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Where did that sunshine come

from! May Day in Flledparken
was a scorcher as the politicos
left their winter coats at
home to party in the sun

An Italian pizza man got a

thank you note from the queen
after he gave her one for her
birthday. Were presuming
it was a Margherita!

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EUR OVIS ION NO CON TEST ?

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As the capital doubles its
refugee intake, its never been
easier to help out
2
NEWS

Chilly no longer
EUs Arctic polices are in
perfect alignment with
Denmarks

4-5
Government wants two-year border control extension

NEWS
Foreign policy needs to be
more strategic, recommends
report
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NEWS

Spoiler alert for Vikings!

Not only did the Norsemen
reach America, they
conquered Cornwall!

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Denmark requests permission

from the EU along with
Germany, Sweden,
France and Austria

UST HOURS after

Denmark extended its
temporary controls along
the German border for the
sixth time this time until
June 2 it confirmed it had
co-signed a letter sent to the
EU Commission arguing that
the controls should remain in
place for up to two years.
Inger Stjberg, the immigration and integration
minister, informed media
on Monday that she and
her counterparts from Germany, Sweden, France and
Austria had written the letter
together.

Hole in Europe
THERE is a hole in Europe
that thousands of refugees and
migrants are flowing through,
and we have lost confidence in
the initiatives that the EU has
put in place to secure the external borders, she explained.
I am glad there are countries other than Denmark who
can see this. I hope that the
commission will take our letter
seriously.
Up to the member states
THE EU Commission must
now ask the EU Council of
Ministers the 28 member
states to decide whether the
border checks can be extended.
A qualified majority of
member states must then vote
to adopt the measure.

Fewer applications
ACCORDING to police records, Denmark received 45
asylum applications last week
its lowest number since the
introduction of the DanishGerman border controls on
January 4.
There was only one Syrian
applicant, along with two Iraqis, ten Afghans and 32 people
from other countries taking
the grand total up to 3,224
applications since the border
controls began.
The number of applications
has consistently declined since
641 people sought refuge in
the first week after the border
controls were introduced. In
total, the government expects
up to 25,000 applications this
year. (RW/SR)

Terrorists on show
AN EXHIBITION about martyrdom,
due to open this month in Copenhagen, has been reported to police for
encouraging terrorism. It features terrorists involved in the Brussels and
Paris attacks alongside figures considered martyrs like Joan of Arc. It will be
displayed at Teateret Sort/Hvid in Kdbyen, the same group that put on the
play about the mass-murderer Breivik.

Sunny weekend in store

ALTHOUGH Friday isnt officially a
holiday, many Danes will be taking it
off to enjoy a four-day mini vacation.
Blue skies and sunshine are forecast
for the Ascension bank holiday on
Thursday, after which temperatures are
set to soar above 20 C the warmest
yet this year. Sunday and Monday will
be a little cooler as winds pick up a bit,
but it should remain sunny.

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Helping refugees with volunteers and careers

ONLINE THIS WEEK

Roads fixed faster

Longer in turquoise
THE CAPITALS busiest line,
the 5A, is changing its name to
the 5C and its colour to turquoise in April 2017. The new
vehicles will be 18 metres long
five metres longer than the
current yellow and red buses.
The new buses will be CO2neutral, feature multiple doors
similar to those found on trains,
run around the clock and travel
to Herlev Hospital.

Tivoli ride finally opens

Knife crimes increase

ACTS OF violence involving a
knife increased from 56 in 2010
to 149 in 2015 in Copenhagen.
However, stabbings have decreased in the city centre thanks
to a campaign that involves more
police on the streets at night. A
new law will increase penalties
for repeat offenders found with
a knife in public from July 1.

helping kids in Valby with their

homework to teaching refugee
women to cycle.

ITY HALL continues

to set the standards with
its welcome package for
refugees assigned to live in its
municipality following its decision in March to spend 44
million kroner on prioritising
jobs, education and integration.
A website launched on Monday, flygtninge.kk.dk, helps
volunteers to see where and how
they can lend a helping hand,
as well as assisting companies
who want to employ refugees
on traineeships.
There are plenty of options
for those who want to make a
difference, declares the homepage. It can be anything from

From day one

BEFORE, they didnt integrate
from day one, Anna Mee Allerslev, the citys deputy mayor
for employment and integration,
told DR.
They didnt set aside enough
resources and made ghetto areas instead of distributing them
well across the city. But weve
agreed on enough resources
and to spread the new refugees all over town so that we
can foster integration from the
get-go.
On Sunday, the first 11 of the
citys total 2016 intake of 335
refugees arrived, and City Hall
working in close co-operation

with the NGO Venligboerne

has confirmed that it will take

671 in 2017, which will be twice

as many as this year. (CW)

Stellar digs round the corner from Bella

Plans confirmed for new
city district in restad
LUCIE RYCHLA

LANS HAVE been confirmed for a new city

district in restad with
2,000 apartments that will cater to families with children and
international guests attending
events and conferences at the
nearby Bella Center.
The sustainable Bellakvarter
(the Bella district) will include
semi-detached houses, public
housing, New York-style lofts,
offices, institutions and stores,
and it will provide jobs to about
7,000 people.

Award-winning designers
BELLAKVARTER is a joint
venture of Bella Center Copenhagen, AC Hotel Bella Sky
Copenhagen and Crowne Plaza

Is Amager Flled aspiring to become Central Park?

Copenhagen Towers, which plan

to invest 6-7 billion kroner.
The district has been designed

by the award-winning Danish

architect firms COBE and Vilhem Lauritzen Architects, which

took inspiration from the capitals central neighbourhoods.

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BELLAKVARTER

FATAMORGANA, the new

3-in-1 ride at Tivoli, finally
opened to the public on Tuesday,
five days later than scheduled.
Tivoli noted it would have been
irresponsible to last week open
the 45-metre, 50 million kroner tower, which includes an air
ride that propels its passengers
around at up to 2.5 Gs, as it
was not ready.

City Hall doubles 2017

intake as it continues to
set a high standard

ISTOCK

AHEAD of the introduction of

fines for companies who dont
finish roadworks as scheduled,
the resulting time lost in traffic fell by 14 percent between
2014 and 2015, according to
Copenhagen Municipality. The
Transport Ministrys new fine
system will be enforced on July
1. Around 10,000 holes are dug
in the citys roads every year.

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EUs Arctic policy applauded

ISTOCK

Panoramic pearl: it might be a wilderness, but its importance to humanity is paramount

Foreign minister happy

to note that unions chief
aims are aligned with
Denmarks objectives
CHRISTIAN WENANDE

HE FOREIGN minister,
Kristian Jensen, has commended the European
Union for adopting a new integrated policy for the Arctic
region.
The policy will aim to protect
and preserve the Arctic in cooperation with the people who
live there, as well as promote
the sustainable use of resources

and international co-operation.

Jensen noted it was aligned with
Denmarks objectives.
Happy to assist
THE POLICY also focuses on
another Danish key issue: the
use of telecommunications and
satellites, which are essential for
safe maritime and air transport,
research and better internet in
the small Arctic coastal societies, he added.
Naturally, we will happily
assist the EU Commission with
transferring its policies into
specific actions, projects and
investments in the Arctic area.

A region of signficance
THE ARCTIC region consists
of the Central Arctic Ocean,
its regional seas the Barents,
Chara and Chucchi and the
territories of the Commonwealth
of Denmark, Canada, Finland,
Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
and the US.
We impact on the Arctic and
the Arctic impacts on us, said
Karmenu Vella, the EU commissioner for the environment,
fisheries and maritime affairs.
Global weather patterns, our
oceans, ecosystems and local
biodiversity the Arctic influences them all.

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Islands finally approve

In favour of staying

LAGTINGET, the Faroese

parliament, last week voted 19
to 14 to legalise same-sex marriages. The approval was made
possible after a clause was added
that gives the Faroese Protestant
church the right to not perform
a church wedding should it
choose to. The law is expected
to be introduced in December.
Denmark has permitted samesex marriages since June 2012.

ACCORDING to a survey by
British expat network Angloinfo,
the vast majority of Brits living
in EU countries will be voting to stay in the union in the
forthcoming Brexit referendum
on June 23. Some 73 percent
of British expats supported the
Stay campaign. Just 20 percent
were in favour of leaving and
7 percent were unsure. Around
5.5 million British citizens live
abroad.

Fewer Greenland murders

A DANISH study reveals that
Greenlands murder rate fell
from 23 per 100,000 inhabitants
to 16 between 1985 and 2010.
The majority were committed by
alcohol or drug addicts. Some 58
of the 129 victims were women,
a larger percentage than other
countries with high murder
rates, where men connected to
organised crime make up the
majority. In comparison, Denmarks murder rate is one per
100,000.

Burkina Faso visit

THE FOREIGN minister, Kristian Jensen, and Crown Princess
Mary have this past week visited the west African country
Burkina Faso on a trip focusing
on Denmarks development and
aid efforts in the nation, as well
as gender inequality, health and
other human rights issues. The
trip was originally scheduled for
January, but a terror attack in the
capital Ouagadougou postponed
the plans.

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From laughing stock to top of the pops

JAKOB BOSERUP

THE DISGRACE OF 1963

THE OUTCRY OF 2015

Danish entry Anti Social
Media crashed out in the semifinals last year the countrys
first failure to reach the final
since 2007 and its safe to say
the Danish Melodi Grand Prix
were not amused.
According to its chairman
Johann Sorensen, it was the
result of the eastern European
Eurovision mafia.
Denmarks semi-final had a
prevalence of eastern European
countries, Sorensen told DR.

Did every single one of Irelands seven winners have an unfair advantage?

How the Nordics have

come to dominate the
Eurovision Song Contest
DOUWE REVELER

HEAD OF next weeks

Eurovsion Song Contest
in Stockholm, its worth
remembering that it wasnt long
ago that the Nordics were the
laughing stock of the continent.
Norway, nul point was the
reoccurring joke based on them
finishing last in the contest a
staggering 11 times, and on four
occasions failing to score a single
point. As the penultimate decade
of the 20th century was drawing
to a close, Finland and Iceland
had never won it, and Denmark
and Norway only once.
New century turnaround
FAST-FORWARD to today and
the Nordic countries reign supreme. If you include the Baltics,
they have won nine of the last 17
editions, including three of the

last four! Norway and Denmark

now have three wins; Finland,
Latvia and Estonia have joined
the party; and Sweden is now
only one behind the all-time
record holder Ireland with six
wins, while Norway holds the
record for the highest points tally
(Alexander Rybak, 387 in 2009).
One obvious reason for all
of this might be the language
restrictions in place between
1966 and 1972, and 1977 and
1998, which required every nation to sing a song in one of
their official languages. Historically, English has proven to be
an easy language to write lyrics
in compared to Danish for
example and in the 29 contests that took place between the
aforementioned years, at least
one English-language song (Ireland or the UK) finished in the
top two on 19 occasions.
So who would bet against another winner from the region
after all, on the last two occasions the contest has been held

in Sweden (2000 and 2013),

Denmark has emerged victorious. Well, possibly the bookies,
who make Russia and France the
frontrunners heading into the
semi-finals on May 10 and 12
with Sweden the most likely
Nordic winner of the final on
May 14 at 16/1.
Financially vexing
IN RECENT years another
theory has emerged to explain
the Nordic dominance: the
possibility that many countries
dont want to win due to the
excessive hosting costs during
the financial crisis.
Its certainly true that fewer
countries have been entering
due to the broadcasting costs,
most explain. After steadily rising following the break-up of
the Soviet Union and Balkans
to 43 participants in 2008, only
37 entered in 2013 and, perhaps significantly, not a single
ex-Yugoslav nation made it to
the final.

