Jennifer Maria Gutierrez Bermejo (L) of Krim Mercator Ljubljana shoots at the goal during the group phase match between Nykobing Falster Handbold of Denmark and Krim Mercator Ljubljana of Slovenia at EHF Champions League Women 2024/25 in Ljubljana Ana Gros (1st R) of Krim Mercator Ljubljana shoots during the group phase match between Nykobing Falster Handbold of Denmark and Krim Mercator Ljubljana of Slovenia at EHF Champions League Women 2024/25 in Ljubljana Grace Zaadi Deuna (C) of Krim Mercator Ljubljana shoots at the goal during the group phase match between Nykobing Falster Handbold of Denmark and Krim Mercator Ljubljana of Slovenia at EHF Champions League Women 2024/25 in Ljubljana Head coach Jakob Larsen (C) of Nykobing Falster Handbold gives instructions to players during the group phase match between Nykobing Falster Handbold of Denmark and Krim Mercator Ljubljana of Slovenia at EHF Champions League Women 2024/25 in Ljubljana Amalie Wulff Nielsen (C) of Nykobing Falster Handbold competes with Ana Abina (L) of Krim Mercator Ljubljana during the group phase match between Nykobing Falster Handbold of Denmark and Krim Mercator Ljubljana of Slovenia at EHF Champions League Women 2024/25 in Ljubljana Sofie Bardrum (R) of Nykobing Falster Handbold shoots at the goal during the group phase match between Nykobing Falster Handbold of Denmark and Krim Mercator Ljubljana of Slovenia at EHF Champions League Women 2024/25 in Ljubljana Itana Grbic (2nd R) of Krim Mercator Ljubljana shoots during the group phase match between Nykobing Falster Handbold of Denmark and Krim Mercator Ljubljana of Slovenia at EHF Champions League Women 2024/25 in Ljubljana Ana Abina (front C) of Krim Mercator Ljubljana shoots at the goal during the group phase match between Nykobing Falster Handbold of Denmark and Krim Mercator Ljubljana of Slovenia at EHF Champions League Women 2024/25 in Ljubljana A new pastoral center of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has been opened in the Danish city of Nykøbing Falster where the first Divine Liturgy in Ukrainian was already held This was reported by the website of the Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians of the Byzantine Rite in Germany and Scandinavian countries many Ukrainians from Galicia arrived on the southern Danish islands of Lolland and Falster working in the fields and growing sugar beets The large number of Ukrainians working in Denmark is highlighted by the fact that five people became nuns at the local monastery They and others prayed at the Church of the Holy Cross (Hellig Kors Kirke) but only by participating in the local community's worship services local Ukrainians once again feel God's blessing through sincere prayer The pastoral priest for Ukrainians in Denmark as he had married one couple and baptized a child for another family but all of this was in Copenhagen," the message says The services in the Nykøbing Falster community will be held once a month on the second Saturday of each month at 13:00 The Exarchate also added that the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Denmark now has seven pastoral centers and two priests The last round of the EHF Champions League Women 2024/25 group phase takes place at the end of the week While Metz Handball and FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria have already secured direct quarter-final spots in group A the race for the remaining play-off places is still wide open Storhamar Handball Elite and CS Gloria 2018 BN will battle to keep their European dreams alive facing tough challenges against Metz Handball and CSM Bucuresti Krim Mercator Ljubljana and HC Podravka Vegeta meet in a clash for fourth place Buducnost and Rapid Bucuresti are locked into a head-to-head battle for the last play-offs spot while Team Esbjerg need to win by two goals or more at home against Györi Audi ETO KC to decide the winner of the group Nykøbing Falster Håndbold (DEN) vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (HUN)Saturday 22 February, 16:00 CET, live on EHFTV You said no to using cookies or similar tools that help improve your experience. 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self- or publicly supported The study population included people aged 30–64 and living in Denmark at any time between 1992 and 2018 Mortality rate ratios (MRR) were calculated using Poisson regression for three time-periods: 1992–1999 Two in five in-migrants to Lolland-Falster were people on public support they had an MRR of 8.71 (95% confidence interval (CI): 8.05–9.42) compared with self-supported people and an MRR of 1.49 (95% CI: 1.38–1.61) compared with publicly supported people elsewhere in Denmark In-migration of working-aged people on public support was a main contributor to the excess mortality in Lolland-Falster as compared with the rest of Denmark To understand urban–rural differences in health population movements and national income patterns are important to take into account we determined the role of economic status behind this selective migration pattern from the urban parts of Denmark to the rural-provincial area of Lolland-Falster A given person contributed person-years at risk during the time-period he/she had been present in Denmark in the relevant age-group 30–64 years Data was accessed through Statistics Denmark’s research server Data are available from Statistics Denmark upon reasonable request a person’s residency group was based on his/her address history during the previous 10 years to be a long-term resident in a given time-period a person had to have lived continuously in Lolland-Falster 10 years prior to the time-period and he/she remained in the long-term residency group up until death In-migrants had moved to Lolland-Falster during the 10 years preceding the