Eight children await foster families

8 children on Bornholm are waiting to come to a support stay with a foster family. The municipality is trying to make the role of foster family more attractive. At the same time, the mayor is responding to criticism of a study trip to Mallorca, and the electricity price has been the highest in nearly four years.

8 children are waiting for a foster family

8 children on Bornholm are waiting to come to a foster family for a supported stay. This is shown in the latest figures, which were presented to the Social and Employment Committee of Bornholm Regional Municipality. A municipality is the local authority responsible, among other things, for social matters. In March, the number was 5 children.

To make it more attractive to be a foster family, the municipality has organised social activities for those who are already foster families. Yesterday, there was mushroom hunting and cutting juniper branches on a joint forest trip. The Family Foster Care Department has been allocated additional funds in the municipal budget for 2027, allowing it to hire an extra employee to find more foster families on Bornholm. The head of Family Foster Care, Iben Olsen, says that they would like to reduce the waiting list. TV 2 Bornholm

Volunteer firefighters install smoke alarms

Five volunteers from Bornholms Brandvæsen spent Saturday morning inspecting fire safety in various holiday apartments in Nexø and Allinge. The volunteers recorded how many homes have smoke alarms and checked whether the existing alarms work. If an alarm is missing or does not work, the smoke alarm patrol offers to install a new one free of charge.

The initiative is backed by Brandbevægelsen and Trygfonden, with help from the local fire brigades. One of the volunteers says that it will still take many years to visit all the homes before all of Bornholm is covered. TV 2 Bornholm

Highest electricity prices in nearly four years

The pure electricity price reached as high as 1.8 kroner per kilowatt-hour in West Denmark and 2 kroner per kilowatt-hour in East Denmark for the week. This is according to the electricity company Norlys in a press release. The last time the electricity price reached a higher weekly average was in week 51 of 2022, when the electricity price for both parts of Denmark was 2.9 kroner per kilowatt-hour.

According to Norlys, the reason is among other things a »dunkelflaute«, a period with low production of both wind and solar energy. On Sunday, the pure electricity price will be highest at 19:00, when it peaks at 2.4 kroner per kilowatt-hour in West Denmark and 2.6 kroner per kilowatt-hour in eastern Denmark. The pure electricity price does not include tariffs, subscriptions and surcharges. TV 2 Bornholm

Mayor defends study trip to Mallorca

300,000 kroner was allocated so that the Traffic Contact Council could take an inspiration trip, and the council chose to spend the money on a trip to Mallorca in early November. The choice has met with criticism on Facebook, where users, among other things, call the trip a waste of taxpayers’ money. Mayor Frederik Tolstrup of Venstre, who is also chairman of the Traffic Contact Council, says that Mallorca was the cheapest of several destinations.

The trip took place shortly after the municipal council introduced savings in areas including libraries. According to Frederik Tolstrup, the budgets are not connected because the Traffic Contact Council is partly financed by the state, while the municipality pays for secretariat assistance. He points out that Bornholm will soon have a new ferry tender, which will enter into force in 2030. TV 2 Bornholm

Fru Petersens Café is up for sale

Fru Petersens Café outside Østermarie is up for sale. This is according to a Facebook post. The café will continue as normal until the right buyer has been found. The café is closed for the season, but will reopen on Saturday, 20 March. TV 2 Bornholm

Bornholm Championship in go-kart for all ages

The Bornholm Championships in go-kart were held at Bornholms Gokartcenter. There were classes for all ages, with the youngest competitor aged seven and the oldest aged 86. According to Kennet Larsen, head of Bornholms Gokartcenter, people come from both Zealand and Jutland to race.

The championship is held over several weekends, and today the overall winner in the individual classes was to be crowned, including in the women's class. TV 2 Bornholm

In brief

• 732 gifts distributed across seven pallets have been gathered for the Christmas gift convoy, which will bring joy to children in northeastern Romania, and this year the gifts will for the first time be sorted on Bornholm by volunteers from Ladies Circle Bornholm. TV 2 Bornholm
• A Bornholmer has won Den Store Bagedyst 2026. TV 2 Bornholm
• The week gets off to a calm start with light winds and waves of around 0.2 metres, the sun struggles with the clouds, it will be dry for most of the day with a chance of a few showers in the evening, and temperatures will range between four and seven degrees. TV 2 Bornholm