I have a strong feeling that

the main reason for Denmarks
Eurovision exit is that there
was a dominance of eastern
European countries in the
first semi-final. Other voices
become skewed, and it is perhaps a little unfair.
Sorensen argued that what
Denmark really needed was
some partisan voting of its
own.
We were already behind on
points from the start because
we werent performing in the
same semi-final as our Nordic
neighbours, which traditionally gives us higher marks.
However, this years competition will seek the likes of
Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H),
Bulgaria, Croatia and Ukraine
rejoining the party as 42 countries pick up the mic.
Certainly, hosting the song
contest has its perks. While the
likes of Denmark have demonstrated how it can be held at a
crippling loss, it is undoubtedly
an excellent chance to showcase
the home countrys trade and
tourist attractions. Helsinki in

Ahead of the 1963 contest,

the Danish hopes of a victory
were high. Its entry, Dansevise
by virtuoso guitarist Jrgen Ingmann and his wife Grethe, is
a pleasant enough jazz waltz
ditty, but in the end it needed a
helping hand from a neighbour
to win.
Voting fifth out of 16, the
Norwegians failed to follow the
correct procedure for giving its
results, prompting presenter
Katie Boyle to admonish them.
Well, hold on Norway
Im afraid I shall have to
ask you to give those votes all
over again because, first you
have to give the number on
the board, then the name and
number of the country. I dont
think we did quite do that,
she told them.
The panicking jury asked
Boyle to return to them later,
but had audibly given three
points to Switzerland and two
to Denmark.
Fast-forward to the end of
the show and Switzerland were
now two points ahead of Denmark with just Norway left to
vote. Surely it was in the bag
for the Swiss.
Well, no. Shady Norway this
time gave their chums four
points and Switzerland just
one and the victorious Danes
brought home the bacon.
2007 was one such example of
a host that was considered a
success.
Votes between friends
IT IS UNDENIABLE that
there has been an undoubted
decline in partisan voting in
certain regions of Europe since
the onset of the financial crisis.
According to research carried out
by the Copenhagen Post Weekly,
the Balkan quartet of Croatia,
B&H, Serbia and Slovenia

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INTERVIEW: With history on

their side, will their battle
hymn conquer Europe?
Lighthouse X hope their entry
will inspire the continent to want
to make the world a better place
DOUWE REVELER

ENMARKS representatives at this years

Eurovision Song Contest
are Lighthouse X.
Band members Sren Bregendal, Martin Skriver and
Johannes Nymark explain that
their song Soldiers of Love is
a battle hymn in their fight to
make the world a better place
through the power of music.
They won 42 percent of the
public vote to win and are now
bidding to become the third Danish act in a row to win Eurovision
on Swedish soil, following the
triumphs of the lsen Brothers in
2000 in Stockholm and Emmelie
de Forest in 2013 in Malm.
We caught up with them to
ask about their chances of winning, and what it will be like
competing in Sweden.

YOUVE DESCRIBED
YOUR SONG AS A BATTLE
HYMN IT OBVIOUSLY
MEANS A LOT TO YOU?

SO BEING AN INSPIRATION
IS IMPORTANT TO YOU AS
MUCH AS WINNING?

We talked about that on the night

of the Danish competition. We
were like lets just do what we just
did at the rehearsal it might
not be perfect but who cares? We
just need to do what we do best
and what we love doing, and its
exactly that point that reflects
our Soldiers of Love philosophy. Its not about
perfection, its more
about doing your
best and thats not always perfect. It never
is. Being human is not
about being perfect, so
we need to portray that
as well when we talk
to journalists
or stand
on a stage
so people can
maybe
find
inspiration
in
that.

SWEDEN IS A SUCCESSFUL
HUNTING GROUND FOR
DENMARK. WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO TO ENSURE THAT
THIS TRADITION CONTINUES?

That is a heavy question! What

we have been talking about
every day since we started this
whole Eurovision and Dansk
Melodi Grand Prix quest is not
thinking too much about just
that because we entered this
competition with a different mindset. We were
asked to be in
the competition
and we wanted
to use it as a
platform to talk
about stuff that
really means
some-

thing to us and make it mean

something to other people
around us, so I think we agreed
on doing our best no matter
what. Every day just do our best
and not try to be perfect.

SWEDEN IS EXTREMELY
SUCCESSFUL AND THEY
NOW HAVE SIX VICTORIES.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT YOUR
NEIGHBOUR THAT MAKES
THEM SO SUCCESSFUL IN
THIS COMPETITION?

They are just hitmakers. You

see that all the time. They are
just great at making pop music.
The tradition that started with
ABBA back then has inspired
and brought up so many talented
songwriters in Sweden and they
respect pop music.

HOW IS IT DIFFERENT
FROM DENMARK?

In Denmark we only
sometimes talk
about pop
being credible, whilst
in Sweden the
most credible
thing you
can

be is to be a pop artist and that

builds some kind of foundation
from where talented songwriters
and producers can grow. If people in Sweden strive to be great
pop songwriters, of course that
will make a lot of people try and
do that and do their very best.
Im not saying that in Denmark
it is the other way round, but we
dont have the same attitude like
in Sweden where they have so
many shows to select their song.

WHAT CAN WE LEARN

FROM SWEDEN?

I have been working with quite

a few Swedish songwriters in my
career and there is a very distinct
difference between them and the
Danes. They tend to open the
doors for each other. They cowork in a different way to the
way we do here in Denmark and
that is a really important point
in terms of Lighthouse X as well.
Coming together
really strengthens
your product.

awarded each other 97 percent

of their 10 and 12-point scores
between 2004 and 2006 a figure that fell to below 70 percent
between 2009 and 2012.
The Nordics also indulge in
neighbourly voting (see The
Disgrace of 1963) between
2005 and 2009, they awarded
each other between 60 and 70
percent of their top votes every
single year but there has been
no noticeable drop-off since the
start of the financial crisis.

MADS TEGLERS

It is the quintessential Lighthouse X song. No other song

captures our message of love
and hope and our vision of a
better world as strongly as this
one. So its a very important song
to us, and when we perform it
live, it feels truly empowering.
We want to inspire everyone to
be soldiers of love, and this is
our battle hymn.
Swedens creativity
LEADING the way in the
Nordics are this years hosts,
the six-time winners Sweden.
And according to last years
champ Mns Zelmerlw, the
success is no fluke. In an interview last year with Dutch
television, he attributed his
countrys dominance to the creativity generated on its long, dark
winters.
Its a view also echoed by two
of this years contestants, Greta

Salom from Iceland and ZO

from Austria, who as well as the
creativity cited the lasting legacy
of ABBA, the ultimate Eurovision band and winner. Launched
last year, the new ABBA museum
is expected to be Stockholms
most visited attraction during
Eurovision week.
So much invested
SWEDENS winter/spring music industry revolves around the
process of selecting a song: from

the finalisation of the line-up

for its Melodifestivalen in November, through the preliminary
heats in February and March
to the final in March and then
the song contest in May, the
record labels, tabloids and fan
websites go into overdrive to get
the necessary signings, stories
and saturation that the public
demands.
Swedens success can also be
measured in the demand for its
songwriters which along with

the home-grown success have

enjoyed a few wins with other
countries as well most recently
with Azerbaijan in 2011. Even
the Danes have entered a Swedish-written entry (2010), while
this years Norwegian entry is
co-written by a Swede.
Crikey! If you include the
Azeri win, the Scandinavians
have triumphed in four of the
last five. It makes you wonder if
the rest of Europe should even
bother turning up.

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SINCE the introduction of the
strict border controls across the
Danish-Swedish border on January 4, at least 46 people had
attempted to travel to Sweden
via the resund Tunnel on foot
up until April 13, reports the
Danish Ministry of Justice.
Warning signs have been put up
and alert systems implemented
to slow down road and rail traffic
should anyone enter the tunnel.

Better health at home

A NEW STUDY by the municipality organisation LO has found
that patients in nursing homes
fall ill more often than elderly
people living at home. Some
42.2 percent are hospitalised at
least once a year compared to
28.7 percent of those living in
their own houses. Experts were
unsurprised as nursing home
residents tend to have more
complex health problems.

Wefood eyes new stores

THE WEFOOD supermarket
in Amager, which sells products
past their sell-by date that would
have otherwise been discarded,
has been so successful that there
are plans to open one in Aarhus
in 2017 and another one in Copenhagen. Its owner, Folkekirkens
Ndhjlp, gives its profits to charity, which so far have amounted
to 200,000 kroner.

Helping the vulnerable

THE AP Mller Support Fund
will over the next four to six
years donate 750 million kroner
to helping vulnerable citizens
in Denmark. Denmark has a
strong welfare system, fund
cheif executive Henrik Tvarn
told Altinget. But we feel a need
for long-term investments so the
state, civil society and business
can work even more closely.

Another school evacuated

GAMMEL Hasseris School in
Aalborg was cordoned off on
April 27 while police investigated
a bomb threat at the north Jutland school. Police evacuated the
children and then searched the
school with dogs, as investigators
tried to determine who wrote a
threatening note. The children
were then picked up by their
parents from a different location.

Dont spread the butter too thinly!

Denmarks future foreign and
defence policies should be more
grounded in what is best for
the country, argues report

HASSE FERROLD

Tunnel traversing

6 - 12 May 2016

The main focus

HE ARGUES that Denmark
must maintain and further improve relations with its closest

Anti-Islam death threats

No buttering up from Peter Takse-Jensen

European allies Germany, the

UK and France and continue
building strategic partnerships
with the Nordic and Baltic countries and the Netherlands.
Furthermore, Denmark
should strengthen its voice in
NATO and the EU and leverage
its close relationship with the
US, and it must use its position
as an Arctic superpower to influence developments in the region.
Finally, Denmark should focus on creating new partnerships
and leveraging existing ones in
Asia to promote Danish commercial interests and global
agendas.

