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    Denmark sees biggest annual rise in average income for 30 years

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    The average income before tax in Denmark increased by 6.3 percent between 2022 and 2023 – the highest annual rise in 30 years – according to figures from Danmarks Statistik.The average income is now DKK 395,500 before tax, spurred by recent tailwinds in the financial markets and high level of national employment.Private economist at Arbejdernes […]

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    1.5-metre-long whale penis washes ashore on Bornholm

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    A meter and a half long whale penis washed ashore on Snogebæk beach on the south eastern coast of Bornholm on Monday, reports local media TV 2 Bornholm.The appendage was discovered by beach-cleaners, who told the media they initially thought it was a sea snake.It most likely belonged to a dead humpback whale that washed […]

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    New EU Commission appointed – Dan Jørgensen becomes commissioner for energy and housing

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    The president of the European Commission, German Ursula von der Leyen, on Tuesday appointed the future team of commissioners, selected by the EU member states.Dane Dan Jørgensen will be EU Commissioner for Energy and Housing.Denmark thus takes up a position in the EU Commission, which is both central to the green transition and has gained […]

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    Several Danish media outlets drawing revenue from fake ads

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    While Facebook is under fire for failing to remove over 8,000 fake and misleading adverts from its platform, several media outlets in Denmark have also been found to have peddled fraudulent advertising, according to a report by Ekstra Bladet.TV2, Euroinvestor and Ekstra Bladet itself are among the media that have advertised an AI application that […]

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    Politicians vote yes to ‘Palæstina Plads’ in Copenhagen

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    A majority in the technical and environmental committee at Copenhagen City Hall voted yes to naming a square in the middle of Nørrebro ‘Palæstina Plads’ – Palestine Square – on Monday, according to DR.The square is between Nørrebrogade, Esromgade and Hillerødgade, next to the all day café and bar, Friheden, and local skatepark.The idea of […]

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    New poll: Government has lost 26 seats

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    The Danish government is still at odds with voters.According to a poll from Voxmeter on Monday, the government receives only 63 mandates against 89 at the election.Thus, neither the summer holiday nor a ministerial reshuffle seems to have helped Mette Frederiksen’s government, which she herself has begun to call “strange”.Maybe because it is a mixed […]

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    Waiting lists are decreasing at Denmark’s hospitals

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    The waiting list for an operation or other hospital treatment for physical has become shorter, according to figures from the Danish Health Data Agency.The waiting list has decreased from 44 days in the 1st quarter to 40 days in the 2nd quarter of 2024. The average waiting time is now just three days from the […]

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    Coop supermarket achieves phaseout of PFAS

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    Coop supermarket group has achieved the fullest possible phaseout of PFAS from its product lines, a decade after pledging, in 2014, to replace all items containing the harmful chemical substances, the company announced today.The company said the changes apply across its brand portfolio of Kvickly, Superbrugsen and 365 Discount and on coop.dk, according to Ritzau.“It […]

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    Pia Kjærsgaard ends her political career

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    The founder and long-time leader of Dansk Folkeparti, Pia Kjærsgaard, will not stand again for Folketinget and will end a spectacular career in Danish politics when the current election period is over. She announces this in an interview with TV 2.The 77-year-old politician emphasizes that the decision is her own and that she has thought […]

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    Pro-Palestinian demonstrators walked through campus at Roskilde University

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    Around 80 to 100 participants from the organization ‘RUC (Roskilde University) Intifada’ were protesting on Thursday under the heading: “RUC is complicit in genocide”, TV2 Kosmopol reports.According to a post on Facebook, the group of students protest “against the university’s complicity in the Zionist genocide of the Palestinian people.” The students meet the university with […]

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    Apartment prices continue 7-month upward trend to hit record high in August

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    The offer prices for owner-occupied apartments set a new record in August. A typical owner-occupied flat of 85 square meters now costs almost DKK 3.5 million on average nationwide, a rise of 4.8 percent on the same month last year, according to statistics from the Danish finance sector association Finans Danmark, published on Tuesday.Tender prices […]

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    Iceland to make state visit to Denmark to foster technology partnerships

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    On 8 and 9 October, Iceland’s President Halla Tómasdóttir and spouse Mr. Björn Skúlason will make a state visit to Denmark, where they will be received by the Danish King Frederik and Queen Mary.It is the first incoming state visit for the Royal Couple and the first state visit for the newly elected Icelandic president. […]

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