time-period or during the time-period A person could contribute person-years to different residency groups during different time-periods and a long-term resident would become an in-migrant if he/she moved outside Lolland-Falster and back again during a time-period The long-term residents and the in-migrants together constituted the total Lolland-Falster population Non-old age pensioners included persons receiving pension due to disability or chronic disease Cash benefit is the residual group of the unemployed people not qualified to be in the other groups including individuals waiting to be accepted into one of the other groups If a person had missing data for SOCIO13 one year; they would not contribute to the analysis with person-years or deaths in the following year The study used Danish administrative register-data and data on socioeconomic status are registered once a year The study population was dynamic in the sense that a given person contributed person-years to a given group from the point in time where he/she fulfilled the criteria for belonging to the group until he/she did not any longer fulfill these criteria a given person contributed person-years as long as he/she was 30–64 years old a given person belonged to the population in the rest of Denmark as long as he/she was registered with an address in Denmark outside Lolland-Falster Lolland-Falster residents were divided into long-term residents and in-migrants based on their address history a given person belonged to the last socioeconomic group in which he/she appeared in the register the study population is reflected better in person-years than in the number of persons The analysis was conducted separately for men and women and for the total population The model was adjusted for 5-year age-group and for sex for the total population self-supported people in the rest of Denmark were used as the reference group; or publicly supported people in Lolland-Falster were compared with that of publicly supported people in the rest of Denmark residency was categorised by residency 20 years instead of 10 years before each time-period as a self-supported person who becomes sick and dies may receive public support shortly before death the death rate for publicly supported persons may be inflated an additional analysis was made categorising economic status by the annual status three years before This analysis could not be made for 1992–1999 as SOCIO13 data were available only from 1991 onwards All analysis were made in SAS 9.4 and graphics were made in R 4.0.3 at a research server in Statistics Denmark The study registration number in Region Zealand is REG-108-2018 In the rest of Denmark, the population aged 30–64 increased between 1992 and 2008 from 2,090,000 to 2,380,000; decreased to 2,300,000 in 2013, and was relatively stable until 2018 (Fig. 1). In Lolland-Falster, the population aged 30–64 increased slightly from 48,400 in 1992 to 49,800 in 1998, whereafter it decreased by 20% to 39,800 in 2018. Mid-year population number for people aged 30–64 years living in Lolland-Falster and in the rest of Denmark by year The study population included 66,226,171 person-years and 270,466 deaths (Table 1) the self-supported group constituted 74% of the person-years in 1992–1999 the self-supported group constituted 67% of the person-years in 1992–1999 72% of long-term residents and 58% of in-migrants in Lolland-Falster were self-supported The percentages for cash benefit were 21% for Lolland-Falster; 15% for long-term residents; 31% for in-migrants; and 20% for the rest of Denmark Mortality rate ratio and percentage of person-years for the rest of Denmark and the total population aged 30–64 years in Lolland-Falster by residency group Reference population = Self-supported in rest of Denmark long-term residents increased from 1.08 (95% CI: 0.99–1.17) in 1992–1999 to 1.39 (95% CI: 1.28–1.51) in 2010–2018 the MRR increased from 1.33 (95% CI: 1.12–1.59) in 1992–1999 to 1.55 (95% CI: 1.30–1.85) in 2010–2018 For the publicly supported group in Lolland-Falster the excess mortality as compared with self-supported people in the rest of Denmark increased with every time-period for the long-term residents as well as for the in-migrants The MRR for the publicly supported long-term residents reached 6.63 (95% CI: 6.26–7.03) in 2010–2018 and the MRR for publicly supported in-migrants reached 8.71 (95% CI: 8.05–9.42) in 2010–2018 the excess mortality for the publicly supported group increased also over time in the rest of Denmark from 3.91 (95% CI: 3.84–3.97) in 1992–1999 to 5.65 (95% CI: 5.56–5.74) in 2010–2018 The MRR trends were similar for men and women It should be noted though that in 2010–2018 the MRR for male in-migrants on public support reached 9.76 (95% CI: 8.88–10.74) Sensitivity analysis using 20 years of address history prior to the time-period to categorise the residency groups, showed similar results as the main analysis using 10 years of address history (Appendix Table 3) When categorising annual economic group three years back in time instead of one year, the excess mortality for publicly supported people compared with self-supported people decreased slightly (Appendix Table 4) Compared with self-supported people in the rest of Denmark the MRR for publicly supported people in the rest of Denmark 2010-2018 was 5.65 (95% CI: 5.56–5.74) when categorising one year back in time and 4.60 (95% CI: 4.53–4.67) when categorised three years back the change was from an MRR of 7.24 (95% CI: 6.90–7.59) to 6.08 (95% CI: 5.78–6.40) two out of five in-migrants of working-age to Lolland-Falster were on public support and these in-migrants had a ninefold mortality compared with that of self-supported persons in the rest of Denmark Selective migration of publicly supported people of