Reduced budgets
WE ARE facing a situation
with an increasing number of
tasks and a deteriorating security,
but we have fewer resources to
conduct foreign, defence and
security policies, said TakseJensen.
To be completely honest,
we risk spreading the butter
too thinly if we are not careful.
Over the past 15 years, the
Foreign Ministrys budget has
been reduced by a third and
some 2.7 billion kroner has been
cut off the defence budget, while
the foreign aid budget has been
reduced to 0.7 percent of the
GNP.

IS threat to national security

Attacks could take place
without prior intelligencebased indications, warns PET

Attacked by patients
MENTAL healthcare workers
at live-in facilities in Denmark
were attacked by patients twice as
often in 2013 compared to 2005
a trend that Karen Ellemann,
the social and interior minister,
is anxious to stop. Violence
should never be commonplace,
and residential facilities must be
safe and secure for both residents
and employees, she said.

LUCIE RYCHLA

ETER TAKSE-JENSEN,
the Danish ambassador to
India, on Monday presented his proposal for Denmarks
future foreign and security policies a report that is expected
to heavily influence negotiations
regarding the Defence Ministrys
budget beyond 2017 and the
countrys new foreign policy.
The main point of Danish
diplomacy and defence in the
times of change the way forward for Denmarks interests and
values for 2030 is that foreign
and security policy must be
grounded in Denmarks strategic interests.
Takse-Jensen believes Denmark should give up the illusion
it can help all the countries in
the world and instead focus on
regions where the country has
the most at stake: the EU, the
North Atlantic and Asia.

ONLINE THIS WEEK

Hacktivists break away

THE DANISH branch of the
hacktivist collective Anonymous
has decided to split from its parent
group AnonHQ. Anonymous DK
explained that AnonHQs support
for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was miles
away from what Anons around the
world expect, and that it has concerns about it earning over 1,000
US dollars a day from adverts.

PET head under pressure

Threat from within

CTA ESTIMATES that support

for IS among people in Islamist

environments in Denmark has
grown, and it is these individuals
in particular who pose a terror
threat.
IS propaganda has an influential effect on persons in
Denmark to commit terrorism
or to travel to Syria/Iraq to join
IS, it warned.
Terrorist attacks can take
place without prior intelligencebased indications.

Tailgaters targeted

Uber drivers exposed

Malfunctions all round

Abuse shifts online

A NEW TRAFFIC enforcement begun by the police on

Monday is targeting tailgating
motorists. The police want to
remind drivers that driving
too close to the driver in front
of you is against the law and
could warrant a fine or even
the loss of a licence. The traffic
effort, which is also targeting
speeding, will continue until
Sunday.

THERE are concerns that a

Facebook page set up by disgruntled taxi drivers called
UBER FAKTA Danmark,
which includes information
about Uber drivers operating
in Denmark, could be illegal.
In some cases, the page features
photos of drivers licence plate
numbers, names, addresses,
phone numbers and creditor
information.

IN WHAT was a bad week for

the trains, electronic malfunctions continued across the nation
on Friday. The 112 emergency
number stopped working for
mobile phones in Zealand and
Funen, and was only accessible
by landline. And Udlndingestyrelsen, the immigration
services, were unable to process
or issue visa applications due to
a faulty IT system.

FEWER Danes are seeking

help at crisis centres for battered women, according to
Merete Ipsen, the head of the
Womens Museum in Aarhus. It
is no longer something women
are shy talking about, she told
DR. Most of the women tend
to be from a non-Danish ethnic background, while men are
increasingly abusing women by
phone and social media instead.

CHRISTIAN WENANDE

N A REPORT compiled by
its Centre for Terror Analysis (CTA), the intelligence
agency PET warns that a terror
attack by Islamic State is the
greatest threat to national security at the moment, although the

risk to the individual remains

small.
The attacks in Paris in 2015
and in Brussels in march, it
contends, are examples of IS's
capability to organise complex
attacks in western Europe, and
it will only get worse as the pressure from the US-led coalition in
Syria and Iraq increases.

TWO VOLUNTEERS at an asylum centre in Thisted in northern

Jutland have received death threats
over Facebook after pictures of
them taking down anti-Islam signs
were shared on the right-wing
Facebook page Yes to Freedom,
no to Islam. Commenters called
them lemurs and crossbreeds, suggesting they should be shaved bald
or beheaded.

PET HEAD Flemming Drejer

has been reported for racism
and a breach of procedural law
by a group of anonymous officers from North Zealand Police,
of which Drejer was formerly
the chief superintendent. The
complaint relates to an internal
email in 2011 telling officers to
arrest eastern European swindlers from Romania, Hungary
and Bulgaria on sight.

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Vikings in the West Country

New evidence suggests the
Norsemen were regular visitors
to Devon, Cornwall and Somerset

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has found evidence of the Vikings presence as aggressors

and also allies against Wessex
in clothing, coins, tools, art
motifs on sculptures as well as
family and place names.

HE NORSEMEN conquered much larger

territories in England than
previously thought, according
to a report by Videnskab that
is a massive spoiler for fans of
the popular TV series Vikings.
New sculptural, archaeological and linguistic evidence
suggests they looted as far south
as Devon, Somerset and Cornwall in the west of the country
in what was the region of
Dumnonia until it was conquered by Wessex in the early
9th century.
A wealth of evidence
IT WAS previously believed
that Wessex had remained
mostly independent during the
Viking Age, and researchers
had therefore never conducted
any detailed examination of the
Scandinavian influence in southwest England until now.
But Derek Gore, an archaeologist at the University of Exeter,

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Massive flint axes

IN RELATED news, a pair of
old friends have found the largest flint axes in Danish history in
a drained bog area near Tastum
Lake just south of Skive in Jutland. One of the heads measures
50.5 cm.
Archaeologists at nearby
Viborg Museum theorise that the axes were
placed in the bog
as part of a ritual
sacrifice sometime during the
early Stone
Age around
3800-3500
BC. (LR/
CW)

Better connectivity

CLOSED to bathers since

1964 after being polluted by
the chemical production plant
Grindstedvrket, a beach just
north of Esbjerg has taken another step towards lifting its
swimming ban. However, it is
still ten years and 100 million
kroner short of its target.

OVER 25,000 households and

businesses in remote areas in
Denmark can now apply for
funding to improve their internet connections thanks to
a cross-party agreement to allocate 200 million kroner. The
fund will be in operation for
two years.

Tackling plastics

Inventor nomination

THE NORDIC environmental ministers will form a united

front on tackling plastic and
microplastics in the oceans at
the upcoming UN climate summit UNEA-2 in Nairobi, Kenya
from May 23-27.

A TEAM of Danish researchers

have been nominated for the
prestigious 2016 European Inventor Award for an ammonia
storage solution that can be used
to reduce mono-nitrogen oxide
emissions from diesel exhaust by
99 percent.

Turbine exchange

FOLLOWING years of negotiations, the UNs International

Maritime Organisation has ratified new legislation that bans
cruise ships from dumping
sewage into the Baltic Sea. The
ban will come into effect for new
cruise ships from 2019 and for
older ships starting from 2021.

Brains sleep switch

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Beach could reopen

Sewage ban

A life of porpoise

IN THREE years time, every

second wind turbine in Region
Zealand will have reached the
end of its 20-year working life,
and new, larger ones will be built
in their place. Zealand wants to
increase its renewable energy
production from 26 percent of
the total to 40 percent by 2020.

Oregano curbs cow burps

Opposed to HPV vaccine

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When its 64, its serious

Eigil made them blubber

Wake up insomniacs!

Banishing the belching

No thanks!

SOME 64 workers at Siemens

Wind Power in Denmark have
developed chronic illnesses
after prolonged exposure to
dangerous chemicals over the
last decade, reports 21 Sndag.
The DR series has access to reports from the National Board of
Industrial Injuries that detail 64
compensation cases brought by
employees against the company,
which conclude the illnesses,
including asthma and eczema,
are a direct result of exposure
to the toxic chemicals epoxy and
isocyanates. The chemicals are
known allergens, and they are
on the EUs list of carcinogenic
substances. (SR)

A RESEARCH and experience

centre in Funen is in mourning following the death of one
of its most popular long-term
residents and research enablers:
the porpoise Eigil. Since arriving
at Fjord & Blt in Kerteminde
in 1997, Eigil had become one
of the most studied whales in
the world, helping the centres
researchers to understand how
porpoises use their senses. Eigil
was believed to be around 20 at
the time of his death, a very old
age for porpoises, which generally live to be about 10-14 in
the wild. The research will now
continue with the centres other
porpoises, Sif and Freja. (CW)

A DANE is part of an international team that might have

discovered the brains sleep
switch, which could have a major
impact on the future treatment
of depression. Maiken Nedergaard, a professor at the Center
for Basic and Translational
Neuroscience at the University
of Copenhagen, has helped discover how the salt balance in the
extracellular space in the brain is
critical, along with the role that
neuromodulators messengers
that impact on neuron groups
and keeps humans awake during
the day play during sleep and
how noradrenaline, dopamine
and serotonin wake us up. (CW)

A 6 MILLION kroner research

project at Aarhus University is
using oregano in feed to reduce
the production of methane in
the guts of organically-raised
cows to the benefit of the climate. The project, undertaken
in collaboration with kologisk
Landsforening and a number of
organic food producers, believes
the essential oils of the oregano
could stem the growth of the
micro-organisms that produce
methane, cut emissions by 25
percent and improve the quality
of the milk. Cow burps account
for 40 percent of the agriculture
sectors emission of greenhouse
gases. (CW)

YOUNG women from Copenhagen and northern Zealand are

declining to take the HPV vaccine that is supposed to protect
them from cervical cancer, but
has been associated with worrying side-effects especially
among the physically-active.
According to Sundhedsstyrelsen,
only 44 percent of girls born in
2002 allowed themselves to be
vaccinated last year. Girls in western and northern Jutland were
the most likely to be vaccinated,
while those living in Copenhagen
and north Zealand were the most
likely to decline. Cancer society
Krftens Bekmpelse said it was
surprised. (RW)

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Kevs in the points
KEVIN Magnussen picked up his
first points of the 2016 Formula
One season on Sunday, finishing
seventh in his Renault at the Russian Grand Prix, after qualifying
in 17th. He stands 12th in the
standings with six points. Teammate Jolyon Palmer, who finished
13th, has yet to score.

Three winning keepers

KASPER Schmeichel is an English Premier League champion,
becoming only the third Dane
to pick up a medal following
his father Peter and Anders
Lindegaard. Christian Ericksens
Tottenham could only draw 2-2
with Chelsea on Monday, handing the Foxes the title.

