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CLIMATE CRISIS

Dozens of cars left with flat tyres in Copenhagen in apparent climate protest

An international climate activist group has spoken in support of an apparent action in Copenhagen district Frederiksberg on Wednesday in which the tyres of over 100 cars were deflated.

Published: 7 June 2023 16:42 CEST
Dozens of cars left with flat tyres in Copenhagen in apparent climate protest
Illustration photo. Around 100 cars in Frederiksberg have been left with flat tyres in an apparent action by climate activists. Photo by Denny Müller on Unsplash

The group, which goes by the name “The Tyre Extinguishers”, praised those responsible for deflating the tyres of a large number of cars in Frederiksberg, a district close to central Copenhagen.

“A whopping 120 SUVs hit last night in the Frederiksberg area of the Danish capital region. Great work Danish friends!” a Twitter account believed to belong to the group tweeted.

The tweet also included a photo of a flyer with a message written in Danish, left on a car windscreen.

The flyer reads “WARNING: Your gas guzzler kills”.

The group’s website states that they specifically target high fuel consumption vehicles such as SUVs and four-wheel drive cars.

The activist group’s aim is to “make it impossible to own a huge polluting 4×4 in the world’s urban areas,” it states.

Copenhagen Police confirmed earlier on Wednesday that a large number of cars in Frederiksberg had their tyres deflated.

“We are investigating the vandalism and would like to hear from residents who have seen anything,” they said in a tweet.

Duty officer Martin Kajberg told newspaper Ekstra Bladet that the incident “is similar to something we have seen before”.

Newspaper Berlingske reported in September 2022 that the activist group had been involved in deflating the tyres of larger cars in Frederiksberg.

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CRIME

Kosovo ratifies deal on renting prison cells to Denmark

Legislators in Kosovo on Thursday ratified an agreement signed with Denmark to rent the Scandinavian country 300 prison cells to help ease overcrowding in the kingdom's penitentiaries.

Published: 23 May 2024 16:38 CEST
Kosovo ratifies deal on renting prison cells to Denmark

Under the deal Kosovo will be paid around 200 million euros ($220 million) over the next decade, with the funds helping improve the government’s correctional institutions and finance renewable energy projects.

Prisoners convicted of terrorism and war crimes in Denmark along with those diagnosed with mental illness will not be sent to Kosovo, according to the agreement.

“Eighty six have supported it, seven against and there were no abstentions, and one deputy did not participate in the vote at all”, said parliamentary speaker Glauk Konjufca following the vote in the 120-strong parliament.

Denmark’s justice ministry also confirmed the approval of the agreement.

“This is crucial for us to secure more Danish prison places and will help bring our hard-pressed prison system back into balance,” said Denmark’s justice minister Peter Hummelgaard in a statement.

The future inmates will be sent to a prison in Gjilan town — about 50 kilometres (30 miles) from Kosovo’s capital Pristina.

The foreign prisoners will be deported after serving their sentence.

The prison population in Denmark surged by nearly 20 percent since 2015 and reached more than 4,000 people by the start of 2021 — putting the occupation rate above 100 percent, according to official data.

During the same period, the number of guards fell by 18 percent.

Previously Norway and Belgium have rented prison cells in the Netherlands.

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