Today’s front pages – Friday, March 8

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

Danes’ health on the wane

A new medical report comparing 20 countries places Danes as the second least healthy population. The report, from the medical periodical The Lancet, illustrated that Danes have, on average, 67.9 healthy years and die at the average age of 78.9, far below Spain and Italy's averages of about 81.5 years. Among the reasons for the poor showing is the large number of smokers, high alcohol consumption and an unhealthy diet. – Berlingske

State losing out financially on eastern workers

The state coffers lose out on hundreds of thousands of kroner every time an eastern European worker gets a job ahead of a Dane, according to a new report. The analysis, from employment council Arbejderbevægelsens Erhversvråd, showed that the state loses between 51,400 and 251,300 kroner every time an eastern worker is hired instead of a Dane. There are about 32,000 eastern Europeans with full-time jobs in Denmark and if their jobs could be replaced by Danes, the state could save billions. – Jyllands-Posten

Duvet king’s son steps down

Jacob Brunsborg, the son of Jysk bedding-empire founder and CEO Lars Larsen, has decided to step down from his position as branding director and looks to likely forgo taking over the company when his father retires. The 40-year-old has decided to step down from the position he had held since 2006 in order to concentrate on entrepreneurial plans. Brunsborg said that he will remain part of the Jysk board of directors, but wants to try something that has nothing to do with duvets and pillows.Børsen

Copenhagen Zoo catch glimpse of rare leopards

A Copenhagen Zoo wildlife photo trap has photographed a pair of extremely rare and endangered Javan leopards in a small Indonesian national park. Scientists estimate that the global Javan leopard population is down to just 200-250 animals, making the discovery of the two leopards even more important as it indicates that they could be flourishing again. The leopards were photographed in photo traps set up by the zoo as part of their efforts to educate local park rangers. – Videnskab




  • Becoming a stranger in your own country

    Becoming a stranger in your own country

    Many stories are heard about internationals moving to Denmark for the first time. They face hardships when finding a job, a place to live, or a sense of belonging. But what about Danes coming back home? Holding Danish citizenship doesn’t mean your path home will be smoother. To shed light on what returning Danes are facing, Michael Bach Petersen, Secretary General of Danes Worldwide, unpacks the reality behind moving back

  • EU Foreign Ministers meet in Denmark to strategize a forced Russia-Ukraine peace deal

    EU Foreign Ministers meet in Denmark to strategize a forced Russia-Ukraine peace deal

    Foreign ministers from 11 European countries convened on the Danish island of Bornholm on April 28-29 to discuss Nordic-Baltic security, enhanced Russian sanctions, and a way forward for the fraught peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow

  • How small cubes spark great green opportunities: a Chinese engineer’s entrepreneurial journey in Denmark

    How small cubes spark great green opportunities: a Chinese engineer’s entrepreneurial journey in Denmark

    Hao Yin, CEO of a high-tech start-up TEGnology, shares how he transformed a niche patent into marketable products as an engineer-turned-businessman, after navigating early setbacks. “We can’t just wait for ‘groundbreaking innovations’ and risk missing the market window,” he says. “The key is maximising the potential of existing technologies in the right contexts.”

  • Gangs of Copenhagen

    Gangs of Copenhagen

    While Copenhagen is rated one of the safest cities in the world year after year, it is no stranger to organized crime, which often springs from highly professional syndicates operating from the shadows of the capital. These are the most important criminal groups active in the city

  • “The Danish underworld is now more tied to Scandinavia”

    “The Danish underworld is now more tied to Scandinavia”

    Carsten Norton is the author of several books about crime and gangs in Denmark, a journalist, and a crime specialist for Danish media such as TV 2 and Ekstra Bladet.

  • Right wing parties want nuclear power in Denmark

    Right wing parties want nuclear power in Denmark

    For 40 years, there has been a ban on nuclear power in Denmark. This may change after all right-wing parties in the Danish Parliament have expressed a desire to remove the ban.

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