In memory of Prince
VEGA AND event promoter
Golden Days held a free concert
last week on Tuesday to mark
the sudden death of Prince. It
included songs and remembrances by Danish music stars
such as Nikolaj Koppel.

Power up this weekend

OME 1,400 PEOPLE

will be lacing up their running and cycling shoes this
weekend for the ETU European
Championship Powerman Denmark race in Copenhagen. And
there is still time to sign up.
Contestants will take part in
the classic edition of the race
(10 km run, 60 km bike, 10
km run) on Saturday, or the

FOOTBALL: DANSK CUP (M)

THU MAY 5, 17:00
AGF VS FCK
PARKEN

short or relay course (5 km

run/20 km bike /5 km run)
on Sunday. Kids can also take
part in the PowerKids run on
Sunday.
Well oiled
ACCORDING to the race
organisers there are over 5,000
bananas, 14,000 litres of energy
drinks, and more than 9,000

FIELD HOCKEY (M)

SUN MAY 8, 11:00
ODIN ODENSE VS ORIENT CPH
SOLKRVEJ, ODENSE

stickers packed and ready for

the athletes taking part.
If youre more of an armchair
sportsman who finds their moving parts are best oiled with a
cold beer, theres no reason not
to come down to Islands Brygge
to cheer on.
The weather, 20 degrees and
sunny, will certainly be accommodating.

HANDBALL: PLAYOFFS (M)

SUN MAY 8, 17:00
KIF KOLDING/KBH VS AALBORG H
TREFOR ARENA, BRNDBY

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Je tadore Frankrig

Parkours big leap

Klump no chump

ACTOR Mads Mikkelsen and

director Thomas Vinterberg have
been honoured with Frances top
civilian award, Chevalier dans
lOrdre des Arts et des Lettres.
They picked up the award at the
French Embassy last week. Mikkelsen spoke of his love story
with France.

THE STREET-TRAINING
discipline parkour has really
taken off in Denmark. Between
2007 and 2015, some 126 new
parkour courses were built across
Denmark, according to the
Centre for Sports, Health and
Civil Society at the University
of Southern Denmark.

PRIOR to its actual release, a

new animated TV series about
bear cub Rasmus Klump has
won Best Animation Series at
IFTS 2016 in Stuttgart, one of
the worlds most prestigious animation festivals. Klump started
life in a comic strip in Berlingske
Aftenavis in 1951.

6 - 12 May 2016

THIS WEEKS DATES

MAY 8:
WELCOME TO MOTHERLAND

THIS SUNDAY, Copenhagen

will become the city of motherly love. The first official Mors
Dag in Denmark was celebrated
on 12 May 1929 and was used
to collect money for widows
and mothers who lost at war.
Mothers usually relax on the
day, but why not chuck yours
in a cargo bike and take part in
a new 7km race organised by
Pandora? As long as you cook
them breakfast, we doubt theyll
mind.

MAY 9:
AN OAR DRAW

1864 IS NOT normally a year

associated with Danish victories,
but every cloud has a silver lining in this case, the Battle of
Heligoland, which took place
on May 9. It pitted Denmark
against the might of the AustroHungarian Empire and Prussia.
Bizarrely, both sides thought
they won. The Danish sailors
were given a heros welcome
back in Copenhagen, while the
Austrian commander was promoted! (AJ)

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Big three post Q1 results

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Major postage changes

Shell stations sold

CANADIAN corporation
Couche-Tard has finalised a deal
to buy all 131 of the Shell petrol
stations in Denmark. CoucheTard already operates the Statoil
stations in Denmark. Most of
their stations will be operating under the Circle K brand by 2021.

Electric car demise

ELECTRIC and plug-in hybrid
car sales have fallen sharply in
Denmark following the states
decision to phase back registration tax for electric cars. After a
couple of record sales years, the
first quarter of 2016 yielded 242
electric car sales a 65 percent
decrease on 2015, according to
Insero.

Mothers losing out

Plenty for Vestas, Novo

Nordisk and DONG Energy
to be happy about
CHRISTIAN WENANDE

S IS CUSTOMARY in
late April, it was time for
many of the countrys
companies to release their first
quarter results, and among them
were Vestas, Novo Nordisk and
DONG Energy.
Big backlog boost
WIND TURBINE producer
Vestass Q1 revenue dropped 4
percent to 10.9 billion kroner.
But while cash flow also fell, its
EBIT before special items increased by 7.7 percent to around
633 million.
Its total order intake amounted to 2,403 MW, while the
value of backlog orders increased
by over 22 billion kroner to 134
billion kroner compared to last
year.

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Additional PINs
RISING fraud and greater
security demands by financial
watchdog Finanstilsynet have resulted in an additional PIN code
requirement for the 3.3 million
Danes who use their Dankort
online. They will be asked when
making card purchases of more
than 450 kroner.

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FOLLOWING parliamentary
approval, Post Danmark is abolishing express letters, Saturday
deliveries and free redirected
mail. There will only be one
regular option, and the standard delivery time will be five
days. Since 2000, letter numbers
have fallen by 68 percent, and
A-letters by 82 percent.

Resigning, not fired

No worries lurking in the fine print

Turnover up 2 billion
BIOTECH giant Novo Nordisks Q1 sales increased by 9
percent in local currencies while

its net profit decreased by 4

percent to 9.5 billion kroner
and turnover rose by 7 percent from 25.2 to 27.2 billion
kroner.
The result was announced
a day after the company announced its long-acting
diabetes product Semaglutide
can reduce the number of cardiovascular cases among its
users.

Profits up
DONG ENERGY has made a
highly satisfactory start to the
year. Its Q1 EBITDA jumped
35 percent from 6 to 8.1 billion kroner while its net profit
rose 49 percent from 3.5 to 5.2
billion kroner.
The improvement was driven
by a 53 percent increase in wind
power, partly offset by lower gas,
oil and power prices.

New head at Lego

Top for energy tech

Offloading Maersk

TUE MANTONI, the managing director of electronics firm

Bang & Olufsen, is stepping
down. He denies he has been
fired in connection with the
recent takeover bid launched
by Chinese company Sparkle
Roll Group. Henrik Clausen,
currently with the Telenor group,
will take his place on July 1.

Lufthansa strike
LUFTHANSA cancelled almost
900 flights on April 27 ahead
of planned strikes at airports in
Frankfurt, Munich, Dusseldorf,
Cologne, Dortmund and Hannover. Over 87,000 passengers
were affected as only 40 percent
of the German airlines scheduled flights took off.

Cashless society cometh

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Testing times ahead

Well played, sir!

Sing it from the rooftops

Abandon ship

Its all take, take, take

WOMEN who give birth to

their first child aged 30 or under
earn considerably less than women who have their first child later
in life, according to Danmarks
Statistik. Based on the data of
1.5 million women between
1995 and 2009, the study reveals
that the average womans salary
falls by 37-65 percent following
the birth of their first child, and
it takes the women six to eight
years to recoup the wage reduction. The study also found that
university-educated women who
have their first child after the
age of 31 earn more during their
lives than women who dont have
children at all. (CW)

KJELD Kirk Kristiansen is

stepping down as head of Lego
to hand over the reins to his
37-year-old son, Thomas Kirk
Kristiansen the fourth generation of the family to run
the toy producer since it was
founded by Ole Kirk Kristiansen in 1932 in Billund. Kjeld
Kirk, who had been at the helm
since 1979, will remain chairman of Kirkbi, which owns 75
percent of the shares in Lego.
Thomas Kirk started his career
at Lego in 2004, initially joining the board as an observer,
before becoming a fully-fledged
board member in 2007.
(CW)

DESPITE a small decline in

energy tech exports, Danish
companies topped Europe in
2015 when it came to exporting energy tech, according to a
report by the Energy and Climate
Ministry and the two industry
and energy advocacy organisations Dansk Industri and Dansk
Energi. Denmark exported 71.4
billion kroner worth of energy
tech last year a 4 percent
decrease compared to the year
before. Energy tech accounts
for 11 percent of total Danish
exports. Last year, energy tech
exports increased to Germany,
the US and China, but decreased
to Sweden and the UK. (CW)

COPENHAGEN Municipality
is selling all of its Maersk shares
due to concerns about the corporations environmental impact.
The municipality had already
announced in January it would
be selling most of its fossil fuel
shares, and it has now decided
to not own shares in companies
that derive more than 5 percent
of their turnover from them. I
have great veneration for Maersk
but I also have a decision from
City Hall that clearly states we
want to be a green city, the city
mayor, Frank Jensen, told DR.
The WWF applauded the decision, while Oil Gas Denmark
said it was concerned. (SR)

SINCE 2005, some 968 bank

branches and 554 ATMs have
been closed down nationwide,
reports Momentum. Egon
Frhr, the mayor of Vejen in
central Jutland, complains the
development is affecting older
citizens and people in small
towns. In Hovborg near Vejen,
the last ATM disappeared last
year in spite of protests. Banks
have to help us make society
function, and that means citizens should be able to withdraw
their own money from a cash
machine, Frhr told DR. However, banks argue that operating
ATMs is costly, and that fewer
customers need them. (LR)

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STEEN VIVE
UNION VIEWS
Steen is senior advisor at Djf,
the Danish Association of Lawyers and Economists. He is a
blogger and manager of various
projects aimed at generating
jobs in the private sector. In
this column he writes about
trends and tendencies in the
labour market. Follow him on
Twitter @SteenVive

Essential skills
THE STUDY investigated the
skills these companies demand,
and the top four are: sales (e.g
strengthening the pipeline to

increase sales among new and

existing customers); marketing
(e.g conducting market analyses
and launching new products);
communication (e.g updating
homepages and newsletters);
and business development (e.g
facilitating process and workflow
improvements).
These needs closely fit the
skillsets many graduates possess.
But what are these companies
looking for, and what is it like
working for one?

You thought your studies were bad, but the real work starts this summer

A strategic generalist
COMPANIES want generalists
who can complete a variety of
tasks. The companies all have
projects they need completed,
but they might not necessarily
know what skills are required to
do so. Thus, employees are hired
based on a combination of who
they are and what they can do.
I have talked to several people
who chose this career path. They
told me that entry positions

often cover a range of practical

tasks. Therefore, operational
skills are important.
By solving practical tasks,
employees get an understanding of the core business. This
understanding makes employees practical and realistic when
solving analytical tasks. Once
employees start combining operational activities with development
across their job functions, they
begin to create true value.

