Rubbish on fire in Aarhus, stabbing in Copenhagen’s Vesterbro, Novo Nordisk share price still dropping and more news from Denmark this Thursday.
Burning rubbish keeps fire services busy near Aarhus
A large pile of waste at energy company Kredsløb’s incineration plant near Lisbjerg has kept East Jutland Fire Service occupied since Tuesday evening, broadcaster DR reports.
A fire broke out in the pile yesterday evening, and firefighters have worked through the night to bring it under control. The blaze is now contained, East Jutland Fire Service said this morning.
Søren Møller, head of operations with the emergency service, said that extinguishing the fire completely will take time.
“It’s a slow and labour-intensive process. The pile needs to be separated while the fire is put out at the same time. I’d say we should expect it to take at least 12 hours,” he said.
There were several fires in the same pile of waste last week, DR writes.
Man’s life not in danger after stabbing in Copenhagen
Police responded late last night to a stabbing in Copenhagen’s popular Vesterbro district, where a man had been stabbed multiple times, DR reports this morning.
He was taken to hospital and is now in a stable condition, Copenhagen Police officer Dyre Sønnicksen stated to news agency Ritzau.
“Based on witness statements, it appears to have been an internal dispute within the homeless community,” he said.
Police have arrested a suspect and are currently working to piece together the sequence of events. Sønnicksen also said that police are familiar with both the victim and the suspected attacker.
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Novo Nordisk plummets down list of most valuable European companies
Danish drug maker Novo Nordisk has gone from the top of the list as Europe’s most valuable stock to the relatively lowly ranking of 14th in a matter of weeks, according to financial news agency MarketWire.
The dramatic decline is largely due to heavy losses over the past 24 hours. Novo shares plunged by 23 percent on Tuesday, the biggest single-day drop in the company’s history.
The decline continued yesterday, with the stock closing down a further 6.3 percent.
Based on its current share price, Novo Nordisk now has a market value of 1,451 billion kroner, MarketWire reports.
The company’s stock market spiral comes after it lowered its full-year earnings forecasts earlier this week as it unveiled a new chief executive to tackle “recent market challenges”.
Denmark’s July on course to be one of ten wettest on record
A total of 105.3 millimetres of rain has fallen in Denmark so far this month, and the soggy July days are probably not over yet.
Some 105.3 millimetres of rain have fallen across Denmark so far this month as of Wednesday, according to the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI).
The high total means July could end up ranking among the ten wettest ever recorded in the Nordic country.
With a further 7 to 8 millimetres forecast by the end of Thursday, the total for 2025 has a good chance of exceeding that figure and to become one of the ten wettest months of July.