Summer in Denmark 2013 | July 5-11

Join us as we explore Denmark – this week taking you on an underground adventure, showing you mayor Frank Jensen’s Copenhagen, visiting Aalborg and living life in the romantic lane at Liselund castle

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Jul 5, 2013

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More and more schools in Copenhagen introduce driving bans in the morning

Several schools in Copenhagen have introduced a ban on cars passing by in the morning – and typically dropping the children off at school. The idea is to create safe school roads and make it easier to monitor the traffic.
Vestager takes over internal market duties after EU Commissioner’s snap resignation

Danish Margrethe Vestager will take over the tasks left behind by French Thierry Breton, who resigned as EU Commissioner for the Internal Market yesterday citing von der Leyen’s “questionable governance”.
Germany introduces passport control at all land borders to combat irregular migration

Germany has riled its Schengen neighbours by introducing passport control along the borders of all nine neighboring countries – including Denmark – citing an overloaded asylum system.
Report: Danes are least worried about fake news compared with rest of world

Despite an increase in concern about misinformation, the Danes’ fear of fake news is still significantly lower than in the rest of the world, a new report shows.
DSV buys German giant for 107 billion – becomes the world’s largest logistics company

It started with nine truck drivers in an inn on Sjælland in 1976. Now, with the purchase of German DB Schenker, Danish DSV has become the world’s largest freight operator
Parking in Copenhagen to become much more expensive

To finance more parking garages, the politicians in Copenhagen have decided to dramatically raise the prices for parking in 2025. There will also be a fee for parking on Sundays. In Frederiksberg, people are dissatisfied with their neighbouring municipality’s decision.

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Career

Diversifying the Nordics: How a Nigerian economist became a beacon for inclusivity in Scandinavia

Chisom Udeze, the founder of Diversify – a global organization that works at the intersection of inclusion, democracy, freedom, climate sustainability, justice, and belonging – shares how struggling to find a community in Norway motivated her to build a Nordic-wide professional network. We also hear from Dr. Poornima Luthra, Associate Professor at CBS, about how to address bias in the workplace.
Lolland Municipality launches support package for accompanying spouses

Lolland Municipality, home to Denmark’s largest infrastructure project – the Fehmarnbelt tunnel connection to Germany – has launched a new jobseeker support package for the accompanying partners of international employees in the area. The job-to-partner package offers free tailored sessions on finding a job and starting a personal business.
This rooftop ‘Scandarabian’ restaurant is helping international jobseekers to upskill for the Danish market

The social enterprise and rooftop restaurant Do More focuses especially on helping long-term unemployed citizens who struggle to enter the Danish labor market due to a lack of experience from their home country, language barriers, and other factors.

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