Cyber attack exercise at parliament, over a hundred drivers caught out by closed Øresund Bridge exit, Vestas scraps planned factory in Poland and more news on Tuesday.
Danish ministers to try simulated cyber attack
Three Danish ministers are to take part in a simulated cyber attack which is designed to stress-test response protocols in the event of a cyber attack.
The stress test is taking place at Christiansborg, where Denmark’s parliament is located, and businesses and organisations have also been invited to take part and test their own systems.
The exercise is designed to test companies’ and organisations’ ability to act quickly, cooperate under pressure and make sound decisions in the event of a cyber attack.
IT company Atea has set up the test in a shipping container and announced the event in a press statement.
The event is also designed to raise awareness around Cyber Security Month this October, according to Atea.
Minister for Emergency Management Torsten Schack Pedersen, Minister for Digitalisation Caroline Stage and Minister for Business Morten Bødskov have been invited to take part in a shortened version of the exercise.
126 drivers turn around on Øresund Bridge after exit closure
Some 126 drivers turned around on the Øresund Bridge yesterday after being caught out by the closure of the last motorway exit in Denmark.
“We usually have around five drivers a day who need to turn around, so this is highly unusual,” Morten Bak, traffic manager at Øresundsbron, told news wire Ritzau.
Exit 16 on the Øresund Motorway, which is normally the final exit before the bridge, is currently closed due to works related to an expansion of Copenhagen Airport’s rail station.
This means that anyone wanting to stay in Denmark needs to leave the motorway at the earlier exit, exit 17, if they want to avoid a detour to Sweden on their way to work.
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If you accidentally miss the turnoff at exit 17 and find yourself on the way to Sweden, there’s no need to attempt a U-turn on the motorway in an effort to avoid the high toll on the bridge. Anyone making this mistake will be allowed to turn for free once they reach Sweden, without having to pay to cross the barrier.
“If you get here and say you’ve taken the wrong turn and don’t actually need to cross, you can simply turn around and drive back free of charge,” Bak said.
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Vestas shelves Polish factory amid weaker demand
Lower-than-expected demand for offshore wind in Europe has prompted Vestas to halt plans for a major new factory in Poland.
The factory was originally scheduled to open in 2026 and employ more than 1,000 people.
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Vestas told the Financial Times that it has suspended its investment in the project due to reduced demand for offshore wind in Europe.
The planned facility in Szczecin, western Poland, was intended to produce wind turbine blades and would have been Vestas’ largest factory in the country.
Government plans to invest billions in space research
The Danish government is proposing 2.7 billion kroner of spending on space research over a three-year period from 2026, it said yesterday.
Investment in space research is part of a broader proposal on innovation and research which will be presented in the near future, the Ministry of Higher Education and Science said.
“There’s no doubt that we need to be able to do more for ourselves, both from a Danish and European perspective,” the Minister for Higher Education and Science Christina Egelund said in a statement.
The spending will “support the development of new commercial launch rockets that will give Europe better access to space,” according to the statement, while Denmark will also increase its contribution to the European Space Agency (ESA) to 1.2 billion kroner during 2026-2028.