Microsoft services restored after global outage

Microsoft reports that all services affected by the outage have now been restored. At the same time, Rønne Havn will enter into discussions with the Danish Transport Authority about night-time work, and in Nexø there is concern about Christmas shopping because the town centre renewal project is closing large parts of the centre.

Microsoft: All services restored after outage

The American tech company Microsoft says that all services affected by an outage have been restored. Reuters news agency reported this at 07.37, and Microsoft's operating status page shows that "all products are operational." Earlier on Saturday morning, all services used by private consumers were said to be running again, while several business services in the Microsoft 365 suite were gradually being restored. On Thursday afternoon at around 17.00, the first reports came in of outages affecting services such as Outlook, Teams and Copilot. Users in 74 countries have experienced problems, including in Denmark. On Friday evening at 19.00 Danish time, Microsoft wrote that the outage was caused by an issue that arose during an earlier network update and that the company will prepare a report on what happened. This is the second time this year that Microsoft has been hit by an outage.

At Knudsker El and the other companies in the organisation, the vast majority of employees were unable to communicate with the outside world by email on Friday morning. According to the director, employees send up to 3,000 emails a day, and the company is "highly dependent" on the email system working. As a temporary measure, a Google email account was set up. TV 2 Bornholm TV 2 Bornholm

Criticism of the municipality's handling of a foster placement

TV 2 Bornholm reported on Thursday about a foster family that is approved as a general foster family and that in February took in a young person. Shortly after the placement, Bornholms Regionskommune (the municipality covering all of Bornholm) received a memo from Børnehus Hovedstaden containing serious information about the young person's risk behaviour. The foster family was not informed about the information. Only around three months later was the foster father, in connection with a psychiatric assessment, informed of the assessment that the young person was "at high risk of harming others, particularly younger children, and that it could escalate". The placement ended the following day, and the young person was subsequently placed with yet another general foster family. The chairwoman of the Danish Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry called the decision grotesque.

The chair of the Social and Employment Committee and deputy mayor does not consider that Bornholms Regionskommune generally has a problem in the foster family area, but emphasises that cases in which a placement does not succeed should be used to improve the municipality's work. The spokesperson for the social educators on Bornholm says that the match between child and foster family should ideally be right from the first time, and that repeated re-placement is a failure of care towards the children. In this case, there are demands for political follow-up in the relevant standing committee and for an apology to the affected foster families. TV 2 Bornholm

Rønne Havn to enter talks on night work

The seabed at Rønne Havn is to be reinforced, and work is scheduled to begin soon. The project involves establishing a stone bed at the outermost quays so that the harbour basin can withstand huge installation ships with wind turbines sailing in and out. On Wednesday, the port wrote in a Facebook post that "permission has been granted to work around the clock, every day of the week", and that activity and noise may therefore also occur in the evening and at night. However, the port has not applied to Trafikstyrelsen, a government authority, for permission to work at night.

Rønne Havn's communications chief confirms in a brief written response that the port is in talks with Trafikstyrelsen and expects clarification within a couple of weeks. Trafikstyrelsen has asked the port to document that the night work can stay within the permitted noise limits. The port has not answered how it will proceed if it cannot stay within the night work noise limit, or what consequences this will have for the reinforcement of the harbour basin. On Friday afternoon, the port writes that it has nothing further to add. TV 2 Bornholm

Urban renewal challenges the Christmas trade in Nexø

A large metal fence encloses most of the centre of Nexø as part of the urban renewal. The shop Snor Garn on Brogade is one of the stores that are difficult to reach because of the fencing. The shop owner is enthusiastic about the urban renewal, but worried about the Christmas trade and about why the work has to be carried out right up to Christmas.

The vice-chairman of Nexø Borgerforening understands the concern and says that there has been a really good dialogue with the municipality. It has not been possible to postpone the construction, partly because of deadlines and the risk of hard frost in January and February, when you have to dig into the ground. The vice-chairman feels that Bornholms Regionskommune has been receptive, and hopes that the fencing will attract curious onlookers to the town. On Monday 16 November, the owner of Snor Garn will be visited by a representative from the municipality to look at how the challenges with the barriers can best be solved. TV 2 Bornholm

Bornholm theatre drama premieres on 19 November

At Rønne Theater, preparations are under way for the dialect comedy Majmaanads Rajn, which Bornholmsk Amatørscene has performed new plays in Bornholm dialect for over 50 years. The play is set in 1937 in a deliberately unnamed coastal town, where a watchmaker's son returns from Copenhagen with plans to win the girl and half the kingdom. According to the director, the audience meets stubborn spinster neighbours, a mysterious German director, the girl, the rival, and a cantankerous uncle.

The premiere is on 19 November at Rønne Theater, and the play will be performed in 11 performances in total. TV 2 Bornholm

Brief News

• According to TV2 Vejret, there will be a fresh westerly wind for most of the day on Saturday, with waves over 2 metres high early in the day and a temperature topping out at around 8 degrees. TV 2 Bornholm
• Bornholms Museum is missing 5,400 visitors in 2026 before the record of 82,412 from 2019 is surpassed, and the museum hopes to reach that figure during the 6 weeks remaining of the year. TV 2 Bornholm
• A 6th-grade pupil at Søndermarkskolen came third in the nationwide inventor competition Projekt Edison on Thursday with the project "Stop Kræft" and will pass on the 4,000 kroner cash prize to the class fund. TV 2 Bornholm
• The verdict in the Christiansø drama is still pending. DR Nyheder Bornholm