working-age was thus the most important factor behind the presently high mortality at Lolland-Falster areas have been classified in two ways; by an area-based deprivation index and by a rural–urban gradient When comparing studies from the UK with those from other countries it is important to note that there is a positive correlation between severity of deprivation and urbanity in the UK In the following we therefore focus on the UK studies on rural–urban differences in mortality the measured impact of migration on geographical differences in mortality depends also on the composition of the areas; the measured impact will be greater when migration is studied between small homogeneous districts than between larger heterogenous regions Men returning to Northern Sweden after having lived in Southern Sweden had higher mortality than men staying in other parts of Sweden Adjustment for education enhanced the difference The pattern illustrated the salmon effect where migrants move home in anticipation of death; here the pattern indicated to be most common among migrants with higher education selective migration did not explain the low mortality in Halland Mortality in 1971–2004 for 40–59 old persons in Finland was analysed by birthplace26 those born in Northern and Eastern Finland had an excess mortality When adjusted for education the excess risk prevailed for men born in Northern Finland but not for men born in Eastern Finland Men who migrated from Northern Finland also had higher mortality than men who stayed in the North Differences for women were not statistically significant The study indicated that men who migrated out of Northern Finland constituted a high-risk group unrelated to their level of education but these generations are still too young to have affected regional differences in mortality Mortality was higher among people on public support than among self-supported people, but the mortality rates of people on public support may be inflated by deaths in previously self-supported people being on e.g. sickness benefit towards the end of life. We therefore added an analysis based on economic status three years back (see Appendix Table 4) This decreased the excess mortality of publicly supported people though the relative difference between Lolland-Falster and the rest of Denmark between in-migrants and long-term residents The above comparison with UK and Nordic studies illustrated that local circumstances have to be taken into account in the interpretation of regional differences in mortality the mortality is higher than in the rest of Denmark and the present study showed that a major part of this excess mortality is attributable to in-migrants on public support The excess mortality of the publicly supported group in our study increased over time This trend may have been enhanced by political initiatives to keep people in the workforce and affecting selection as more stringent criteria were used for granting of non-old age pension It may also explain the increasing proportion of people on cash benefit which is granted to people in principle considered suitable for work Cash benefit is the economically lowest type of public support the publicly supported people in Denmark may have become relatively poorer over time compared with the self-supported people mortality is expected to differ between those on temporary unemployment benefit and those on permanent non-old age pension the absolute number of deaths in this group is small We therefore did not include sub-analysis by socioeconomic groups for out-migrants health prevention and treatment in Lolland-Falster cannot be restricted to specific causes; nor to this geographical area as many of the in-migrants’ health complications were established elsewhere Economic status was a key factor behind the increasing mortality gap between Lolland-Falster and the rest of Denmark Two out of five in-migrants to Loland-Falster were on public support and they had a nine-fold death rate as compared with self-supported people in the rest of Denmark and a 50% higher mortality than publicly supported people elsewhere in Denmark self-supported in-migrants to Lolland-Falster was a somewhat selected group with a 50% higher mortality than self-supported people in the rest of Denmark this inflow of vulnerable people affected the mortality pattern of long-term residents While the self-supported long-term residents in 1992–1999 had the same mortality as self-supported people in the rest of Denmark they had by 2010–2018 a 40% excess mortality poor health is the main eligibility criteria for public support in working-ages Thirty years of inflow of this healthwise vulnerable group of citizens affected the mortality generating a gap between Lolland-Falster and the rest of Denmark Data was extracted from the Danish Health Data Authority and Statistics Denmark The data that support the findings of this study are available from Statistics Denmark but restrictions apply to the availability of these data which were used under license for the current study Data used for this study can be accessed from Statistics Denmark’s Research Service upon reasonable request (e-mail: forskningsservice@dst.dk) Rural depopulation: Growth and decline processes over the past century Are the sick left behind at the peripheries Health Selection in migration to growing urban centres in Finland Health selectivity and rural-urban migration in china: A nationwide multiple cross-sectional study in 2012 Can selective migration explain why health is worse in regions with population decline?: A study on migration and self-rated health in the Netherlands Statistics Denmark. 