Diligent job-searching
UNFORTUNATELY, these
companies rarely post positions.
Instead, prospective employees
need to go through the business
sections in newspapers searching for leads and to contact the
companies unsolicited.
This can be time-consuming,
so it would be a good idea for
graduates to spend their summers tackling this task.

Hull and participate in a range

of activities tailored to their business requirements.
The BCCD worked closely
with EEU, highlighting the potential in the UK offshore wind
sector and enabling businesses
across a wide range of renewable
energy sectors to participate.

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O EXPLORE the business

opportunities for Danish
companies in the growing
UK renewable energy sector,
the British Chamber of Commerce in Denmark (BCCD), in
co-operation with the Hull and
Humber Chamber of Commerce
(HHCC), arranged a trade mission to Hull from 18-19 April
2016.
The trade mission was organised with the support of Esbjerg
Erhvervsudvikling (EEU) and
Djurs Wind Power (DWP) and
followed on from a previously
successful trade mission, which
brought Danish companies over
to Green Port Hull (GPH) in
November 2015.

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E ARE CLOSING in
on graduation day. In a
few weeks, thousands of
university graduates will hand in
their theses and by thousands,
I literally mean thousands.
I imagine the majority of
them will be looking for jobs.
To paraphrase Game of Thrones:
Summer is coming, but at the
large corporations, summertime
results in a recruitment shutdown.
Luckily, there are alternatives.
I just read a joint study by Djf
and Hndvrksrdet predicting
there will be at least 13,000 new
jobs suitable for the leavers at
small and medium-sized companies across the country.
If I were a graduate, I would
spend my summer trying to land
one of those jobs.

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Close co-operation
FOR THE November trade mission, EEU drew on its extensive
network of members and insight
into the industry, assembling a
broad selection of Denmarks
leading renewable energy companies to visit the facilities in

Natural development
BUSINESS consultant Uffe
Lundgaard from EEU explains:
With a large supply chain
supporting the offshore wind
industry in Esbjerg, we see it
as a natural development that
the companies use their skills
and competences to increase
market share and expand into
other countries. We have made
a bridge and now it is up to the
companies to use it.
The recent trade mission
in April 2016 saw EEU and
DWP bringing a selection of
cutting-edge Danish companies to participate in a range of
business-to-business activities

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TRADING KINGDOMS
Mariano A Davies is the president & CEO of both the
language learning provider
Oxford Institute (oxfordinstitute.biz) and the British
Chamber of Commerce in
Denmark (bccd.dk). BCCD,
the Danish arm of a global
network of British chambers,
provides networking and facilitation through events and
other professional services for
the business community in
Denmark.

The foundations are there for others to capitalise

over the course of two days.

Local businesses in the
Humber region stand to benefit hugely from the expertise
and experience provided by
these Danish firms, as they are
frequently market leaders in their
respective areas.
Excellent news
THIS IS excellent news for the
UK, as its government seeks to

meet the binding EU renewable

energy targets for 2020.
Furthermore, it is excellent
news for the wider region as the
Humber establishes its position
as the Energy Estuary.
The input of Danish companies will be immensely helpful
for local UK companies seeking
to gain a foothold in the supply chain of manufacturers like
Siemens.

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DAVID PARKINS
21ST CENTURY ALCHEMY
21st Century Alchemy is a
weekly Q&A column for
career-minded professionals, entrepreneurs and small
businesses written by David
Parkins, a business (re)development specialist, company
culture strategist, career coach,
and IMCSA speaker (ep3.dk).

HILE THIS article is

intended for business
leaders such as supervisors, managers and owners,
every employee can be a leader
in what they do or how they
interact with others.
Your ability, motivation, and
attitude determines your influence more than a title or position
ever will.

they instead assume their employees know and say nothing?

Thats the difference between a
manager and a leader; every leader knows that real respect isnt an
entitlement based on a position
of authority or a job title. No, the
timeless Do to others what you
would like them to do to you
applies to everyone, equally. And
real respect will always be given
based on how you measure up
to that golden rule.
Stick to the guidelines in this
Performance Improvement Plan
for Management and its plain
sailing ahead.
Lead by example Be the
perfect example of the qualities
and traits you expect from others,
whether theyre clients, employees or employers. Do you expect
honesty? Then always be honest.
Do you expect us to work hard?
Then work harder than we do.
Be humble Never expect
anyone to care about your great
education, what youve done or
where youve worked. Showoffs and egotists are boring and
avoided, so avoid self-promotion and attention-seeking. Its
obnoxious and damages your
reputation.
Be committed As a leader we
expect you to walk alongside us
and work with the team. Willing-

Dear Management
ITS THE end of April and
weve just finished the first
quarter performance evaluations
a dreaded but time-honoured
tradition of making every employee feel like theyre going to
lose their job. When I used to
walk out of mine, Id breathe a
sigh of relief knowing that, by
your good graces, I get to stay
a little longer.
But what if the tables were
turned? What if instead we got
to ask you those same questions
about performance, commitment, teamwork and character?
How would you do? Would you
still have your job?
If you treat your staff right,
youll get the results you want.
Every manager knows when a
job is done well, but do they give
respect by recognising the team
or individual who did it? Or do

finished, I was sweating profusely, needing to loosen my

tie just to breathe. Why? It was
a walk-and-talk and he was an
aggressive businessman, so it was
an aggressive walk. The right
clothes depend on who they
are, the venue, and the meetings purpose, but they need to
be both cool and comfortable
for you and a subtle reflection
of your personality. RULE OF
THUMB: Think of an interview
as a blind date.

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INTERVIEW QUESTION

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I have an interview and Im not

sure what to wear. Suggestions?
Thoughts?
Last summer, I was invited to a
midday meeting and based on
background research, I dressed
conservatively and somewhat
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ly get in the trenches and get your

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Help others succeed and
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Great leaders help others to shine
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who show potential. Mentor
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Balance delegating and being
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the teams disposal. Theyve been
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6 - 12 May 2016

Press freedom is not self-evident

AY 3 WAS the 25th

International Press
Freedom Day. It was
celebrated worldwide.

A perilous profession
HOWEVER, as Press Freedom
Day approached, we continue to
hear horrific stories of journalists
being harassed into silence as
they try to report uncomfortable truths.
Verbal attacks by presidential candidates in the US, new

Straight, No Chaser

security laws in Europe and

the increased surveillance of
information are some of the
challenges journalists face today.
Last year was one of the worst
years for press freedom. About
46 percent of the worlds population lives in areas without press
freedom. The worst country of
all is North Korea where tightened security and surveillance
laws completely limit the space
for free expression.

An Englishman abroad, Stephen has lived and

worked in Denmark since 1978. His interests include
music, art, cooking, real ale, politics and cats.

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High freedom ranking

A RECENT international
survey on press freedom rated
Denmark at number six in front
of Sweden, but after Finland and
Norway. That is fine.
Constitutional protection of
the freedom of the press is commonplace in Denmark and
across the world. For example,
its in the first amendment of
the US Constitution that no
law should prohibit freedom of
speech or of the press.

STEPHEN GADD

Declining in Europe too

EUROPE as a whole has endured the largest decline in press
freedom in any region according to the report Freedom of the
Press 2016.
This year, 16 journalists
have been killed. In 2015, 70
journalists were killed and 140
imprisoned.
It is important to take a day
to remember those journalists
who paid with their lives, or are
behind bars for their efforts to
inform the public. (ES)

Is the whole affair morphing into an unfortunate episode of Dont Forget Your Toothbrush?

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mans fancy lightly turns to
thoughts of ... industrial-scale
tax fiddling? Brexit? Another potentially disastrous open-ended
war in the Middle East? An economic downturn? Donald Trump
being elected US president?
As the Bard put it: Rough
winds do shake the darling buds
of May, and how right he was.
Bothersome Brexit
AS A UK citizen living in Denmark, of all the above worries,
the upcoming UK referendum
on EU membership (irritatingly
known as Brexit) is potentially
the most troublesome. It is obvious that emotion, rather than
hard facts, will play a major part
in the final decision.
It seems to be a truth universally acknowledged that any
referendum in any EU country
on any EU issue is used as an
excuse to stick it to a) the incumbent prime minister, b) the
party/coalition in power and c)
the EU as an institution and anything emanating from Brussels.
A recent referendum in the
Netherlands on the European
Unions association agreement
with Ukraine was hijacked by

anti-EU forces, producing a 61

percent No vote. However, only
32.2 percent of the population
could be bothered to vote, so it
was hardly the resounding raspberry to Brussels that it might
appear.
Blundering strategies
IN 2015, WHEN UK Prime
Minister David Cameron promised to hold the referendum,
largely to pacify Tory dissenters
and prevent further defections
to UKIP, it seemed a winnable
proposition. Now, the outcome
is much less certain.
Recent figures show approximately 44 percent favour
staying, 42 percent leaving and
15 percent dont know. Factor
in the Panama Papers revelations about the Cameron family
tax arrangement and he begins
to look more and more like a
lame duck. This wouldnt normally matter except that Dodgy
Dave is the main cheerleader for
remaining in.
Brits abroad ignored
ONE GROUP largely ignored
in the debate are the approximate 1.26 million UK citizens
living in other European coun-

tries, of which there are around

18,000 of us living in Denmark.
Broadly speaking, only British, Irish and Commonwealth
citizens over the age of 18 who
are resident in the UK, along
with UK nationals living abroad
who have been on the electoral
register in the UK in the past 15
years, are eligible to vote.
So, for the Brit in a bind with
no vote, whats the answer if it all
goes pear-shaped after 23 June?
One possibility is to seek
dual nationality. In Denmark,
this has been permitted since
1 September 2015. However,
the process is quite complicated
and can be long drawn out. You
need to be able to prove you can
support yourself, obtain a certificate proving proficiency in
the Danish language and take a
Citizenship Test, which can only
be sat twice a year. Both of these
items cost money to acquire.
Alternatively, you can sit it
out and hope for the best.
As youve probably gathered
by now, Im not exactly a born
optimist, but Im keeping my
fingers firmly crossed for a Remain in result on Midsummers
Day. The alternative is a step into
unknown and uncharted waters.

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NEXT ISSUE

STEPHANIE BRICKMAN

Brick by Brick
Stephanie Brickman made the hop across the North
Sea from Scotland to live in Denmark with her distinctly
un-Danish family. This 40-something mother, wife and
superstar is delighted to share her learning curve, rich
as it is with laughs, blunders and expert witnesses.

Under the Raydar

RAY WEAVER

Crazier than Christmas

VIVIENNE MCKEE

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IN 2 ISSUES

An Actors Life
IAN BURNS

Youre Still Here

KELLY DRAPER
IN 3 ISSUES

Fashion Jam

I could have told you that on the day she was born: Weve got a screamer!

