Pension fund gambles with Danes’ investments
ATP, Denmark’s largest pension and social security provider, has announced plans to adopt a riskier investment strategy in the future. The state-mandated fund, into which all workers must pay, said a fourth of contributions…
MorePM promises ‘fresh start’ for the elderly in New Year speech
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has promised ‘wide reaching’ changes and a ‘new start’ in care for the elderly, including cutbacks in outdated rules and bureaucracy. In her New Year speech to the nation…
MoreParties call for cuts in minimum salary requirement for non-EU workers
In response to the PM’s New Year speech, the Social Liberals (Radikale) and Conservatives expressed hope that the government’s willingness to discuss the possibility of making it easier for companies to attract skilled…
MoreAll domestic flights green by 2030
The government is aiming to make all domestic flights fossil fuel-free by 2030. In her New Year speech to the nation, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she wants to ‘make flying green’ but…
MoreQueen’s speech: ‘Future is full of hope’
In her 50th New Year message HM Queen Margrethe said 2021 had been a ‘tough year’ to get through with many challenges, not least an even more contagious version of corona, but at…
MoreVirus updates
The number of new corona cases dropped below 8,000 on New Year’s Day but far fewer people were tested over the 24-hour period – 63,235 compared to more than 200,000 daily for most…
MoreMotorists go green
‘Green car’ sales are at an all-time high. The latest figures show 56% of all vehicles sold in December were either electric or hybrid, compared to 45% the previous month – 4,765 ‘pure’…
MoreBusiness shorts
More bad news for turkeys…Maersk buys Hong Kong company in multi-billion dollar deal….Ryanair cuts flights from Denmark as corona spreads…. 36,000 turkeys are being destroyed after the highly contagious H5N1 bird flu virus…
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