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early 2000s Health inequalities among British civil servants: The Whitehall II study Dødeligheden i Danmark gennem 100 år [Mortality in Denmark during 100 years] Temporal trends in cause-specific mortality in a rural-provincial area of Denmark Download references This study was financially supported by the Danish Health Fund (Grant number: 20-B-0023) Therese Lucia Friis Holmager & Elsebeth Lynge All authors came up with the idea for the study All authors read and approved the submitted manuscript The authors declare no competing interests Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24635-2 Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: a shareable link is not currently available for this article Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science Patients were being given lethal doses of morphine and diazepam who begins a new job in a hospital in Denmark and believes a top nurse is killing her patients The Netflix synopsis reads: “One early morning in March 2015 the Danish police received a call from a nurse at Nykøbing Falster Hospital She accuses her close colleague of purposefully killing patients Soon a murder case unfolds like never seen before in Danish legal history Several co-workers are now telling the police they also suspect the nurse has poisoned patients and some even tell that they have been walking around with this suspicion for several years.” The chilling true crime is based on a real life story here’s everything we know about the case of Christina Aistrup Hansen The Nurse is based on the non-fiction book The Nurse: Inside Denmark’s Most Sensational Criminal Trial by Kristian Corfixen The book tells the horrifying true story of Danish nurse Christina Aistrup Hansen who worked at the Nykøbing Falster Hospital in Denmark alongside a newly graduated nurse The short series follows Christina Aistrup Hansen She was a nurse who was held in high regard among her colleagues at the hospital but during night shifts she administered patients with lethal doses of diazepam and morphine only then to help save them after their condition dramatically declined However when Hansen’s patients kept dying Kurzmann started her own investigation and uncovered Hansen’s chilling crimes Hansen was arrested and charged with three counts of murder and one count of attempted manslaughter The real life Christina Aistrup Hansen was first charged in 2016 and she is still serving her sentence in a Danish prison and will be released in 2028 the court heard Hansen had given the patients lethal doses of morphine and diazepam The prosecution argued the motive for her crimes was linked to a personality disorder Hansen was 31 and suffered from a personality disorder Manipulative behaviour was linked to the disorder as well as “superficiality” and “persistent search for excitement in 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After four exciting doubleheaders in the quarter-finals of the EHF European League Women the second-tier competition in the European women’s club pyramid Ikast Handbold and Nykøbing Falster Håndbold By far the most challenging mission was Dortmund’s one after the German side had little to show in a 19:28 loss in the first leg against Les Neptunes de Nantes Dortmund provided an otherworldly comeback an instant classic which saw them clinch a 30:20 win in the second leg which had a two-goal deficit at the break (11:13) only for German centre back Alina Grijseels to take the matter into her own hands A nine-goal outing for Grijseels lifted Dortmund to a 10-goal win which saw them clinch the quarter-final with a 49:48 aggregate win who won the competition in their first European season in 2021 leaving the “Westpress Arena” in Hamm empty-handed without anything to show for their excellent game in the first leg Another comeback was made by Nykøbing Falster Håndbold which mounted an impressive second leg against SCM Ramnicu Valcea after their 29:32 loss in the first match Nykøbing took full advantage of their speed and depth as they ran riot in Valcea’s defence to clinch a 38:29 win who shone for Denmark at the 2022 IHF Women’s Junior World Championship qualifying for each and every edition of the EHF Finals Women since the introduction of the format in the 2020/21 season with a dominating 61:41 aggregate win over Hungarian side Siofok KC Ikast are also the only team with an eight-match winning streak being once again earmarked as favourites after finishing third in the competition last season and fourth two seasons ago Thüringer HC shook off a 35:35 draw against Sola HK in the first leg to clinch a 27:24 home win making it to the semi-finals of a European competition for the first time since the 2008/09 season when they lost the final of the Women’s EHF Challenge Cup The draw for the semi-finals of the EHF Finals Women will take place on Tuesday 28 March in Graz where the final weekend of the EHF European League Women is scheduled on 13 and 14 May Thüringer’s Annika Lott is the top scorer of the competition with 74 goals two more than Valcea’s Iryna Glibko and three more than Halilcevic EHF European League Women – quarter-finals By continuing to browse ihf.info, you agree to our terms of use , privacy policy and the use of cookies. For more information, please review our cookie policy You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed The EHF European League Women 2022/23 quarter-finals schedule is now confirmed with first-leg matches taking place on 18 and 19 March followed by the second legs the following weekend The quarter-finals will begin with the first leg of the tie between SCM Ramnicu Valcea and Nykøbing Falster Håndbold in Romania on Saturday 18 March; the second leg between Nykøbing and Valcea will conclude the round on Sunday 26 March Siófok KC will play last season's third-placed team Ikast Handbold and 2021 champions Neptunes de Nantes host BV Borussia 