Anti-whaling fight continues from prison, Watson says

Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson’s detention in a Greenland prison pending his possible extradition to Japan has not prevented him from continuing his fight to save the animals, he told news agency AFP in an interview.

“If they think it prevents our opposition, I’ve just changed ship. My ship right now is Prison Nuuk,” the 73-year-old US-Canadian campaigner said, a mischievous smile crossing his face as he met with AFP in the visitors’ room of Greenland’s Nuuk Prison.

Watson, who featured in the reality TV series “Whale Wars” and founded Sea Shepherd as well as the Captain Paul Watson Foundation (CPWF), is known for radical tactics including confrontations with whaling ships at sea.

He was arrested in July in Nuuk, the capital of the autonomous Danish territory of Greenland, on the basis of a 2012 Interpol arrest warrant issued by Japan, which accuses him of causing damage to one of its whaling ships in 2010 in the Antarctic.

We’ll have the full interview in a separate article on our website this morning.

Trains near Kolding forced to stop

Trains between the stations at Kolding and Lunderskov in Jutland have been forced to stop this morning after a collision involving a person on the track, operator DSB said on its website.

Police and ambulances have been called to the scene and it is unclear at the time of writing when the train involved will be able to continue.

“We have no precise prognosis but we expect it to take around two hours,” DSB states.

Rail replacement buses have been ordered to take over the section in the meantime.

Moderates to hold emergency meeting after reports of harassment

Coalition party the Moderates are to hold an emergency meeting this morning after news was broken on Friday that its employees have been subjected to bullying and sexism. 

A whistleblower, formerly on the party’s payroll, has reported the group to the work health and safety authority, Arbejdstilsynet, newspaper BT reported.

“I take this very seriously and I would like us to meet tomorrow [Monday, ed.] at 9am to talk about what is going to be done and what measures we are taking,”  party secretary Kirsten Munch Andersen said in a written statement reported by media including DR.

Denmark could get early autumn heat this week

It’s now autumn according to the calendar, but that won’t stop us from getting some summer weather this week according to DR’s forecast.

Warm and hot air will blow across the country on Tuesday, bringing clear skies and temperatures well into the twenties. 

Western parts of Jutland are the exception to the above, with a colder and wetter front prevalent here.

Although it could be as hot as 28 degrees Celsius by Wednesday, a cold front will arrive around the same time.

According to DR, there is a chance the pleasant weather will continue until the weekend – particularly in the eastern half of the country – while it is equally likely that cooler temperatures and showers will be the order of the day after Wednesday.