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Elder Sagen: 'Often and more often there is a lack of housing for the elderly in the hometown'

Elder Sagen hears more and more about the elders who have to leave their hometowns, because there are no suitable homes for them. But it can have huge consequences for the well-being and the local community.

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Where can I find information about the election? Oksana, Milly and Itxaso are on the wild over intersection

There's a lot of pelcking for foreigners when they have to decide to vote. And a lot of people don't choose to put a intersection at all.

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From today they live illegally: disputed campsite must be cleared

A long-standing conflict between Køge Municipality and Corona Camping culminates today.

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78-year-old Jytta fears to die before the municipality provides public housing in her hometown: 'I can't do it anymore'

Jytta and Karsten Eriksen are stuck in their big house on the outskirts of Vamdrrup. They would like to move in to the city center, but there are no public housing to move into.

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Record: Nearly 500,000 foreigners invited into the ballot box

Record many without a Danish passport can vote for the municipal elections. Now new events are popping up to make them tick.

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ONE horror scenario gives Social Democrat tics in Copenhagen

Mette Frederiksen today stamped into the blood-red shudder election in Copenhagen.

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Vejle Municipality buys goods for 160 million

A single city council in the Municipality of Vejle has set a set a set at a set aus 420 million for investments in, among other things, urban development and new roads. DKK 160 million has already been used for the purchase of a estate.

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Mette Frederiksen agreed with Løkke: Promises assistance to cash benefit recipients at risk of homelessness

Lars Løkke Rasmussen suggests that the municipalities should be able to give direct rent subsidies to cash benefit recipients who are otherwise in danger of becoming homeless due to the government's cash assistance reform.

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Funen lead candidates dominate ballot in region - could become a problem, says election researcher

That there is a overestimation of Funen leading candidates in the Region of Southern Denmark can create a geographical bias in the new health council, assesses election researcher.

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DR is following Danish politics closely. You can follow big and small from Christiansborg right here in our liveblog:

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Decades of grip on Copenhagen has vanished - and in particular there are two reasons for this

A cannon election in 2005 has been superseded by declining backing for the Social Democratic Party in the capital. Now a new choice is at the door.

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Small election bus creates big split in Furesø

In Furesø, the election bus must get more people to vote in the municipal elections. But the bus's route favors the narrow red majority, reads criticism.

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Støj from guests splits neighbours and restaurateurs

Politicians in Copenhagen would like to dampen the noise, but disagree on how.

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PTSD-stricken veteran will spare his children of conscription - several parties agree

The proposal comes from former expatriates who have been visiting the Defence Committee at Christiansborg.

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Minister reinstates ban on fisheries at former Cheminova

Following concerns from the local area, Food Minister Jacob Jensen (V) has chosen to reinstate an old ban.

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'It's so far over the line': Several parties in Herlev accuse the Liberal Party's lead candidate of 'unpleakable' behaviour

The Left's lead candidate regrets if someone feels 'thread over his toes', but he had hoped they would go to him instead of the press.

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From the campsite to the campsite: Niels eyes 'gains'. Birgitte fears for nature

A possible hotel in Rindby on Fanø splits the small local community.

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Danish proposal on digital child protection dropped after German criticism

The Danish EU presidency could not create support for proposals to scan messages for abuse material.

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After citizen prostheses: Biogas company reconsiders huge facilities in North Jutland

BioCirc plans a seven-kilometre energy park at Store Vildmose. Now the plans for the biogas and power-to-x parts are put on hold.

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Then there's traded: Municipality buys old bank building for 27 million to tear it down

The city council in Kolding has finally decided to buy a large property in the pedestrian street. The plans for the property are to level it with the ground.

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Buses can be controlled from China: 'We are way too naïve'

In Norway and Sweden they have already reacted - but in Denmark the buses still run, even though they can be managed from China.

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'tourism is Lego' for small island community. But a possible hotel splits the island

On Fanø, a possible hotel building divides the waters between both fannikker and the city council.

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School boards in cries: 'It can't go on like this'

The committee chairman supports frustrated school board in Haderslev Municipality.

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Little bridge has more road users than the Great Belt Bridge: Its replacement has split city councils in two

Even though a decision was made several years ago, the disagreements continue to make the debate flare up.

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While doctors in Køge and Roskilde dissatisfied that they are sent to Falster, doctors in Copenhagen are happy to get to Bornholm: One thing determines the difference

It is a part of being a doctor that you would like to help ensure equal health across the country, says Chief Physician Hanne Christensen. But circumstances have to make sense.

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He's been dealing with elementary school for decades. Now he's seeing a 'tipping point' ahead

The elementary school finds itself in a fate-year, says writer and long-standing rector Stefan Hermann.

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Majority in Randers City Council fires director after Nordic Waste scandal

Firing takes place in the aftermath of the landslide at Nordic Waste.

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Løkke acknowledges: Cash relief reform could give more homeless - need urgent help

The municipalities must be able to give direct rent subsidies to cash benefit recipients who are otherwise in danger of becoming homeless due to the government's cash assistance reform, says Lars Løkke Rasmussen.

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Voluntaries on Election Day no longer hang on the trees

Municipalities need more than 10,000 voluntary election schemes for the country's well over 1,300 polling stations

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Compulsory guards splitting candidates for huge region: 'It's bad employer policy'

The Region of Eastern Denmark must solve the challenge of undermanned hospitals in the province. A task that can become difficult to solve with volunteering.

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'tourism is Lego' for small island community. But a possible hotel splits the island

On Fanø, a possible hotel building divides the waters between both fannikker and the city council.

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Finn and Louise are neighbours of disputed luxury construction: '215 cars extra is absolutely wild'

The waves go high in Nyborg, where a political majority will let a preservation-worthy property from the 1800's demolish in favor of exclusive apartments.

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From creepy and a very special election bus to Russian connections to the Carlsberg. Are you in control of today's news?

Battle for 50-metre bike lane settled: 'I can well understand if people are shaking their heads'

The Municipality of Aalborg has built a cycle path over an area they do not own at all. Now, after a prolonged tusk in just 50 meters, they must have money out of their pocket to buy the state free.

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Cardiatist from Roskilde sent to work in Nykøbing: 'It is not with my good will that I have to go down here'

The patients in Nykøbing Falster have earned an offer just as good as everyone else, says hospital director.

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Philip fears for his children's safety on the school road: I want to see action from politicians now

A concerned father has collected hundreds of signatures and invited local politicians into morning traffic.

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It's teeming with new proposals. But can politicians even do anything about the housing market in Copenhagen?

Get housing economists' take on what municipal politicians can do to ensure that more people can afford to live in the capital.

Vote folds or ballot paper? The Danish People's Party thriments

In Horsens there is political disagreement about whether an election leaflet misleads the electorate. Electorian thinks it impersonates something it isn't.

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Barwaqo Hussein wants to fix the country's lowest vote percentage

Tingbjerg School polling station set an unfortunate record for the last municipal elections in 2021. But now more voters have to be lured to the ballot box in northwest Copenhagen.

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