09 Dortmund in the last first-leg encounter The four winners will progress to the EHF Finals Women in Graz FEATURE: Latvian right back to play with Melsungen at Maschinensucher EHF Finals in Hamburg FEATURE: Thüringer HC left back becomes MVP and top scorer of EHF Finals Women after netting 29 times in Graz SUMMARY: Thüringer HC are crowned in Graz as the new EHF European League Women champions following an intense final against Ikast Håndbold FLASH QUOTES: Comments from players and coaches after the EHF Finals Women 2025 final and third place match FINAL REVIEW: THC come from behind to beat Ikast 34:32 at the EHF Finals in Graz THIRD-PLACE MATCH REVIEW: The French side beat their opponents from Germany at the EHF Finals Women FINAL PREVIEW: Ikast Håndbold meet Thüringer HC in final; Blomberg and Dijon play for third place SUMMARY: Ikast Håndbold and Thüringer HC celebrated semi-final wins in Graz as they get ready for the final on Sunday SEMI-FINAL REVIEW: The German side beat Dijon 35:29 in the second semi-final of the EHF Finals Women FLASH QUOTES: Comments from players and coaches after the EHF Finals Women 2025 semi-finals Designers are planning new double-decker trains for some of the UK's busiest railway lines Tired of being forced to stand on cramped trains? There could be light at the end of the tunnel: designers are working on plans for double-decker trains for some of the UK's busiest railway lines which is running a competition to find ways to ease overcrowding said that some of the new concepts could be introduced between 2020 and 2022 to "address the challenges facing the UK rail industry" From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox The double-decker trains have been proposed as an answer to overcrowding on some of the UK's busiest railway lines Almost 250,000 commuters were being forced to stand on trains into major British cities each morning with services running at 3.5 per cent over capacity The busiest service in the country is the 4.22am service from Glasgow to Manchester airport which runs at 186 per cent of capacity at its peak Although double-decker trains are already used in other parts of Europe Britain's low bridges and tunnels have ruled them out of being introduced here double-decker trains were introduced between London and Kent but the experiment failed because of a series of problems including poor ventilation on the upper deck cramped conditions and technical difficulties train compartments would be lowered towards the tracks to create the height needed to accommodate two-deck carriages There is actually a lot of space that you can use beneath the vehicle To create even more space in the new trains aisles on both decks would be positioned to the side rather than along the middle A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com The Local Europe ABVästmannagatan 43113 25 StockholmSweden Please log in here to leave a comment Podravka Vegeta and Storhamar Handball Elite celebrated their first wins of the season The Croatian side did it with a decisive victory over CS Gloria 2018 BN dominating from the start and thus welcoming a long-awaited win Storhamar Handball Elite's strong second half lifted them past Nykøbing Falster Håndbold The Match of the Week met the expectations — it was an intense game throughout but Cléopatre Darleux's sensational performance stopped FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria's winning streak and pushed Metz to a fourth consecutive win and to top of the table CSM Bucuresti beat Krim Mercator and left the Slovenian side with the first defeat of the season CS Gloria 2018 BN (ROU) vs Podravka Vegeta (CRO) 25:29 (7:13) Podravka Vegeta ended their 17-game losing streak in the top-tier competition with a convincing win against Gloria The hosts struggled to find their footing after a rocky start further added to their problems as she boosted her side to a six-goal lead Converting only 17 per cent of the shots told the story of their struggles Gloria found a new energy late in the second half and kept pouncing but could not shift the momentum With the help of Asuka Fujita and goalkeeper Ivana Kapitanovic they only managed to soothe the defeat and narrow the gap to four after trailing by 13 in the 40th minute of the game Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub (DEN) vs Storhamar Handball Elite (NOR) 28:33 (17:16) Storhamar Handball Elite also celebrated their first win after a strong second half Nykøbing did not use Sofie Börjesson's good performance between the posts in the first 30 minutes to gain a more significant advantage Even though they were in the lead from the start a series of late technical errors let Storhamar keep the contest close as Mathilde Rivas-Toft scored effortlessly Storhamar's blistering start to the second half changed the outcome as Eli Marie Raasok lived up to her billing allowing Kristin Venn and Anniken Obaidli to not only stage a comeback but to set a four-goal lead which proved to be pivotal MOTW: Metz Handball (FRA) vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (HUN) 24:19 (11:11) Metz Handball ended FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria's perfect streak the spotlight soon shifted to Cléopatre Darleux who made an impressive return to the EHF Champions League Women Darleux swung the momentum in Metz's favour allowing them to claw their way back and level the score and additionally secure a win later on FTC encountered some problems and allowed Metz to impose their pace with fast breaks but the fellow French goalkeeper on the other side It all changed in the second half when Metz had the upper hand they took over the lead and never looked back despite all of FTC's attempts to shift the momentum Krim Mercator Ljubljana (SLO) vs CSM Bucuresti (ROU) 