HE QUEUE is literally a
mile long, snaking through
Frederiksberg. The line of
chattering girls is punctuated
every so often by an accompanying dad, standing head
and shoulders above the girly
crowd with the awkwardness of
a meerkat.

S & M, cheeky wink x2

MY FRIEND Irina and I are
chaperoning our daughters
to see the Canadian teen idol
Shawn Mendes at the Falconer
Salen. The 3,000 tickets for this
gig sold out in hours.
Our girls are very excited. All
the girls here are very excited. In
fact some camped out overnight
to be sure to get close to the
stage. Almost all of them seem
to have long straight hair. Many
have written the heart-throbs
initials on their cheeks in eyeliner: S and M.
When the queue finally
ambles into the venue we
discover theres upstairs seating and, to our joy, theres no
extra charge to sit down, so
we pile up there. Downstairs,
more than 2,000 pubescent
girls have decided to cram
into one third of the very
large space available and are
fanning themselves with their
tickets.

El of a shrieko
OUR GIRLS troop off to buy
t-shirts. Irina says she cant imagine letting her daughter camp
out like that, although she did
let her son camp outside ElGiganten with her husband. But
that was for a laptop. And I confess that for the first two years we
were here I didnt realise El was
short for electricity, as I thought
it was a Spanish chain.
Just as Im saying ElGiganten
with soft Spanish Gs, the lighting on the stage changes. The
house lights are still on, and
nothing has happened, but
the whole venue erupts into
deafening screaming. At least
five girls faint below us and get
hauled out of the crowd, and our
daughters come running back
demanding to know what on
earth is happening.
But thats nothing compared
to what happens later when
wee Shawn himself pads onto
the stage in his plimsoles. The
screaming is so intense Irina and
I are sitting with our fingers in
our ears. The venue people are
desperately handing out water
to the front of the crowd, but no
matter what Shawn does, someone faints. An unconscious girl
is lifted up onto the arms of the
crowd and floats like Ophelia
towards the waiting bouncers,

her handbag clasped under her

crossed forearms.
Suzie would leather it
AFTER an initial acoustic set,
wee Shawns all-male backing
band comes on. I have a feminist
moment. Suddenly I want to
tell all these girls that it could
be them making music. I want
Aretha Franklin singing lead and
Katy Perry writing the songs and
playing guitar. I want Carol Carpenter (because I cannot think
of another female drummer) and
I want Suzie Quatro on bass,
dammit, in her leather trousers.
Shawn sings a high note. A
girl faints. Shawn sets out singing
a song the whole crowd knows. A
girl faints. Shawn tells the crowd
that Denmark has the most
beautiful girls. Three girls faint.
I try and reframe my feminist unease. This evening men
have provided the entertainment, been an object of desire
(not mine), kept everyone safe,
handed out water, and picked
up unconscious young girls and
carried them about. If you view
men as staff, the whole proposition improves.
This must be hard work for
you, I say to one of the young
security guys as were leaving.
He sighs and says sadly: I used
to like girls.

JENNY EGSTEN-ERICSON

Straight Up
ZACH KHADUDU
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Prospects of the City

PER SMIDL

A Dane Abroad
KIRSTEN LOUISE PEDERSEN
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Mere te Vicar?
DARREN MCCALLIG

The Directors Cut

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ABOUT TOWN

PHOTOS BY HASSE FERROLD

The Annual St Georges Day Dinner & Celebration of Her Majestys Queen Elizabeth II 90th Birthday proved to be more than a mouthful for the attendees who
enjoyed a lavish meal and some rousing renditions of classic English songs such as Jerusalem, Land of Hope and Glory and Rule Britannia. And as if two
celebrations werent enough, they also tipped a hat to the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare and the 100th anniversary of the Battle of
Jutland. Co-organised by the British Chamber of Commerce (BCCD) and the Royal Society of St George Denmark (RSSGD), among those in attendance were
(centre: left-right) KUKS president Kaj Larssen, who is also the president of the St Andrews Society (hence the kilt), RSSGD president Simon Mears, Canadian
ambassador Andr Franois Giroux and BCCD president Mariano A Davies; while (right) the honorable guest was Air Vice Marshal David R Hawkins-Leth

Poland celebrated its Constitution Day on April 26 with some of its traditional cuisine served with a modern twist at the Copenhagen Hospitality
College in Valby. Polish ambassador Henryka Mocicka-Dendys (left, second right) was at hand to see it was up to Polands high standards. Among
those in attendance were Chinese ambassador Liu Biwei, Austrian ambassador Ernst-Peter Brezovsky and Dutch ambassador Henk Swarttouw; and
(right) the outgoing dean of the diplomatic corps, the Moroccan ambassador Raja Ghannam

Nepal Now was the place to be on April 23 as the Asian country commemorated the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake that killed 8,900
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the countrys heritage, but it still remains one of the ultimate countries to visit, Nepalese ambassador Mukti Nath Bhatta (left) told those in attendance.
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ALESSANDRA PALMITESTA

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AYDAY birch pollen

allergy sufferers! That
was when the agony
started, and its been downhill ever since, but uphill for
the countrys sun-worshippers.
As
is
traditional,
thousands flocked to Flledparken near the national

stadium in sterbro for socialist discourses, homage to

the unions, speeches from
leading left-wing politicians
and lots of music, beer and
hot dogs and the Copenhagen Weekly Post were out in
force.
Trainee journalist Alessandra Palmitesta (top right,

right; bottom left, left) joined

friends for frolics in the park.
Pictured with her (top right:
left-right) are Paula from
Spain, Ricard from Spain and
Giulia from Italy; and (bottom left: left-right) Nicky
from Greece, Maria from
Spain, Petko from Bulgaria,
Savvas from Greece and Gi-

ulia from Italy.

Fellow trainee, Alex James,
remained camera shy, but
stayed sober long enough
to take a snap of the North
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Presented by EuroEnviro2016 and Djf Studerende,

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New theatre group The Rabbit Hole Company

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continued his long tradition
of staying home and watching the football.
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This is an unmissable event for beer lovers. Directly

from Manchester, a team from Cloudwater Brewing
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Institut Sankt Joseph is seeking a Primary Mathematics,

Science, PE teacher for our International Bilingual Program
Institut Sankt Joseph is looking for a highly skilled, experienced primary teacher to join our exciting International Bilingual department. We are looking for a teacher who is professional, committed to excellence and wishes to promote
the educational and formational mission of Institut Sankt Joseph.
The positions:
From 1 August 2016 we are looking
for a teacher to lead on the following
subjects:
Primary Mathematics and
Science following the Cambridge
International Curriculum
PE
Our requirements:
You are a mother-tongue English speaker
You are fluent or almost fluent
in Danish (B2-C2 according to the
C.E.F.R)
You will be dedicated to the
educational and formational mission of Institut Sankt Joseph
You can be a classroom leader
and contribute to the dynamic
bilingual team
You are able to communicate effectively with parents and students
from different educational and
cultural backgrounds

Even better:
You have experience with bilingual education
You have experience with the
Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) program
You intend to be in Denmark for
the long term
You have a working knowledge
of the Danish educational system
What you will be doing:
As a teacher in our program, you will
be required to work in a unique bilingual team, composed of both Native
Danish and English speakers. You will
report directly to the International Department Head and be involved in the
following activities:
lesson planning
teaching
parent teacher conferences
student conferences
evaluation
daily communication with students and parents via the intranet

team meetings
participation in training programs
participation in school committees that promote our formational/
educational mission and team
building
More about your place of work:
Institut Sankt Joseph is a private
Catholic school located in the heart
of the sterbro district of Copenhagen. As of 2016, there are over 700
students, 70 employees; with both
the students and staff representing
culturally diverse backgrounds. We
expect overall well-being and high
academic levels to complement
each other for both students and
employees as we live our formational/educational mission. Our
wonderful children come from over
55 different countries, which on a
daily basis enliven our school with
intercultural learning and international discovery. We see ourselves

as a humanistic formation centre

grounded in Catholic-humanistic
values that are expressed in our
school motto: It is every human
beings task to become human.
How to apply:
You must have the necessary
international and/or Danish teaching credentials, as well as meet the
aformentioned credentials to be
eligible. All applications should include a cover letter and CV. Please
send both applications and CVs by
mail to Thomas Knudsen Mulhern
at tkm@sanktjoseph.dk
Conditions of employment will
be according to the common agreement with the Danish Ministry of
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teachers in private schools.
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Students scoop seven awards at science fair

TUDENTS from Skt Josef s School in Roskilde last

month triumphed in Denmarks largest talent competition
in science and technology, Unge
Forskere, winning seven awards
in the junior category.
The young scientists competed against 100 innovative
projects shortlisted for the 2016
Unge Forskere finals, which took
place at Forum.

SKT JOSEFS SCHOOL

LUCIE RYCHLA

UNGE FORSKERE
(YOUNG SCIENTISTS)
Danish national science fair
founded in 1989
Accepts science projects
from Danish public schools
and gymnasiums, which
compete in three categories:
Technology, Life Science and
Physical Science
The finals take place at the
Science Fair in Forum and attract thousands of visitors

Handshake with prince

A TOTAL of 2,188 projects
from public schools all over
Denmark were registered for the
science fair this year, and over
9,000 visitors came to Forum
to support the finalists and see
their projects.
At the end, the patron of the
competition, Prince Joachim,
and the education minister,
Christine Antorini, awarded
prizes worth a total 250,000
kroner to all the winners.

ence for the whole school,

Tine Gregory, the international
communications manager at Skt
Josef s School, told the Copenhagen Post Weekly.
And it was also great for the
integration of our international
students.

Fantastic experience
IT WAS a fantastic experi-

Internationals shine
THREE of Skt Josef s finalists

The winners receive financial

awards and travel grants
Its patron is Prince Joachim
of Denmark

Skt Josef s won seven awards

came from the schools international department, which was

established in 2012 and recently
celebrated its 100th student.
Although they havent been
with the school for a very long
time, two of the three international finalists won first and
third prize in their categories
and received 15,000 and 10,000
kroner each.

Highly innovative
THE SKT Josef s students
projects covered a wide range
of innovative solutions, including an innovative asthma
treatment, a smartphone climate
cover, wireless energy transmission via laser, and energy made
from fibre.

SKT JOSEF'S SCHOOL

An independent CatholicChristian school, founded in
1904
Located in the historic centre of Roskilde, about 30 km
from Copenhagen
The Danish department has
over 800 students
The international department was established in 2012
with 15 students, and it now
has 115
The international department is open to children aged
5-16 years and is based on the
Cambridge International Programme
Its next info evening is on
May 12 from 16:30-18:30

On top of the students

achievements, the schools
science teacher Ole Grevald received the Teacher of the Year
award in the public school age
category.

