2024-09-21 09:03:33
The case of the lost trees in Odder
People in Odder town south of Aarhus are reportedly “angry” after 31 trees were cut down and stolen in the town.
Mystery surrounds the case until now, with the police yet to release any information as to the suspect in the case.
The trees disappeared last week from Houvej, the access road to the city.
The district of Odder, which has reported the incident to the police, said that a total of 31 trees were cut in ash and maple, with diameters of up to one meter.
“It’s amazing, how big some of the trees are, and it must have required a lot of technical skill. The cut is likely to begin shortly after the town hall is closed. [last] On Friday to avoid anyone who interferes easily,” Ib Salomon of the nature conservationist Danmarks Naturfredningsforening, who first reported the missing trees, told the broadcaster. DR.
The Odder County survey showed that telephone cables were also cut when the trees were removed.
Salomon said he believes the thefts are a matter of abundance.
“It’s pretty much okay for me to go into my neighbor’s garden and cut down their apple tree because it bothers me. That would be totally unacceptable. Here, we have a murderer trespassing on land that belongs to all of us. , because every road in the city is a property,” he told DR.
In a written statement to the broadcaster, East Jutland Police confirmed that it had received a report of terrorism related to the trees.
They said: “Police in East Jutland know who allegedly cut down the trees, but the case remains under investigation to determine whether a criminal offense has been committed.”
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Do the Danes really eat rye bread because of the weather disaster in dark times?
Researchers from the National Museum of Denmark this week published a study which included many of its findings a possible explanation for the Danes’ passion for rye bread.
I have lived in Denmark long enough by now to have developed a liking for dark, heavy bread, which seems almost great, if you taste it at first.
For the Danes, rye bread is part of the national mentality, often the first home comfort to miss when traveling abroad and often the first solution offered when one feels hungry between meals.
Its place in the Danish mindset may go deeper than just liking for its taste.
Denmark suffered the worst in the volcanic winter of 536 AD, with crop failures that caused the country’s population to grow more reliable rye, research from the National Museum of Denmark has found .
Until now, it is not certain how much Denmark was affected by the Late Antique Little Ice Age, a period of extreme cold and darkness between 536AD and 560AD, thought to have been caused by a series of large volcanic eruptions.
But a new research study from the museum, published in the journal of biological science, has shown that the infection was a disaster, probably wiped out a large part of the population.
Similar studies conducted by the museum have indicated a significant decline in grain production, abandoned areas, and forests spreading into former fields.
Another recent study from the museum shows how agriculture has changed to cope with extreme weather conditions, with many crops grown to increase food security, including rye, which requires less sunlight. other types of grain go.
“One can speculate whether rye bread is from this period, because historically rye has always been used for just that: bread. It is an interesting idea that our love for rye bread may have been born from a climate crisis, “Morten Fischer Mortensen. , senior researcher at the National Museum, said in a press release.
“One can speculate whether rye bread has come from this time, because historically rye has always been used for this: bread. It is an interesting idea that our love for rye bread may have been born from a climate crisis,” he said that.
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Why does the government care so much about the EU minimum wage?
Denmark’s government is at the EU court this week, seeking to overturn an EU minimum tax directive.
There is no legal minimum wage in Denmark, which uses the “Danish labor model” of negotiations between trade unions and employers to set pay.
A spokesperson from the government tell us that we did not observe the direction likely to affect Denmark’s wage standards even if implemented. That is because of the minimum wage directive that the EU initially adopted in October 2022 for Denmark and Sweden, which share a group-based payment system, the right not to introduce a minimum wage.
EXPLANATION: Will the EU minimum wage law affect Denmark?
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So why is the country going to such lengths to stop it?
Denmark noted its “Danish model” for high performance and the Danish government announced in January 2023 that it was taking the European Commission to the EU court to overturn the directive, with Sweden joining the case a few months later.
The EU Commission has stated that it will respect the Danish model and will not force the country to codify the minimum wage into law, but the Danish government wants the mandate removed entirely.
“I am happy that the European Court of Justice will give the opportunity to examine the charge. This is a matter of principle,” Denmark’s labor minister, Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen, said this week in a press statement related to the hearing. the.
“The government, the majority in the Danish Parliament and the social partners have been against the minimum directive of the EU from the beginning. experience to leave the negotiations on wages and working conditions to the unions,” Halsboe- Jørgensen added, highlighting the conceptual nature of Denmark’s position.
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