
Kontant participant Pia Malmsiø dies at 59
Pia Malmsiø, 59, who shared her harrowing Flextrafik wheelchair accident story on DR’s Kontant last week, has died after pneumonia. She watched the program from her hospital bed days before passing.

Pia Malmsiø, 59, who shared her harrowing Flextrafik wheelchair accident story on DR’s Kontant last week, has died after pneumonia. She watched the program from her hospital bed days before passing.

Rosengårdskolen in Odense has partially closed after air tests found dangerous levels of the carcinogenic substance PCB, with some classrooms measuring ten times the guideline level, forcing immediate evacuation and outdoor lessons.

Danish experts slam disproportionate fear of wolves, caterpillars and poisonous plants as hysterical after a summer of alarming stories left citizens panicking over nature rather than enjoying it.

A violent scrap fire at Køge harbour burned through Saturday night, sending smoke across large parts of Zealand and forcing police to warn residents in multiple towns to close windows and doors as crews battled the intense blaze.

Director Hella Joof adapts Stine Askov’s novel about class divides in Helsingør, where Mona from social housing falls for Nikolaj from the respectable side, exposing Denmark’s hidden social codes.

Two expert reports released today investigate whether Denmark’s contraception program in Greenland constituted human rights violations or even genocide, after thousands of women had IUDs inserted without consent between the 1960s and 1990s.

Denmark’s economy is surging: the government just raised its 2026 growth forecast to 3.7 percent, up from 2.7 percent in May, driven by booming pharmaceutical exports including Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss pill.

Denmark’s research minister insists Arctic research is already prioritized after scientists warned the Kingdom lags behind Norway, which allocated one billion kroner for polar preparations compared to Denmark’s 200 million.

U.S. military strikes suspected drug boat in Caribbean, killing four in second lethal operation this week. Over 227 people have died in similar strikes since September 2025, rights groups call attacks unlawful executions.

U.S. military killed four people in a Caribbean airstrike on a suspected drug boat on August 25, part of a controversial campaign that has now killed 227 people in 68 strikes since operations began.
