Billund, Venstre and Vestas

A municipality (the local public authority) has questioned whether an 8-year-old child could live with their parents, and Billund Municipality must pay 12 million kroner to part-time employees. A Venstre council member (elected to the municipal council) in Aabenraa Municipality wants a secret ballot on the position of mayor, and Vestas in Skærbæk near Fredericia has increased its turnover.

Everyday life and public services

A municipality raised the question of whether an 8-year-old child could live with their parents. A year later, the parents are still anxious whenever a message arrives in e-Boks (digital mailbox). TV SYD

Local decisions

Billund Kommune is to pay 12 million kroner to part-time employees. DR Nyheder Trekantområdet

A Venstre council member in Aabenraa Kommune plans to propose a secret, written vote on the position of party leader at Venstre’s national party conference (annual general meeting) in Herning this weekend. Venstre’s chair in Region Syddanmark (the regional authority) calls it inappropriate and wrong for a council member to go to the press with the proposal instead of putting it forward internally. DR Nyheder Syd- og Sønderjylland

Jobs and economy

Vestas, the wind turbine manufacturer headquartered in Skærbæk near Fredericia, ended the third quarter with a profit after tax and increased its revenue by 6.3 percent to 42.4 billion kroner. The growth is driven largely by the Power Solutions business, which produces and installs wind turbines, while sales of onshore wind turbines have declined and offshore wind turbine sales have increased significantly. TV SYD

Sport

A 26-year-old basketball player from Skærbæk has waited for years to be able to use a sports hall on equal terms with others. Now he can use the new sports center in Toftlund, where he himself can open the doors. TV SYD

Traffic

A haulier from Vejle defends the Flextrafik driver (Flextrafik is a public transport scheme) whom a Flextrafik user filmed watching the video while driving. The driver has lost his job and no longer works in the industry, confirms the owner of the bus company AS Busser in Vejle; the driver himself denies having watched the video or looked at his phone while driving. TV SYD

Culture

For the first time in 8 years, Mariah Carey is coming to Denmark, when she performs at Mølleparken in Sønderborg next summer. According to the organiser, Kultur i Syd, it was above all a question of calendar gymnastics to get her to Mølleparken, and there is room for approximately 5,500 people. DR Nyheder Syd- og Sønderjylland

Briefly

• A 20-year-old carpenter apprentice from Kolding has won Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2026 and a grant of 100,000 kroner; the company Byens Håndværker has three employees. TV SYD
• Four Central and West Jutland politicians believe that handball league finals should continue to be held in Herning, while Mathias Gidsel wants to distribute matches across the entire country – including Aabenraa. TV SYD
• A farmer in Vorbasse has four black-and-white-breasted Danish ducks and believes that this amounts to one-fifth of the total population worldwide; on Morten's Eve he will put one of them in the oven. TV SYD
• The police have detained and charged a 38-year-old man with several cases of vandalism in Rødding, including against a pizzeria and 8 of Vejen Kommune's cars. DR Nyheder Syd- og Sønderjylland
• Realdania will inaugurate a MiniCO2 Etagehus made of clay in Fredericia on Wednesday; it is the second experiment in the series, and a third is being built in concrete. TV SYD