29:31 (15:19) Both teams had solid defences in the start but CSM soon propelled to a four-goal lead as Krim's attack came to a halt It was only Ana Gros who was Krim's lynchpin in those moments netting seven out of seven attempts in the first half CSM played the ball long and kept their lead as Elizabeth Omoregie Emilie Hegh Arntzen and Cristina Neagu were pulling the strings Krim came close to a comeback as Jovanka Radicevic joined Ana Gros and made CSM sweat at 27:28 but another great game by the goalkeepers in round 5 decided the game Gabriela Moreschi denied 17 of Krim's attempts Cristina Neagu kept her all-time top goal scorer title with an additional five goals and a 1,160 tally; Jovanka Radicevic netted six and set her tally to 1,152 goals Main photo © Nykøbing Falster Håndbold - NFH ROUND PREVIEW: The structure of the knockout phase of the EHF Champions League Women will be decided this weekend HANDBALL THROUGH MY EYES: The EHF Champions League star speaks about her iconic one-on-one skills and her mindset on the court DRAW: Recent champions meet and potential first-time winners clash in hotly-anticipated semi-finals after TruckScout24 EHF FINAL4 semi-final… DRAW: The four sides who made it through the qualification tournaments now know who they will face in Cologne The EHF Champions League Women round 11 concluded on Sunday with three exciting clashes Krim Mercator Ljubljana’s struggles continued as they suffered a heartbreaking defeat to Storhamar Handball Elite CSM Bucuresti secured a solid victory over Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub despite letting a more dominant lead slip away Team Esbjerg celebrated their eighth win of the season by inflicting Rapid Bucuresti their ninth straight defeat Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub (DEN) vs CSM Bucuresti (ROU) 27:29 (14:11) Nykøbing remain at the bottom of the group after a tough loss forcing Nykøbing into an early struggle with a commanding 4:0 lead in eight minutes The Danish team failed to find their rhythm converting only 28 per cent of their shots in the first half while goalkeeper Gabriela Moreschi and right back Monika Kobylinska proved to be instrumental in CSM’s dominance Their biggest lead in the game was by eight Nykøbing capitalised as CSM's defence faltered closing the gap to 24:25 with eight minutes remaining CSM survived the scare and held their ground to win Storhamar Handball Elite (NOR) vs Krim Mercator Ljubljana (SLO) 29:28 (10:15) A negative run for Krim continues as they suffered a seventh-straight defeat and in an incredible manner allowing Storhamar to leapfrog them on the standings.The Slovenian side never held the lead after the initial 1:0 and were on the hunt throughout with Storhamar having the four-goal lead at the highest Slovenians managed to level with just two minutes left on the clock (28.28) with Ana Gros leading the charge Kjerstin Boge Solaas delivered in the decisive moment — she scored with the buzzer while on the ground sending the home crowd into a frenzy and left Krim disappointed Rapid Bucuresti (ROU) vs Team Esbjerg (DEN) 26:28 (11:12) Esbjerg managed to grab a convincing win with only 12 players in the squad leapfrogging domestic rivals Odense in a tough three-way battle for a spot in the quarter-finals with only three matches to go Rapid put Esbjerg to a real test with a nip-and-tuck first half but the Danish side knew what was at stake here and delivered a better second-half performance but the Romanian side kept it tight with Denisa Sandru's outstanding performance whose 11 saves at halftime at 48 per cent save efficiency did not let Esbjerg break free were not able to make a comeback and potentially stop Esbjerg's positive run QUARTER-FINAL REVIEW: A 30:29 victory for Szeged was not enough to book their first ticket to Cologne a single goal separated the 2023 title winners and Veszprém QUARTER-FINAL REVIEW: 2018 finalists end Sporting CP’s Machineseeker EHF Champions League journey with second quarter-final win QUARTER-FINAL REVIEW: After a nine-goal win in the first leg HANDBALL THROUGH MY EYES: Versatile One Veszprém back Nedim Remili reveals why he loves handball OFFICIAL STATEMENT: Court of Handball issues further decision regarding withdrawal of Vipers from EHF Champions League NEWS: Györi Audi ETO KC will meet Team Esbjerg and Metz Handball will play against Odense Håndbold on 31 May in the MVM Dome in Budapest dubbed the "devil of death" by prosecutors has been handed a life sentence for murdering three elderly patients and attempting to kill a fourth was found to have given overdoses of morphine and the sedative diazepam to four people between 2012 and 2015 but they were found to have traces of a cocktail of the strong sedatives in their blood The Nykobing Falster city court handed out the life sentences but under Danish law a life sentence only allows for a parole hearing after 12 years with many life sentences in the country often leading to around 16 years in prison Hansen distributed the drugs in a hospital where she worked with more than 70 witnesses who gave evidence that they secretly suspected Hansen of trying to harm patients She was arrested in March 2015 but the witnesses said they had suspected her of wrongdoing well before then Some said that they felt she was an attention-seeker in search of drama and attention and a psychological evaluation found that the nurse was not mentally ill But the evaluation did reveal that she suffered from a personality disorder characterised by "egocentricity" and a "persistent quest for excitement" Michael Boolsen, prosecuting, said according to Sky News: "The accused was not an angel of death there are no mitigating circumstances in this case." Her lawyer Jorgen Lange, who has appealed the High Court's