News round up

  • September was the busiest month ever in the Metro

    The metro in Copenhagen had 11.2 million passengers in September, the highest number for a single month ever, Metroselskabet states in a press release.“The five new stations on the M4 have been very well received. In the first period, there were twice as many passengers as expected,” says Hanne Tærsbøl Schmidt, director of Metroselskabet.Sunday 15 […]


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  • Swedish media: Attacks against embassies in Stockholm and Copenhagen ordered by criminal gang

    According to SVT (Swedish Television), the attacks against the Israeli embassies in Stockholm and Copenhagen have been carried out on behalf of the Swedish criminal gang known as the “Foxtrot” network.On Tuesday evening, there was a shooting at the Israeli embassy in Stockholm. The case is being investigated as serious weapons offences, causing danger to […]


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  • Three Swedish men arrested after explosions near Israeli embassy

    Copenhagen Police have arrested three people in connection with two explosions at the Israeli embassy Wednesday morning, Ritzau reports.Two men were arrested at Copenhagen Central Station, where the police investigated a suspicious event on Wednesday.A person was arrested earlier in the day by the police elsewhere in Copenhagen.According to Chief Police Inspector Jens Jespersen, the […]


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  • Danish wolf population grows by at least 35 new pups in 2024

    At least six of the eight wolf pairs living in Denmark have had puppies in 2024, writes the Natural History Museum in Aarhus in a press release.In total, there are at least 35 new pups – more than double the 14 that were born in 2023. Researchers from the museum and Aarhus University monitor Danish […]


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  • Copenhagen Airport has busiest September ever

    2.8 million passengers traveled via Copenhagen Airport in September 2024 – the highest number on record for September, according to a press release issued by the airport on Wednesday.This September saw 11 percent more passengers than the same month last year, and slightly more than during September 2019, pre-COVID times.Commercial director at Copenhagen Airport Peter […]


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  • Two explosions reported near the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen

    Two explosions have been reported, and no injuries, near the Israeli embassy in Hellerup in northern Copenhagen on Wednesday morning, Copenhagen Police state in a post on X.“Based on two explosions, we are present in the Strandagervej/Lundevangsvej area. No one has been injured, and we are carrying out the initial investigations at the scene”“A possible […]


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  • New parliamentary term opens today after summer recess

    On the first Tuesday in October, the Danish government’s new parliamentary term officially begins after summer recess.The day entails a programme of events at Christiansborg houses of parliament in Copenhagen for MPs, ministers and royalty, where Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will deliver the annual opening speech.First, a 10AM church service will take place in Christiansborg […]


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  • Extreme weather pushes up home insurance prices in Denmark

    At Denmark’s three largest insurance institutions, home insurance prices have increased by over 20 percent in the past year, according to a sample survey by the consumer organisation Forbrugerrådet Tænk for TV2.The association for insurance companies Forsikring & Pension says the rising rates are due to the weather.Copenhagen -based insurance agency Alm. Brand explains that […]


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  • Denmark’s GDP growth overshoots estimates in first quarter

    Danish economy grew more than previously assumed in the second quarter.This is shown by Danmarks Statistik, after more figures for Danish imports and exports have come out.The gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 1.1 percent in the second quarter compared to the first quarter.That’s an upward adjustment of 0.5 percentage points compared to the first […]


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  • Danish Intelligence Service hiring citizens for non-descript “tasks”

    The Defense Intelligence Service (FE) is looking for citizens and companies who will help “solve tasks” of a larger and smaller nature at home and abroad.Everyone who can and wants to help protect Denmark is encouraged to apply, according to FE’s website.There are no requirements for special education or skills. The mission of the citizens […]


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  • Gender pay gap still significant in Denmark

    Men continue to get a better pay in the Danish labor market according to new figures from Danmarks Statistik.

    The average wage difference between men and women was 12.4 percent in 2023. This is 0.2 percentage points higher than in 2022.

    The biggest difference is in the regions where women earned an average of DKK 46,313 per month, while men earned DKK 55,177 in 2023.

    In 2004, men on the labor market received 16 percent more pay than women. Still, the path to equal pay is too long, believes Janne Bjaaland, director of people and culture at pension company Velliv.

    “It’s good news that over a number of years women have approached men’s wages. But it is wrong and unsatisfactory that it is still necessary to talk about pay differences between the sexes and partly that in 20 years we have only cut a quarter of the difference,” says Bjaaland to Nordnet.

    The pay gap continues into retirement, where women receive less in pension than men.

    On average, men’s pension assets are 20 per cent. higher than women’s.

    “Unfortunately, we also take the inequality that we continue to fight with in terms of pay into old age. It is yet another argument that we must have solved the structural injustice on equal pay,” says Janne Bjaaland.

    She believes that inequality will change.

    “Today, there are more younger women who are getting longer-term educations. It will contribute to raising women’s wages. More women will take up leadership positions, which have otherwise largely been a man’s business,” she says.


  • Students can be punished with cleaning up after school hours

    From now on, head teachers in primary schools must be able to punish pupils with cleaning up after school hours, and it must be easier to exclude pupils from lessons if necessary.This is announced by the Ministry of Children and Education in a press release.“The public school must be able to accommodate all children, but […]


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