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    Inflation increase in May as electricity and rent prices rise

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    In May, the overall consumer price index rose by 2.2 percent compared to the same month the previous year. It’s a jump up from the inflation rate in April, which measured at 0.8 percent. The higher inflation in May was mostly due to increased electricity prices.Good and servicesServices – meaning work or that does not […]

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    39 Copenhagen festivals receive state funding – see the list

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    Copenhagen municipality’s Culture and Leisure Committee has announced which festivals to which they have granted three- and one-year subsidies for 2025-27 and 2025.39 Copenhagen festivals have received a total of DKK 48 million in funding.The subsidies are distributed from the ‘Festival Pool’, whose purpose is to support the city’s festivals.The largest sums have gone to […]

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    Ticketmaster hack hits millions – deleting account too tricky, says Consumer Council

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    After Ticketmaster was hacked in early June and some 560 million users’ data breached, the ticket platform urged account holders to change their passwords as soon as possible.But the Consumer Council has criticised the platform for making it too difficult for users to completely delete their accounts. To delete your account, you must fill out […]

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    Devasting poll for government parties before EP-Election

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    Shortly before the EP elections, the three governing parties are hit by dismal pollingWorst news is for Socialdemokratiet and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who for the first time in many years, is not enjoying the title as Denmark’s largest party.In the poll from TV 2, Socialdemokratiets only receives 16.7 percent of the vote. A whopping […]

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    Euro 24 and the Olympics make it difficult to get train tickets

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    If you plan to travel in Europe by train this summer, hurry up!Due to the Euro 24 in football and the Olympics in Paris, DSB (Danish Railways) has a significant increase in sold tickets over the summer.“There are still seats available, but if you haven’t bought your ticket yet, it’s a good idea to secure […]

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    Growing feeling of security in Copenhagen’s nightlife

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    The number of Copenhageners who feel safe in the evening and night hours has never been higher.According to Copenhagen Municipality’s latest safety survey, four out of five Copenhageners feel safe after dark.“There are still areas where too many Copenhageners feel unsafe. It is crucial that we continue to prevent organized crime and maintain the good […]

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    New teachers are leaving posts in public schools sooner

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    Newly educated teachers are leaving their posts in public schools after a shorter employment time than their older colleagues did.This is reported by Arbejderbevægelsens Erhvervsråd (AE) on the basis of data from Statistics Denmark, writes Ritzau.Barely a fifth of the teachers who graduated in 2018 and immediately after got a job in the public school […]

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    European Central Bank reduces interest rates for first time in five years – Danish housing market set to pick up

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    The European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday confirmed a reduction on interest rates from a record high 4 percent, where it had been since September 2023, to 3.75 percent. It is the first time since 2019 that the ECB has lowered interest rates, and the first time since 2012 that 0.25 percentage points have been cut […]

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    Denmark elected to the UN Security Council for 2025-2026

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    Twenty years after Denmark last held a seat on the UN Security Council, the country will be returning as a member of the world’s most powerful bodies on 1 January 2025. On Thursday, Denmark was been elected to the Security Council together with Somalia, Pakistan, Panama and Greece. Its membership will run from 1 January […]

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    Social Democratic EP candidate on his own with ambitious climate proposal

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    In an otherwise quiet election campaign, one of the Social Democratic candidates and current EP member, Niels Fuglsang, is making headlines.A few days before the election on Sunday, he proposes that all Danish homes by 2035 must have at least energy label E.It will affect around 400,000 single-family houses in Denmark, which must be renovated […]

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    Denmark beat Sweden in the penultimate test before Euro 24

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    Euro 24 starts in Germany on Friday 14 June.Denmark is yet again part of the action and aiming to repeat the success from 2021, when the red and whites reached the semi-finals.The squad from those glory days is largely intact. Last night they Denmark beat neighbors Sweden 2-1 in the penultimate test match before the […]

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    Royal couple cancels Faroe Islands visit due to strike

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    An extensive week-long strike in the Faroe Islands has caused the Danish royal couple’s planned two-day visit to be put on hold indefinitely.The Faroese minister Aksel V. Johannesen has decided to postpone the trip, as it is not “appropriate to hold a visit under the current circumstances”, according to an email from the Faroese government […]

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