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Pizza on wheels: Bikes, breaks, bakes a delivery like no other

With approval from her
majesty, Michele Lucarelli will
be difficult to avoid in his 400
kilo cargo bike this summer,
where he will be cooking up a
storm on his portable oven
ALESSANDRA PALMITESTA

IZZA GUYS are not all the

same. There are the traditional pizza delivery boys,
and there is Michele Lucarelli.
This smiling Italian guy does
not ring your bell to deliver a
pizza in a cardboard box. Rather,
you have to locate him and enter
his front door, the flap of his
400kg cargo bike that reveals
an oven where he prepares and
serves pizzas. He calls the project
Bike and Bake.
Royal assent
MOSTLY active in Ameliehaven, he may not receive house
calls, but he is the perfect neighbour. Just last month he gave a
pizza as a birthday present to
her majesty, and she sent him a
thank you letter with the royal
stamp, as this is how they do
things in Amelienborg.
Lucarelli, 35, has been pretty
busy over the last month, giving
interviews to a host of Italian
newspapers including La Repubblica, Il Resto del Carlino, Il
Corriere Adriatico and Il Mattino and to several radio stations
as well. All of them are extremely
excited about the creativity of
their compatriot abroad.
Homegrown recognition
LAST BUT not least, he recently received the Medal of
Civic Merit in Rdhuspladsen,
from representatives of his Ital-

ian hometown, San Costanzo

(Marche region), for exporting
a special kind of pizza: Crescia
dla Stacciola.
Between serving and pedalling, the Copenhagen Post
Weekly caught up with Lucarelli
to find out how his summer on
the streets of the capital is shaping up.

HOW DID YOU COME UP

WITH THIS IDEA?

I have been baking pizzas since I

was a teenager so I could be more
independent while studying and
travelling around the world. For
two years I lived in New Zealand, where I discovered the
spirit of adventure. I was working as a cook and I loved riding
my motorbike and going from
hostel to hostel to make pizzas
for all the people there just
because I liked it. Then I started
having ideas about making food
on the road. In New Zealand I
met my Danish girlfriend, and I
followed her to Denmark.

HOW DID YOU START

THIS PROJECT?

As soon as I arrived here, I

grasped how much the use of
the bike is a symbol of Danish customs. Since I wanted to
encourage integration between
different cultures as culture is
a process that evolves I decided
to bring and add my values and
background to the Danish ones.
This is how the project Bike and
Bake was born.

WHY DO YOU DEFINE

BIKE AND BAKE AS A
MULTICULTURAL PROJECT?

Although pizza has Italian origins, nowadays it belongs to

everyone. From South Korea

to America, it represents the
spirit of aggregation and sharing. Indeed, my pizza-bike has
no flags: I am a cosmopolitan
open to cultural collaborations.
The project is a mix of cultures:
after lengthy research, I opted
for an oven made in Sicily from
volcanic stone, while the bike
is designed in Copenhagen. It is the same
with the ingredients I
use. I went personally
to the Danish farms
that produce organic
flour, organic milk for
the mozzarella and veggies, while the oil and tomatoes
are from Italy.

I STARTED this project because it is a way to go beyond

borders, and I want to do it not
alone but with others, in order
to fuel integration. I am moved
by passion: a love of travelling
and discovering new cultures.

If you want to know where

Michele is today with his bike,
or order a home delivery, check his
FB page Bike and Bake.

TELL US ABOUT YOUR

COLLABORATIONS?

Crowdfunding not only helped

me to raise funds, it introduced
me to many supportive people
who helped me for free with
a website, video and logo
because they believe in
what I do. To me, this is
already a big success as
these collaborations
became friendships.
Ive recently been
contacted by a street
artist asking me to
work together, and
this is what I am
looking for. I am a
street chef because I
want to be in touch
with people and
promote different
talents.

WHATS THE
ULTIMATE AIM OF
YOUR PROJECT?

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We ate brunch like Berliners in spirit

ALESSANDRA PALMITESTA

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VON FRESSEN
Vesterbrogade 124, Cph V;
open daily from 11:00 (brunch
served until 14:00), weekends
from 10:00 (15:00); brunch
125kr; vonfressen.com

HERE ARE some that

maintain JFK erred when
he said Ich bin ein Berliner that the addition of the
ein turned I am a Berliner into
a I am a jam doughnut.
Nothing could be further
from the truth, as what he actually said was I am a Berliner
in spirit, and you can be too via
a visit to Von Fressen, and as an
added bonus enjoy their jam a
tasty tomato variety!

ALESSANDRA PALMITESTA

Like in Prenzlauer Berg

WHEN VON Fressen opened
its doors six and a half years ago,
the founders wanted to recreate
the same atmosphere they fell
in love with in Prenzlauer Berg,
one of the coolest districts of
Berlin.
Theyve duly incorporated the
eccentric style of the German
capitals bars into their Vesterbro
caf and as soon as you come
in, the interior decoration theyre
famous for launches an all-out
assault on your senses.
And theres no escape! Raise
your head, and a dark ceiling
with golden decor will leave you
mesmerised. Youve just stepped
into Von Fressens world!

Unless stated otherwise, the

meals in these reviews are
paid for by the venue.

Artfully handled
WE TAKE a seat in an adorable
corner of the caf where we are
immerged into ornate surroundings. Old paintings of all kinds
religiously themed, ancient
portraits photos and mirrors
decorate the walls, each of them
coloured differently.
Ermanno, the manager,
warmly welcomes us and introduces us to the cafs simple and

clear values: to serve fresh and

homemade food to all its clients.
We order two brunches: a vegetarian and a vegan. The menu
also has a meat option, as well as
a wide range of breakfast dishes.
The essential espresso
BUT FIRST things first. We
are Italians and we need to
start our day with an espresso.
The taste of the coffee is great,

but surprisingly, although it has

an undeniably Italian fragrant
aroma, it is roasted not far from
the caf in Amager.
Relying on Danish suppliers
brings a savory fresh taste to our
products, and this is extremely
important for us, explains Ermanno.
A mountain of choice
THE RICH visual details of the

place gladly entertain our watchful eyes; however, as soon as the

brunches appear, we shift our
interest to the mouthwatering
specialties.
My vegetarian brunch incorporates a huge range of delicious
flavours.
Sipping organic orange juice,
I start with soft scrambled eggs
served with grilled vegetables,
tomato, cress, potatoes, a radish
salad and cottage cheese.
My need for salt is indulged by
delicious quinoa and a chickpea
burger with tomato jam, served
with organic bread and butter.
A palate-cleaning glass of
creamy Greek yogurt with organic honey and homemade
granola sets me up for a grand
finale to complete the yummy
experience with a delicate thyme
and blueberry pancake.
Similarly, the vegan brunch
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The way to start the day
WE CONCLUDE our morning
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Thu May 12, 20:00, Forum Copenhagen,

Julius Thomsens Plads 1, Frederiksberg;
500kr
ALEX JAMES

IN RECENT years folk-rock has had a

popular and critical resurgence. At the
forefront of this new wave of music is
Mumford & Sons, leading the way with
their banjo-heavy hits, although they
have since ditched the instrument.
Their first album was a real breakthrough for the band. Babel scored
number one album rankings in the US
and the UK, where it was also the fastest
selling album of 2012.
The album contained hits such as I
Will Wait and built upon the success of
their debut album Sigh No More.

ELSIE AND NORMS

MACBETH
May 4-27, Thu & Fri 20:00; A Touch of
Vintage, Badstuestrde 12, Cph K; 150kr,
discounts available, rabbithole.dk
BRAND new theatre company Down the
Rabbit Hole is staging John ChristopherWoods inventive comedy about a bored

expat couples attempt to restage Macbeth.

They have taken it upon themselves to
reinvent the iconic drama, deeming it too
wordy and the poetry lacking in rhyme!
The audacious duo decide to simplify the
bards text and rather ambitiously take on
every character role themselves.
The audience are in prime position as
the hilarity ensues, seated in the centre of
Macbeths castle while the play goes on
around them. (AC)

VANESSA CARLTON
Tue May 10, 21:00; Vega, Enghavevej 40,
Cph V; 180kr
IT HAS been 14 years since Vanessa
Carltons biggest hit A Thousand Miles
first hit our airwaves. Her debut led to
overnight popularity and critical acclaim including three Grammy award
nominations.

CULTURE STERBRO FAIR

May 8, 14:00-16:00; sterbrohuset, rhusgade, Cph ;

kulturoesterbro.dk
A fair for expats in Copenhagen
looking for clubs, evening classes
and activities to get involved in
during their stay. Few will be able
to resist this spread of cultural activities that will help you make the
most of your free time. (PS)

KIDS

NR MOR OG FAR FR TID

May 8, 15:00; Kulturhuset Islands Brygge, Islands Brygge 18,

Cph S; 60kr; k-i-b.dk
Its not just the Jazz Festival that
makes cool cats out of the kids.
This concert (ages 2-8) promises beautiful songs performed
by Anna Britt Mathiassen with
support from Martin Spang
Olsen on the guitar. (N)

MARKET

BELLAHJ FLEA MARKET

May 5-8, Thu-Fri: from 11:00,

Sat-Sun: from 10:00; Hvidkildevej 66, Cph NV; 25kr;
bhd-marked.dk
Bellahj often hosts markets,
but this one in particular is
more family-friendly. With the
funfair area, the childrens flea
market and live music, you are
guaranteed great fun. (N)

ISTOCK

FAIR

Carlton has released a lot of music

since then and as a result has matured
as a songwriter. 2016 has seen the release of her latest offering, Liberman,
which has received positive reviews
from critics.
Fans of her early work will be surprised by the maturity of Carltons
voice and songs. And this is surely a
chance to embrace her wider body of
work in all its quirky glory. (AJ)
ISTOCK

CPH LINDY HOP LX

May 4-8; Spavillionen, Gyldenlvesgade, Cph K & other locations;

710kr; copenhagenlindyexchange.dk
Get your dancing shoes on and
jive away to the rocking sounds
of bands such as the Shirt Tail
Stompers and Billy Bros Swing
Orchestra. Swirl your girl around
the dancefloor, but hurry up as
tickets can sell out quickly. (PS)

PICK OF THE WEEK

ISTOCK

DANCE

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ART ALIVE

May 6-7; Louisiana, Gammel Strandvej 13, Humlebk;

115kr, louisiana.dk
For two days Louisiana is hosting Art Alive, a contemporary
arts festival that introduces a great
number of the artists currently
showing in the museum, along
with talks, performances and debates. (AP)

LOUISIANA.DK

ART

The group are no longer rookies in

the music industry. While critics and
fans alike were shocked by the new
music on Wilder Mind, long-term the
bands live performances have benefited
from songs with a heavier sound.
This has allowed the group to take
their brand of arena-rock onto a new
level. The two very separate sounds the
group have utilised combine perfectly,
allowing crowds to enjoy a mix of powerful anthems and acoustic numbers.
True, folk music may no longer be at
the heart of the band, but fans should
not mourn the evolution of their music.
After all, many successful bands
change their sound just look at U2
and the Rolling Stones.
Fans can look forward to witnessing a
band at the height of their artistic powers, who are sure to rock Copenhagen
this May.

