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  • De Konservative chairman Søren Pape Poulsen has died

    De Konservative chairman Søren Pape Poulsen has died

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    The chairman of De Konservative, Søren Pape Poulsen, has died suddenly after suffering a brain haemorrhage during the party’s board meeting on Saturday. He was 52.

  • MitID is latest to be hit by suspected Russian DDoS attack

    MitID is latest to be hit by suspected Russian DDoS attack

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    The digital ID app, used to verify user logins for Danish bank accounts and borger.dk, was downed yesterday as part of a ‘hacktivism’ campaign – the most important piece of infrastructure to be hit so far. Plus, the Danish ambassador to Russia attends Navalny’s funeral, a new town plan proposes 40,000 new homes in Copenhagen in the next 12 years, and former US Vice President Mike Pence is giving a talk in Copenhagen.

  • Agriculture & Food association strongarms CO2 tax rhetoric ahead of negotiations

    Agriculture & Food association strongarms CO2 tax rhetoric ahead of negotiations

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    The proposed models for a tax on Danish agricultural production are designed to save emissions and encourage farmers to adopt greener practices – but farmers say the tax will destroy the whole sector. “We do not believe the calculations are correct,” said the director of the Agriculture & Food association, and called them “dangerous for Denmark” in a new media narrative that is likely to complicate the upcoming negotiations.

  • Shoplifting at highest level for over twenty years

    Shoplifting at highest level for over twenty years

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    Last year, high prices due to inflation were said to be the root cause. But despite prices falling in 2024, shoplifting continues to rise. Plus, TV2 acknowledges ‘mistakes’ in Borup School coverage, The Body Shop goes bankrupt, and Syddjurs city council fights off location proposals for a new biogas plant that will become one of Denmark’s biggest.

  • International women dominate Danish cleaning industry

    International women dominate Danish cleaning industry

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    International women are starkly overrepresented in Denmark’s cleaning industry. Experts suggest Danes are snobbish about rolling up their sleeves, but a cleaning company manager argues that the culturally diverse workplace is ‘a gift’.

  • 12 Danish NGOs issue joint call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

    12 Danish NGOs issue joint call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

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    The organisations fear a planned expansion of the Israeli ground operation in Rafah will become “the deadliest and most destructive chapter of the war to date”. Plus, Denmark’s first community hospital kicks off national drive to improve local care, the EU adopts tougher environmental crime penalties, and Danish banks are turning record profits.

  • Danish firms hiring more remote workers

    Danish firms hiring more remote workers

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    Célestine Decloedt

    Danish companies are increasingly tapping the global talent pool by employing remote workers based abroad.

  • Unions criticise Denmark’s push for international health workers

    Unions criticise Denmark’s push for international health workers

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    Trade unions in Denmark and abroad criticize Denmark for bringing in nurses and health personnel from countries that themselves lack the workforce

  • Danish PM fields NATO criticism: “Of course Ukraine aid counts as defence spend”

    Danish PM fields NATO criticism: “Of course Ukraine aid counts as defence spend”

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    NATO allies are expected to commit two percent of their GDP to defence spending. Denmark has historically undershot this, much to the ire of the US. Mette Frederiksen says Denmark will now hit the target by calculating in its military aid to Ukraine.

  • Police prepare to comb Pusher Street for weed again

    Police prepare to comb Pusher Street for weed again

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    Copenhagen Police are maintaining high pressure on the hash trade inside the self-governing commune in an attempt to stamp out organised gang crime. Plus, gender-neutral changing rooms may be introduced in Frederiksberg sports facilities, the end of electricity austerity sees lampposts relit in Copenhagen parks, and a housing market trend sees properties selling at well under the asking price.

  • Nurses get a pay day

    Nurses get a pay day

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    Nurses get a salary boost after their trade union and Danske Regioner have negotiated the collective agreement for the next two years

  • Russian hackers down sites of several Danish traffic organisations

    Russian hackers down sites of several Danish traffic organisations

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    Copenhagen Airport and the traffic companies Movia and Danish Transport Agency were targeted by a DDoS attack which shut down their sites over the weekend. The chairman of the Danish Emergency Services Jarl Vagn Hansen warned that Denmark is “hopelessly unprepared” for this type of “hybrid threat”.