‘Everything is possible’: Denmark unawed by Euros hosts Germany in last-16
Denmark defender Jannik Vestergaard backed his underdog side ahead of Saturday’s last-16 meeting with Euro 2024 hosts Germany, saying “everything is possible”.
Denmark drew 0-0 with Serbia in Munich on Tuesday but qualified second in the group after the parallel England-Slovenia Group C match finished with the same scoreline.
As a result, Denmark — who reached the semi-finals of the most recent Euros — will face hosts Germany in Dortmund on Saturday.
“Everything is possible,” Vestergaard told MagentaTV after the game.
“The Germans are a strong team. We need a really strong performance and to stop Germany from showing their best form.”
Denmark coach Kasper Hjulmand called Germany “one of the favourites” for the tournament but said he “had a good feeling about the game”.
“Playing against Germany (in Dortmund) with the Danish team, it couldn’t be better. It’s a great team but we’re a great team as well and when we play the big nations, we always step up,” said the 52-year-old.
Vocabulary: en god fornemmelse – a good feeling
Copenhagen Municipality makes decision on kindergarten cutbacks
A City Council (Borgerrepræsentation) meeting at Copenhagen Municipality yesterday resulted in 14 of 33 kindergartens being spared after they had earlier been earmarked for closure.
Eight of the kindergartens will be closed, the council decided, with the fate of the remaining 11 either undecided or coming down to a partial closure.
The decision was announced in a statement by the municipality after the Council meeting, the top level of decision-making procedure in the city government. The issue was sent to the Council after it failed to pass the lower committee stage, partly due to campaigns by parents against the closures during the hearing stage.
The closures are necessary to cut costs due to a declining number of children living in the capital, the municipality has said.
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Among the affected kindergartens and creches are several ‘forest kindergartens’, where children spend their entire day outside, including during winter. The concept has past been the focus of international media and praised for its potential learning and developmental benefits.
You can see the list of affected childcare institutions on the municipal statement and we’ll have a separate article with more detail on our website later today.
Vocabulary: daginstitution – daycare/childcare, including creche and kindergarten
Novo Nordisk says weight-loss drug Wegovy approved in China
Novo Nordisk’s flagship weight-loss drug Wegovy has been approved for use in China, the Danish pharmaceutical giant said.
The company — Europe’s largest by market capitalisation — confirmed to news agency AFP on Tuesday that Beijing had given the green light for the breakthrough treatment in people who are overweight or obese with at least one weight-related comorbidity.
It was not clear when Wegovy would be formally launched in China, where Novo Nordisk’s sales rose by 11 percent last year at constant exchange rates.
Its patent in the world’s second-most populous nation expires in 2026.
Based on the semaglutide molecule, Wegovy is seen as spearheading a revolution in the treatment of obesity, a major cause of ill-health across the developed world.
In the United States — the group’s largest such market — Wegovy has also been approved to treat heart disease in adults who are overweight or obese.
Vocabulary: godkendt – approved
One in four stocked up with ‘crisis’ water and food
A significant proportion of the Danish population has followed official advice to ensure they have enough supplies at home to get by for three days in the event of a crisis.
Around a quarter of households have stocked three days’ supplies of water after advice was issued by authorities earlier this month to keep stores in case of a crisis.
A survey for newswire Ritzau by the Voxmeter institute found that around a quarter have already followed the guidelines. Over 1,000 people answered the survey, which was conducted between 6 and 9 days after the announcement.
Some 26 percent said they have sufficient stocks of both food and water, while 72 percent said they did not in the survey conducted between June 21st-24th.
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