Disabled workers ready to fight flex-job reforms
Citizens with disabilities are up in arms about the government’s proposed plan to reform incapacity pensions and the ‘flex job’ scheme that subsidises benefits to recipients who work part-time; negotiations on the reforms…
MoreYouths score high in health and happiness
Danish children are among the healthiest in the world, according to a survey of schoolchildren’s health and well-being across 39 countries, which was released today by the World Health Organisation (WHO); only children…
MoreDanes treasure this week’s public holiday
The majority of Danes want to preserve ’Store Bededag’ – literally translated as ’Great Prayer Day’ – as a public holiday; this year, it falls this Friday, the 4th of May. In a…
MoreLeaves of absence could improve the job market
Labour unions HK and 3F want to make it easier for employees to get approved for a leave of work absence, allowing more unemployed to enter the job market. President of 3F, Poul…
MoreCould the deficit be back on track?
The positive outlook for the Danish budget deficit has prompted Minister for Economy and Interior Margarethe Vestager to propose that the EU Commission take Denmark out of the special observation list as soon…
MoreDenmark is tops for organic foods
Denmark is again the leading organic country in the world, selling the largest amount of organic products per capita. New figures from Statistics Denmark show that overall consumption of organic food has increased…
MoreEnvironment Minister wants another UNESCO site
The Danish Wadden Sea should be placed on the UNESCO’S world’s heritage list, said Minister for the Environment Ida Auken (Socialist People’s Party). The German and Dutch part of this unique area has…
MoreBroadcasting staff may strike during EURO 2012
The Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) has just announced a major strike, one month before the European football championship games kick off in Poland and Ukraine. About 1,400 disgruntled DR employees have threatened to…
MoreSchools and councils not recognising dyslexic children
Høje-Taastrup Municipality’s school system has admitted that children are not being tested for dyslexia at their kindergartens. “There is not a test that determines whether children are dyslexic or not, and we must…
MoreFormer Prime Minister wants better treatment for psych patients
Former Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen has been invited to become a member of a new committee to advise the Danish government on better treatment for psychiatric patients. Back in 2009, Mr Rasmussen…
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