ARTISTS FACEBOOK PAGE

MUMFORD & SONS

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INOUT:FILM

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Eye-catching despite the occasional pie in the sky

MARK WALKER
FILM EDITOR

EYE IN THE SKY

Dir: Gavin Hood; UK thriller,
2015, 102 mins; Helen Mirren,
Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman,
Iain Glen, Barkhad Abdi
PREMIERED MAY 5
PLAYING NATIONWIDE

HERES a decidedly TV
movie feel to this film
from South African director Gavin Hood (Tsotsi)
that probably comes courtesy of a limited budget and
a small number of uninspired
locations (save an incredible
ping pong hall in Beijing)
spread across the globe.
Nevertheless, this doesnt
hamper the films efficiency in
immersing us in the ethical,
moral and bureaucratic quagmire endured by a small group
of politicians and military officials over the matter of one
protracted drone strike.
Anatomy of a drone strike
A GROUP of high-priority
Al-Shabaab terrorists are
meeting in a secret safe-house
in Nairobi, Kenya, unaware
that they are being closely

AT CINEMAS

6 - 12 May 2016

OU ONLY begin to understand why a name like

Julia Roberts agrees to
star in a crapfest like Mothers
Day, and other crapfests by
Gary Marshall, when you consider that, once upon a time,
the director also helmed Pretty
Woman, the film that catapulted
Roberts to global recognition.
Ironically, the more she continues to honour the man, the
more faustian the arrangement
appears viewed chronologically, it is a meta-sequel tale of an
ageing high-class hooker working off an insurmountable debt
to her pimp.
Otherwise, this is a rare week
in which theres no new superhero film not even one. There
is, however, a horror film about
a doll that comes to life because
its possessed by a (excuse me

monitored by political and

military personnel in both
the UK and the US. When
what was supposed to be a
capture mission turns into a
kill mission, a drone is dispatched by the US and awaits
the green light from London
to fire.
We share Colonel Katherine
Powells
(Mirren)
increasing frustration as she
is forced to watch the time
run out on her opportunity
to make this hit one that
we learn has been six years
in the making. All the while
politicians in Westminster
are unable to agree on a legal
course of action given that
the target includes both UK
and US nationals.
The tension ratchets up for
everyone, including a young
drone pilot in Nevada (Paul
from Breaking Bad) who sits,
finger on the trigger, conflicted over his duty to kill
and a growing concern over
a young Kenyan girl who sets
up her bread stall inside the
blast radius.

Given that you rarely see the carnage up close, operating a drone is no different from cooking meth

Rating bad next to The Queen

IT WOULD be too reassuring to believe that these
decisions are informed by the
kind of humanity on display
here, but historical evidence
tells us that this is not always
the case. The drone pilot
spends much of his time at

the trigger with tears sitting

in his eyes, and although we
are told that this is his first
strike, it is the one attempt
to humanise these characters
that doesnt entirely ring true.
Helen Mirren excels as the
British colonel in charge of the
operation, allowing her impatience to only occasionally
compromise her pointed composure throughout. The fact
that we share in her frustration
makes us complicit in her questionable willingness to get the
kill by any means necessary.
The late Alan Rickman,
in his final screen role, is a
lieutenant general who func-

while I slip into a coma). Unsurprisingly, The Boy is reportedly

another crapfest, leaving just one
promising new release.
Eye in the Sky is a British
thriller from director Gavin
Hood. Boasting Helen Mirren
and the final on-screen performance from Alan Rickman, the
film details the protracted procedure for a drone strike while
addressing difficult questions
concerning the future of modern
warfare. See this weeks review.
The celebrations of Lars von
Triers 60th birthday continue at
Cinemateket with Dogville on
Saturday at 18:00 and its sequel
Manderlay later at 21:30. They
represent the first two parts in
Triers as yet unfinished America trilogy.
Meanwhile the Billy Wilder
season enters its final stretch
with the classic Hollywood
dream-turned-nightmare

Sunset Boulevard. Highly recommended on the big screen, its

on Wednesday at 21:45.
On Sunday at 14:15, Cinematekets Danish on a Sunday
series (always with English subs)
is showing Bridgend (2015),
Jeppe Rndes impressionistic
chronicle of a suicide epidemic
among the eponymous Welsh
countys youth (check out our
two-star review at cphpost.dk).
Tickets are 45-70 kroner and
an extra 40 kroner will get you
coffee and a pastry. For Cinematekets program, see dfi.dk/
Filmhuset.
If all the above sounds a little
dry, spice up your weekend with
Husets Lust-O-Rama evening (huset-kbh.dk). Lust in the
Dust stars notorious drag queen
Divine (aka The Filthiest Person
Alive) and starts Saturday at
20:00. Tickets are 80kr at the
door. (MW)

tions as Mirrens go-between,

tasked with schooling the
politicians in Westminster.
Steers clear of jingoism
ALONGSIDE the drone
itself, there are two other
pieces of spy surveillance
tech that would seem more
at home in 007s Q Division:
a remote-controlled robotic
bird that peeks through windows, and a flying insect
intended to infiltrate close
quarters. The latter is controlled with a repurposed
gaming device by an undercover Kenyan agent (a
welcome return for Barkhad

Abdi from Captain Philips).

These devices are crucial to
the plot, and while the tech
is actually in development, I
suspect their representation
here is somewhat fanciful.
Despite presenting a fairly
one-sided perspective on
drone warfare (i.e those who
have them), Hood manages
to wrap some pertinent questions about their use in a
highly suspenseful package.
What the film lacks in production value, we are spared
in the kind of distasteful
jingoism that might otherwise have saturated a larger
(American) production.

BOOM BUST BOOM

DOCUMENTARY OF THE MONTH May 12th-18th. Monty
Python director Terry Jones mixes expert insight, animation,
puppetry and song to explain economics to everyone.
We present some 50 films with English dialogue or subtitles
every month. See whats on at cinemateket.dk
CINEMATEKET / GOTHERSGADE 55 / CINEMATEKET.DK

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EUROVISION.TV

EUROVISION SEMI-FINALS
DR1 & SVT1,TUE & THU 21:00

PICK OF THE WEEK

NE OF the first things that

struck me about Danish
women back in the 1990s
was how much they loved Eurovision. It was all a bit sad really.
The men had won Euro 92,
and all the nation needed to
complete the set was the song
contest and an untainted one
at that (see page 4).
These days, two victories
later, they dont really seem to
care anymore.

The buildings were apparently inspired by Janet Jacksons half-time performance at Super Bowl XXXVIII

president died, France pulled out

and we can watch the ABBA
theme night.
Whilst you watch, remember that The Secret Life of Your
House (DR2 Mon 20:00) says
you have cockroaches in your
home. And they smell of mouldy
cheese and carry egg sacs. Are you
uncomfortable yet?
Now take a cruise around
TV land. First, lets go to the Pacific to catch The Island (SVT1
Mon 22:15). Then sail on into

the dazzling musical documentary Mumbai High (SVT1

Wed 23:05). Next venture to
less exotic climates as The Gypsy
Matchmaker (DR2 Tue 23:05)
and Addicted to Tattoos (DR3
Mon 20:45) show us the weird
and wonderful sub-cultures of
Britain. Now back in Europe,
lets finish with the 40-Year-Old
Virgins (TV2 Sun 23:45) and the
powerful documentary My Nazi
Legacy (DRK Sun 21:00).
.
ALEX JAMES

ALSO NEW

DR2, Sat 20:00 ABBA theme night

HOUDINI AND DOYLE

COMING SOON
Ones at home locked up, the other opiated up

SVT4, all week from Sat 15:10 Ice Hockey World Championship

FILM OF THE WEEK

DR2, Fri 20:00 Grace of Monaco

TV3, Sun 21:00 What to expect when youre expecting

SVT1, Sat 23:50

A Serious Man

ALEX JAMES
GIRODITALIA.IT

TV3 Sport 1, Sat 13:25 Championship: Boro vs Brighton

Houdini believes in nothing

and Doyle believes in everything
its a promising dynamic, but with
52 on Metacritic, the critics have
been luke-warm about this lighthearted, bog-standard procedural.
It is less exciting than it
sounds, despairs the LA Times,
while the NY Times concurs the
leads are one-dimensional and
dull.
JUNYI QI

MARTIN MERK

SPORT OF THE WEEK

MASTER illusionist Harry

Houdini (Michael Weston the
psycho in Six Feet Under), noted
for his spectacular escape acts, and
groundbreaking author Arthur
Conan Doyle (Stephen Mangan
Episodes), the creator of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes,
join forces to investigate crimes,
begrudgingly.

CHEMICAL ENGINEER

THIS YEAR weve got two 120

million games in the Championship. Middlesbrough need just a
point at home to Brighton to get
promoted at the visitors expense.
Meanwhile in the EPL, Leicester
will lift the trophy at home to
Everton (3+, Sat 18:30) and Man
City host Arsenal (TV3 Sport
2, Sun 16:55). Elsewhere, weve
got the Ice Hockey Worlds and
Giro dItalia. (BH)

With its strait jackets, a loony bins more like a holiday

Two things are certain

about the contest.
Firstly, the act with the most
searches on Google will win
unless one of the automatic
qualifiers springs a surprise. The
bookies accordingly know who
will win by the end of the semis.
The cunning will bet with their
friends only.
And secondly, the order of the
voting will be rigged so the second favourites friends are in the
first half to make it appear close.
In reality, it rarely is.
BEN HAMILTON
PEREIRA, FERNANDO ANEFO

THE FATE of the world could

have been very different had
France participated in the 1974
Eurovision Song Contest. They
would have given points to
Italy and the wild costumes,
mammoth tours and heartbreaking finish that made ABBA
famous would never have been.
Instead we would be reminiscing over Gigliola Cinquettis
finest hour and laughing at Meryl
Streeps performance in her musical Si. Lets be grateful the French

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PUMPKIN and Honey Bunny

from Pulp Fiction could have
livened up clichd montage
movie What to expect when
youre expecting If any of
your pricks move Then
again, if anyone needs a volley,
its Tim Roth for turgid turns as
Sepp Blatter and Prince Rainier
in Grace of Monaco. He is
clearly no longer A Serious
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