decision, told Danish media that the ruling was "shocking" as some of the patients had been terminally ill After being found guilty Hansen was also ordered to pay 425,000 kroner (£46,000) in damages to family members of one victim Hansen must pay 25,000 kroner to the 74-year-old woman who survived the cocktail of drugs administered to her The court also stripped Hansen of her right to ever care for patients in any type of institution again Final round of the year of the EHF Champions League Women 2024/25 threw off on Saturday with HB Ludwigsburg and Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub securing home wins against Vipers Kristiansand and CS Gloria 2018 BN in their rematches bouncing back from convincing defeats just a week earlier Metz Handball remained the only unbeaten team in the competition after yet another convincing performance against Krim Mercator Podravka Vegeta were the lucky side as Katarina Pandža beat the buzzer for the third win of the season and leapfrogged Storhamar Elite in the standings Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub (DEN) vs CS Gloria 2018 BN (ROU) 32:24 (16:13) Nykøbing were determined to get their revenge and claim their first win of the season Gloria struggled to find their rhythm in the attack as Nykøbing's solid defence forced them into mistakes The Danish side built a three-goal lead and withstood Gloria's attempts to narrow the gap Aimee Von Pereira led the charge for the home side maintaining the intensity right up until halftime with five goals The Romanian club had few chances to shift the momentum in the second half when they closed down the deficit to a single goal but goalkeeper Catharina Broch made sure Nykøbing stayed on the victory course Natalia Nosek's seven goals and Renata De Arruda's 11 saves were not enough for Gloria HC Podravka Vegeta (CRO) vs Storhamar Handball Elite (NOR) 25:24 (14:12) the clash between these two sides was evenly matched but Storhamar refused to back down and with good defensive display Podravka capitalised on Storhamar's turnovers and made a mark Klara Birtic scored her third goal to push Podravka to a three-goal lead (14:11) A better second half performance gave Storhamar new confidence their first lead after 6:5 in the 12th minute They extended it to 23:20 and forced Podravka to call two timeouts in three minutes Podravka netted twice while Storhamar were left reeling in the attack thus bringing an exciting finish in Koprivnica Storhamar went to the last attack with 7 vs 6 Lucija Bešen stopped it and Katarina Pandža scored with the buzzer into an empty net Metz Handball (FRA) vs Krim Mercator Ljubljana (SLO) 34:30 (14:11) Krim made their way to Metz with a fresh start under new coach Žiga Novak a former assistant coach who took over following Dragan Adzic's departure Novak was determined to shake things up and inject new energy into the team keeping up with Metz as neither side had more than a one-goal lead When Cléopatre Darleux pulled off a couple of great saves Sarah Bouktit and Chloé Valentini kept on giving Their biggest lead in the second half was by six and Krim managed to reduce it with the help of Tatjana Brnovic but still had to accept their fourth straight defeat HB Ludwigsburg (GER) vs Vipers Kristiansand (NOR) 33:29 (18:15) HB Ludwigsburg outplayed Vipers and secured their first home win of the season Johanna Bundsen was on fire at the start of the game stopping shots with an incredible 70 per cent efficiency early on and finishing the first half with 11 saves as eight turnovers kept Vipers within reach. Everything changed around the 20th minute with Vipers' hasty attack pushing Ludwigsburg to a strong 16:11 lead That lead morphed to a six goals early in the second half as things started to go awry for Vipers following the injury of their best scorer it was not working for Norwegians - their biggest trail was by seven but with the help of Tuva Høve they managed to close the gap before the final buzzer You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience Corrects location of ranch in photo caption Strong winds and heavy rainfall have resulted in snowdrifts and flooding respectively, with emergency services again needing to be on their toes after similarly severe weather caused by storms in October and December Police in East Jutland set up emergency ‘evacuation centres’ to accommodate motorists stranded on sections of the E45 motorway as snow continued to pile up on Wednesday evening READ ALSO: TRAVEL LATEST: Weather conditions continue to disrupt Denmark on Thursday While snow through the north and east of Jutland into chaos, heavy rain further south broke a 138-year-old precipitation record, broadcaster DR reported the most on a single January day anywhere in Denmark since 1886 Denmark has experienced a “20-year-event” – a weather event statistically expected once every 20 years – once a month between October and December according to the Danish Natural Hazards Council (Naturskaderådet) That appears to have now been extended to a fourth month. In the 2022/23 season, she was competing with Molde Elite in the EHF European League Women group phase alongside her older sister Sherin she will clash with her middle sister Anniken in group A of the competition The versatile Mona Obaidli is the youngest of the three Obaidli sisters she has changed well-known surroundings for a new challenge started playing handball in their hometown Molde in Norway Mona continued sharing the court in Molde with Sherin until this season they finally reached the EHF European League Women group phase In a tough group A with eventual EHF Finals participants BV Borussia 09 Dortmund Molde Elite could not get their hands on a win they were giving their best and Mona was the club's top scorer netting 29 times in