Today’s front pages – Monday, Feb 25

The Copenhagen Post’s daily digest of what the Danish dailies are reporting on their front pages

No Oscar for ‘A Royal Affair’

Danish film director Nikolaj Arcel and his film, ‘A Royal Affair’, are coming home empty-handed from the annual Oscar awards in Hollywood last night. Arcel said that he hadn’t expected to beat the heavily-favoured ‘Amour’, the Austrian film that took home the Oscar for the year's best foreign film. While Denmark missed out on winning its second Oscar in three years, Sweden won its first statue since 1984 when Malik Bendjelloul triumphed for his documentary, 'Searching for Sugar Man'. – Ekstra Bladet

Young students forced to forgo their dream studies

A number of upper-secondary schools in Denmark attract students to their schools by offering them study trips abroad, while students who can’t afford to go are excluded. Jyllands-Posten newspaper has investigated more than 100 upper-secondary schools across the country and about 40 of them offer international studies involving study trips that cost up to 51,000 kroner per student. The trips are mandatory at a number of the schools, which is against the rules, according to the Ministry for Children and Education. – Jyllands-Posten

Financial crisis has resulted in poorer elderly

The financial crisis means that some Danes are going to have a lot less money when they retire than others. Since the crisis took hold in 2008, pension savings have increased so differently from one another that the best investments have increased more than eight times more than the worst and, as a result, some Danes will receive much less from their pensions. It looks particularly dire for younger customers in Danica Pension, who have seen yields of 4.8 percent since 2008, while PensionDanmark yields have been up to 36.5 percent. Politiken reported that most members of a pension fund are unaware of the significant differences between the various funds. – Politiken

No social security for younger generation

The government wants to prohibit people under the age of 30 from drawing the social security benefit kontanthjælp. As part of the government's kontanthjælp reform, which will be revealed later today, those aged 25-29 will join 18 to 25-year-olds on so-called 'youth benefits' rather than being eligible for kontanthjælp. The reform will target this age group with an increased effort to place them in education or a job and will open them up for receiving benefit amounts that are comparable to the student grant system, SU. The kontanthjælp reform is expected to better equip the nearly 50,000 Danes under 30 currently on social security for future employment. The government estimated that about one third of the unskilled kontanthjælp recipients under 30 are candidates to receive an education. The Copenhagen Post will have more on kontanthjælp reform when the details are released later today. – Berlingske




  • Greenland, Danish life science, and the future of US-Danish relations

    Greenland, Danish life science, and the future of US-Danish relations

    The US is the biggest market for the Danish life science industry, the country’s currently most important. Despite the situation, Denmark is not alone. There is also room for compromise, and promises of such jobs and additional investments are likely to at least reduce the tensions in US-Danish trade relations.

  • The internationals who created an app to make friends in Denmark  

    The internationals who created an app to make friends in Denmark  

    A team of young internationals has created an app that is helping their peers connect and build friendships in Denmark, addressing the challenges of social integration.

  • New documentary stirs debate in Denmark and Greenland 

    New documentary stirs debate in Denmark and Greenland 

    The documentary Greenland’s White Gold, reveals the worth of cryolite mining in Greenland to be in the billions. Over the years its value has been undermined, despite it acting like a gold mine for the Danish state. 

  • Today is 10 years from Copenhagen terrorist attack

    Today is 10 years from Copenhagen terrorist attack

    On February 14 and 15, the last terrorist attack took place in Denmark. Another episode occurred in 2022, but in that case, there was no political motive behind it

  • Enter Christiania: how the Freetown works

    Enter Christiania: how the Freetown works

    We all know Christiania and have been there at least once. But how does the Freetown work? How are decisions made? Can a person move there? Is there rent or bills to pay? British journalist Dave Wood wrote a reportage on Christiania for The Copenhagen Post.

  • The struggles of Asian women in Denmark’s labour market

    The struggles of Asian women in Denmark’s labour market

    Isha Thapa unfolds her research “An Analysis on the Inclusivity and Integration of South Asian Women in High-Skilled Jobs within the Danish Labor Market”. Thapa describes the systemic and social challenges these women face, ranging from barriers in social capital to cultural integration.