Power outage and delayed trains

The power was restored on Friday evening for most of the 3,262 electricity customers in Nørrebro, Frederiksberg and Copenhagen’s northwestern district, who were affected by a power outage. Many Danes get too little sleep, new figures show, and DSB reports that train delays and cancellations continue after 29 November. In the Folketing, there is disagreement over whether foreign heads of state should henceforth be allowed to speak from the rostrum.

Power restored for most after cable fault

3,262 electricity customers on Nørrebro, in Frederiksberg and in Copenhagen's northwestern district were affected by a power outage on Friday. According to the electricity supply company Radius, the outages occurred at 19.45, and the cause was an operational fault. At 20.25, Radius' press officer told DR Nyheder that the outages were caused by a cable fault and that power had been restored for most customers. Around 1,000 electricity customers still had no power, however, and it was expected to return within the next hour.

TV 2 Kosmopol reported at 20.20 that power had been restored for two-thirds of the affected customers. Earlier on Friday, just over 100 electricity customers in the northwestern district also experienced outages due to an operational fault. DR Nyheder København and TV 2 Kosmopol

Many people sleep too little: a podcast is meant to help

Every 6th Dane is badly affected by sleep problems, according to Den Nationale Sundhedsprofil 2025. In a new Megafon survey conducted for TV 2, 63 percent say they have been troubled by sleep problems within the past 14 days, and every 5th says they have been very troubled. Sundhedsstyrelsen recommends that adults aged 18 to 64 sleep 7 to 9 hours a day.

Podcast host Mads Steffensen, 56, has created the podcast 'Mads og Godnat' with bedtime stories for adults, and it was first released on Podimo in February 2025. TV 2 Kosmopol has also tested sleep on its own body: A 25-year-old journalist drank 23 energy drinks in a week and rated her sleep quality from 8 to 5 on a scale from 1 to 10, while measurements showed that she actually slept 4 hours and 55 minutes every night. A survey shows that a quarter of young people aged 15 to 25 sleep poorly. TV 2 Kosmopol and TV 2 Kosmopol

3 women contracted flesh-eating bacteria after C-sections

TV 2 Kosmopol describes 3 cases in which women contracted flesh-eating bacteria after C-sections. 2 of the cases occurred at Sjællands Universitetshospital in Roskilde, approximately 1½ months apart. The third occurred at Hvidovre Hospital, where the woman gave birth by C-section on 6 May 2026 and 10 days later underwent emergency surgery for flesh-eating bacteria before being transferred to Rigshospitalet while in an induced coma.

Professor and specialist doctor Lars Bjerrum at Københavns Universitet says, according to TV 2 Kosmopol, that it is remarkable that this happens 3 times in the same geographical area. Ole Hyldegaard, professor and senior consultant at Rigshospitalet, says that it is extremely rare to develop flesh-eating bacteria after a C-section. TV 2 Kosmopol

Disagreement in the Folketing over foreign speeches

On Wednesday, the president of Ukraine became the first foreign head of state ever to speak from the podium of the Folketing. The Folketing is Denmark’s parliament. The Speaker of the Folketing, Henrik Frandsen, is open to it becoming standard practice in the future, but this gets a clear no from the majority of the leadership. Jacob Jensen from Venstre and Karsten Hønge from SF want to decide case by case, while Morten Messerschmidt from Dansk Folkeparti was firmly opposed and fears a slippery slope. TV 2 Kosmopol

Jan E. Jørgensen wants to return to the Folketing

In the March election, Venstre was reduced, according to TV 2 Kosmopol, to 3.6 percent and no seats in Copenhagen. Jan E. Jørgensen, who until recently was a member of Venstre's parliamentary group for 15 years, now serves as alderman on Frederiksberg and is ready to take on another term in parliament. He is promising a new capital-city initiative and hopes for 'one form or another of Venstre 2.0'.

At the weekend, he is to be chair of Venstre's national party conference at Herning Kongrescenter. TV 2 Kosmopol

DSB: Delays will not end by 29 November

The announced delays and train cancellations will not be over by 29 November, the earliest date announced by the Danish rail authority Banedanmark. This is according to DSB's information manager, Tony Bispeskov, who told TV 2. The reasons include a burnt-out technical cabin on Funen and numerous locations with worn-out rails, where speeds must be reduced for safety reasons.

– We are in ongoing talks with Banedanmark about it. The moment they have repaired things, we will naturally increase the speed, and then it will gradually get better, says Tony Bispeskov. TV 2 Kosmopol

News in brief

• The 27-year-old Nivå-born golfer Rasmus Neergaard scored his first hole-in-one on the PGA Tour on the second round at the third hole at the Austin Championship in Texas, completed the round in 66 strokes, 6 under par for the course, and is tied for ninth. TV 2 Kosmopol
• Saturday will bring clouds, a few showers and periods of sunshine to the capital area, where temperatures will reach between 7 and 10 degrees, according to DMI. TV 2 Kosmopol