University admissions reflect less interest in core welfare
Lawmakers have expressed concern about the decreasing number of students applying to become teachers, nurses, child educators, or social workers – the core elements of the welfare society. More than 67,000 applicants were…
MoreFormer Chief Rabbi dies at 92
Bent Melchior, the former Chief Rabbi of Denmark, has passed away at the age of 92. His father, Rabbi Marcus Melchior, the rabbi of the central synagogue of Copenhagen, played an integral role…
MoreResidents near Christiania feel unsafe
A quarter of all residents of Christianshavn feel unsafe in their local area after dark. Despite a drop in overall criminality over the past year as the notorious Pusher Street in the ‘free…
MoreRetail sales slow following encouraging Q2 figures
Retail sales rose by 6.2% from the year’s first quarter (Q1) to Q2 as the business sector gradually reopened, one of the biggest quarter on quarter increases since 2010, but experienced a dip…
More11 Afghanistan workers appeal for help
11 Afghanistan nationals who assisted the Danish military during the war have appealed for help from Denmark since the security situation in the war-torn country worsened following the troop withdrawal earlier this year….
MoreInfections dip but still high – 51% fully vaccinated
The daily infection rate fell to a 16-day low, Tuesday, with only 559 new corona cases from 46.322 PCR tests, providing a positivity rate of 1.21%. Despite the fall-off Professor Thorkild Sørensen of…
MoreRoyal yacht answers SOS
The Royal Yacht Dannebrog, with Queen Margrethe on board, came to the rescue of a small boat that was in difficulties in the Øresund Strait between Denmark and Sweden, Tuesday. In addition to…
MoreDanske Bank still struggling to get over money-laundering scandal
Three years after one of the world’s biggest money-laundering scandals Danske Bank is still struggling with the fall-out. Bloomberg News reports how Denmark’s biggest bank, ‘once among the Nordic region’s most reputable companies’,…
MoreHomeowners enjoy EU’s fastest rising prices
Despite early-summer signs that the red-hot housing market could be cooling down, new Statistics Denmark figures reveal record-breaking figures throughout the corona crisis. Homeowners enjoyed a 15.3% price increase in the 12 months between…
MoreLeft wing demands help for Afghanistan employees
Parties on the left have urged the government to evacuate all Afghanistan nationals who’ve been employed by Denmark in the war-torn country. After TV2 reported how local employees at the Danish embassy in Kabul…
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