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Now playing Next Business Maersk to slash 10,000 jobs over difficult container trade environment Maersk, the world’s biggest shipping company, plans to eliminate 10,000 jobs due to what it described as a challenging environment for container trade and logistics services. 03/11/2023
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Now playing Next Work High schools in Denmark are embracing ChatGPT as a teaching tool The boom of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots prompted one teacher to start incorporating it into the classroom, rather than blocking it. 09/10/2023
Now playing Next Denmark Euroviews. Cities are leading a cycling revolution. Will the EU follow suit? My colleagues and I are convinced that cycling is the future. We need the EU and its member states to step to the challenge and recognise cycling as a phenomenal tool with immense transformative power, Line Barfod writes. 29/09/2023
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Now playing Next Economy Central Bank of Denmark urges caution over economic future Denmark's Nationalbank has called for economic caution with regard to future policy making, also predicting hovering inflation to come. 20/09/2023
Now playing Next Business Denmark's Novo Nordisk and South Africa's Aspen to produce insulin for African patients Last year, the World Health Organization estimated that there are 24 million adults living with diabetes in Africa, saying the number is expected to rise to 55 million by 2045. 20/09/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Danish artist ordered to repay €67,000 for empty frame artworks 58-year-old Danish artist Jens Haaning has been ordered by a Danish court to repay the Kunsten Museum after he delivered blank canvasses to them in 2021. 19/09/2023
Now playing Next Eco-Innovation World’s ‘first green container ship’ christened in Denmark Denmark launches the world’s ‘first green container ship’ but clean methanol still has cost and safety issues. 14/09/2023
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Now playing Next Culture news Barking dogs star in Mozart symphony with Danish Chamber Orchestra Three furry superstars joined the Danish Chamber Orchestra for a very special performance of Mozart's "Hunting Symphony" at this year's Haydn Festival. 04/09/2023
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Now playing Next Denmark Christiana: Denmark’s hippie paradise asks to shut down Pusher Street The residents of the neighbourhood of Christiana, traditionally a hippie paradise where the cannabis trade has flourished despite bans, asked authorities for help shutting down its Pusher Street after a slew of recent gang-related murders. 28/08/2023
Now playing Next Denmark Desecration of holy books could become a crime in Denmark The government is proposing legislation that would outlaw the actions of provocateurs who have burned copies of the quran in the name of free speech. 25/08/2023
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Now playing Next Denmark Denmark considers banning Quran-burning protests The government says desecrating Islam's holy book can fuel extremism and have negative geopolitical impacts. 31/07/2023
Now playing Next Destinations Campaigners urge boycott of Faroe Islands over controversial hunts A cruise ship recently stumbled upon the spectacle, with horrified tourists seeing seas turned crimson with blood. 29/07/2023
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