Weekend to begin with grey, wet weather and end with sun 

Most of Denmark, with the exception of Baltic Sea island Bornholm, is to start the weekend under grey skies and likely rainy weather, with particularly strong showers in Jutland.

The temperature will be between 17 and 21 degrees Celsius, with southern parts of the country feeling warmest.

While Saturday will also begin overcast, the sun will begin to peek through as the day goes on, according to meteorologist Mette Wagner from national met office DMI.

Sunday – the day many will be leaving campsites as their holidays come to an end – will be the driest day this weekend, she said.

“It will be a Sunday where you have a good chance of packing a relatively dry tent,” she said.

The temperature throughout the weekend is expected to stay unchanged from Friday.

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Decline in students studying foreign languages

The number of people enrolling on language degrees at universities is down 10 percent compared to last year, according to figures from the higher education ministry.

This year saw 1,643 students accepted onto foreign language degrees like French and German, down from 1,835 last year.

“The admissions figures for higher education this year show that we need to react to the drastic losses suffered by language degrees,” the political director of trade union Dansk Magisterforening (DM), Mette Fjord, said in a written comment to news wire Ritzau.

There are now 1,000 fewer students on language degrees compared to 2020, she said.

Vocabulary: optagelser – admissions (on a study programme)

Childcare courses also see drop in admissions

The number of people accepted on courses training childcare professionals (pædagoger in Danish), has also dropped, causing concern in a sector suffering from longstanding labour shortages.

Fewer people have begun studying in the profession in the last four consecutive years.

There were also fewer admissions to teaching degrees, the higher education ministry figures show.

“This year’s admissions confirm to me that we still need to create more balance in our education system,” Minister of Higher Education and Research Christina Egelund said in a statement.

“In other words, we need education reforms that can give us more qualified labour and better balance in the educational landscape,” she said.

Vocabulary: at skabe – to create

Denmark to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine this summer

Denmark and The Netherlands are to deliver 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine “before the end of summer”, the Dutch defence minister announced Wednesday, saying Kyiv “urgently” needed more military support.

The two countries bought the German-made tanks last year for 165 million euros ($186 million) before sending them for refurbishment.

The Netherlands, Denmark and Germany also announced last year that they would supply Kyiv with around 100 Leopard 1 tanks, the previous version of the vehicles.

“These tanks can play an important role for the Ukrainian army in defending itself against the Russian troops,” Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans said in a statement.

Vocabulary: at levere – to deliver