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Pusher Street will be dug up this week – should the name be changed?

Apr 2, 2024

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Lena Hunter

On April 6, Pusher Street in Christiania will be dug up and hash stalls permanently removed. The government has allocated millions to redevelop the area. Now, local residents are mulling whether it’s time to change the name of the infamous street – but “strong feelings” are at play.
Municipalities hesitate with unpopular ban on wood-burning stoves

Apr 1, 2024

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Lena Hunter

Despite decades of evidence for the carcinogenic effects of using wood-burning stoves, they remain the only non-taxable form of energy in the Viking country of Denmark. Plus, “prolonged intense” rain is about to hit the country, a citizens’ proposal on Denmark’s duty to prevent the Gaza genocide reaches 50,000 signatures, and Argentina is buying Denmark’s surplus F-16 jets for DKK 2.21 billion.
Remember to set the clock forward one hour tonight

Mar 30, 2024

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TheCopenhagenPost

All countries in the EU – including Denmark – switch to summertime and brighter nights. The richest people in Denmark own a quarter of the total wealth – and the cherry trees are about to pop in many places in Copenhagen
Copenhagen Fashion Week becomes first in Europe to ban wild-animal skins

Mar 29, 2024

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Lena Hunter

CPHFW has banned the use of skins and feathers from wild animals on the runway, making Denmark only the second country in the world to do so. Plus, Danish chocolate brands are raising prices as the cost of cocoa beans skyrockets, and Copenhagen’s Lord Mayor has issued a joint call with counterparts in 30 global cities for more generous green-transition funding from development banks.
Armed Forces will favour women and minorities in new recruitment drive

Mar 28, 2024

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Lena Hunter

The Danish Armed Forces has drafted a new diversity strategy that will give priority to women and ethnic-minority applicants for certain jobs.
GotYa: Accessible therapy in Denmark

Mar 28, 2024

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Célestine Decloedt

With the growing demand for affordable English-language therapy, the GotYa initiative in Denmark has become a beacon of hope for internationals seeking mental health support.
Venstre backbenchers split over CO2 tax

Mar 28, 2024

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Lena Hunter

Venstre is one of the key negotiating parties in the green tripartite tasked with landing Denmark’s seminal CO2 tax on agriculture production. But a recent poll of party members found that half of them “do not at all” believe a tax should be implemented. Plus, Denmark plans to invest in a Ukrainian artillery factory, and Danish researchers embark on a project to make plastic from captured CO2.
Municipality tries ‘blind recruitment’ to combat bias

Mar 27, 2024

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TheCopenhagenPost

Vejle Municipality is running an experiment where job applicants are received completely anonymously. Plus, the pharmaceutical industry is driving the Danish economy forward, and more than 800 shops have signed up to donate their surplus food at various pickup points this Easter.
Easter, summer time and a taste of spring

Mar 26, 2024

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TheCopenhagenPost

Easter is just around the corner, and that brings many people into the garden and to gather for the traditional Danish lunch “Påskefrokost”.
Maersk is “horrified” by bridge collapse

Mar 26, 2024

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TheCopenhagenPost

Maersk chartered the container ship that sailed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday morning, causing it to collapse.
Minister of Food: Denmark is well equipped for a food crisis

Mar 26, 2024

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Lena Hunter

His reassurance comes as a new study finds seven percent of Danes are moderately to severely worried about food shortages. Plus, SAS made a loss of DKK 1.5 billion in the last three months, a record rainy 2023 hit the masonry industry hard, and HPV protection in Danish society is high.
Female internationals find a path to a job they actually are qualified for

Mar 26, 2024

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TheCopenhagenPost

The ReDi School of Digital Integration program helps and retrains mainly non-Western women who have a digital background for a job in Denmark that corresponds to their qualifications