six matches I have all my family and a lot of friends in Molde so it was the right time to try something new,” says Mona Obaidli on whether it was a tough decision to leave a place where she spent her whole life and made her first handball steps Her performance caught the attention of Danish side Nykøbing Nykøbing's 2022/23 performance set high goals and their results both in European competition and the domestic championship were enough for Mona to make a decision “I chose Nykøbing Falster because they had a really good team with good coaches I heard a lot of good things about the supporters too I must say I enjoy it a lot and I am so thankful to be a part of this team.” Nykøbing have a challenging domestic league with EHF Champions League Women participants Team Esbjerg Nykøbing are getting better with each match Among the departures from the club were the 2022/23 second-best top scorer Elma Halilcevic who joined Odense together with Nikita van de Vliet; Marie-Hélène Sajka returned to France and joined Neptunes Nantes; and Respect Your Talent alumna Mia Svele reinforced Storhamar Handball The youngest Obaidli sister is just one of the reinforcements but her ability to play both as the centre back and left back will be of great asset to Nykøbing the change was difficult in the beginning but things are coming into place “It was hard in the start but now I’m starting to feel better so it will take some time before we play as we want.” The draw held in Vienna placed last season’s finalists Nykøbing in group A together with Hungary’s Praktiker-Vác Norway’s Storhamar Elite and HC Podravka Vegeta from Croatia last season in group C they also faced Podravka and had one Norwegian and one Hungarian opponent – Sola HK and DVSC Schaeffler so I hope we can reach the EHF Finals again We have to play at our best to progress further What I really look forward to is the game against Storhamar and my sister,” says Obaidli about Nykøbing's chances The game the 26-year-old Norwegian player is looking forward to is also their first in the EHF European League Women 2023/24 season In round 1 Anniken Obaidli and Storhamar travel to Nykøbing It will be the first time two sisters will be on opposite sides in the European competition Both of us will do everything to win the game we are sisters again,” concludes Mona Obaidli ‘All nurses from the ER at that time have moved on’ Netflix has just dropped their gripping new Danish true crime series and it’s hit the top ten list already The show follows the chilling true-story of the graduate Pernille Kurzmann who starts working in a hospital where she believes their top nurse after storming through the four-part series loads of us have been Googling what happened to the two main characters Pernille Kurzmann and Christina Aistrup Hansen in case you’re curious about where the two main players in the biggest murder case in Danish healthcare history ended up After a trial that lasted almost a month and heard testimony from more than 70 witnesses Christina Aistrup Hansen was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders of her patients Viggo Holm Petersen and for the attempted murder of Maggi Margrethe Rasmussen a forensic psychological evaluation found Christina suffers from histrionic personality disorder which can cause attention-seeking behaviour She’ll serve her sentence in Danish prison until 2028 While writing the book which The Nurse series is based on author Kristian Corfixen interviewed Christina in prison who said: “Many in here talk about one day reaching a point where you come to terms with your judgment But I haven’t gotten there yet.” Since uncovering Christina Aistrup’s murders and testifying against her Pernille Kurzmann has lived a relatively private life and still works at the Nykøbing Falster Hospital where Christina committed her crimes while they worked together Before the credits on the final episode of The Nurse a chunk of text reads: “All nurses from the ER at that time have moved on to different jobs Pernille Kurzmann still works as a nurse at Nykøbing Falster Hospital Today her name is Pernille Kurzmann Lundén.” Pernille changed her name when she married her boyfriend Dr Niels Lunden who features in The Nurse as he helped Pernille speak out against Christina They live together in Southern Denmark with their children Speaking of her job at the Nykøbing Falster Hospital to the Danish Nursing Council in 2020 Pernille said: “I have the same bosses I feel sorry for them because they had no tools or anything to do and intervene in the case “I have no doubt that they did their best to support me and their department They were also caught in the schism between having to take care of me and also taking care of Christina because she was innocent until proven guilty.” • The chilling true story behind The Nurse, Netflix’s new Danish crime drama series  • Stranger Things writers are teasing an Evil Dead Rise crossover and the theories are wild • Ranked: Who from Love Is Blind season four has gained the most followers on Instagram? Remember when she kept posting open love notes on Instagram to him He’s back handing out handshakes on another series of The Great British Bake Off There have been 59 ghost sightings at one UK uni Liam Payne has just had his driver’s license suspended This doesn’t only happen to celebrities like Holly Willoughby I’m switching back to a Nokia brick after this Of course she’s well connected with most of the cast The hygiene rating of my fave kebab shop has nothing to do with me The Made in Chelsea mayhem has gone on long enough ‘Bradley said he was behaving like a caged animal’ She thinks they’re on the show ‘for fun’ and are not ‘focusing on their marriages’ It was revealed today Luke has been removed from the show following a physical fight