men with the highest mortality are the hardest to reach

Photo: Peter Maunsbach
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Now grass pollen is in the air: How to prevent hay fever

Photo: Finn Frandsen
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Failure led Denmark to set aside billions for offshore wind turbines. Today, we will find out whether it is enough

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It’s damn expensive to live in Copenhagen. But what does it cost to die?

Photo: Andreas Merrald
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Norway is raking in profits from oil prices, but only modestly investing in Europe

Photo: Cornelius Poppe/Ritzau Scanpix
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»It is very serious«: The failure rate in 9th grade has gotten stuck at an alarmingly high level.

Photo: Martin Lehmann
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Søren Gade sets conditions: »I have not yet made up my mind«

Photo: Finn Frandsen
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Experts: Investigate Denmark’s enormous cancer burden – and do something about it

Kollage: Freja Juul Pedersen. Jens Dresling, Pexels, Freja Juul Pedersen.
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Vietnamese intern Hieu came to a Danish nursery to learn about plants, but was bitterly disappointed: »It was just about working«

Archival photo:  Jens Dresling
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Small changes can create better conditions for your concentration. Here’s what the brain researcher does himself

Photo: Joachim Adrian
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Why do so many Danes get cancer

Kollage: Christine Vierø Larsen. Originalfoto: Jens Dresling, Pexels, Freja Juul Pedersen
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Copenhagen is branded a rich man’s ghetto. Here’s the truth

Kollage: Mads D'Alterio Djervig. Originalfoto: Pexels, Thomas Borberg
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Greenland

Trump’s envoy is causing headaches in Nuuk

Photo: Carlos Barria/Ritzau Scanpix
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All day long, Aarhus looked like a city that had forgotten how to behave normally.

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Frustrated mayors: »We have no way to say no to more pigs«

Photo: Lærke Berg-pedersen
Guides

The funny children’s rhyme will never be the same after this series

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Young, unpunished teenage boys are overrepresented in consent cases

Photo: Ida Marie Sandgren/POLITIKEN
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This year’s restaurant, café, bar, and party? Here are all the winners of the Ibyen Prize 2026

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The city’s best pintxos are served in a microscopic basement in Nørrebro

Photo: Jens Dresling
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The ones to see this summer: Thrilling piano playing awaits

Photo: Finn Frandsen
News

What does the doctor do herself? »I’ve gotten my nurse hooked, too, so now she keeps white Monster in the fridge as well«

Photo: Miriam Dalsgaard
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Who’s lying? Officers, police leaders and the National Audit Office battle over the truth in scandal case

Photo: Jens Dresling
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Turmoil in powerful foundation: Theater professionals lash out at new member

Originalfoto:  Mogens Flindt
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General elections

Blue-bloc party leaders turn up the pressure on Messerschmidt: »I hope Morten will also look at the possibilities here«

Photo: Martin Sylvest/Ritzau Scanpix
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5,000 kroner for a day’s worth of fun: »It’s worth every penny«

Photo: Claus Bech/Ritzau Scanpix

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