Tag: Folketing
Local Round-Up: Gas prices are rising in Copenhagen
300,000 affected The price increase will affect both companies and private customers. HOFOR supplies gas to almost 300,000 people in Copenhagen. Read more about the price increase here (in Danish) Gas leak investigationCopenhagen police are investigating gas leaks in the Baltic Sea and are not ruling anything out in advance. The investigation into the Nord…
Elections have not yet been called when the Danish Parliament opens
As the first Tuesday in October, Denmark’s politicians and royalty gathered today at Christiansborg to open the Folketing as tradition prescribes. And the big question was whether Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen wanted to call a new general election after the governing coalition Radikale’s ultimatum of no confidence in July. Well, she didn’t. At least not…
The Valley of Life: Life science is a global race
Wages, tax revenues and export revenues from the life science industry have become the Danish equivalent of the goose that lays the golden eggs. Much needed skillsAs documented in the just published analysis ‘Life Science in Eastern Denmark’, Greater Copenhagen Life science companies in Eastern Denmark are investing more than DKK 45 billion in expanding…
The ultimate event for internationals in Denmark: all your questions answered about your new home
Turn the clock back four centuries and put on your best clothes. You will go on an evening of discovery in one of Copenhagen’s most historic buildings. The stock exchange on Slotsholmsgade, built in the 1620s, just a stone’s throw from the Folketing (we hope we never get to that), housed Copenhagen’s stock exchange until…
This week’s editorial: Word of the Year winner
A generation of Danes does not know what inflation is. Busy armingSeveral decades have passed with less than 2 percent inflation, zero interest even negative interest. But since Putin launched his military operation half a year ago, everything in the world is in turmoil. The war in Ukraine has developed into a protracted conflict, now…
Danish news Round-Up: Avoiding the draft with the state’s blessing
There will be no Defense Day this year if a bill from the Ministry of Defense were to be adopted by the Folketing. Defense Day is the name given to the process by which young men are selected for national service by lottery. Should they be deemed fit enough to serve, an ‘unlucky’ draw will…
Political Round-Up: Red and blue blocks hang level with kingmakers waiting in the wings
The Red Bloc and the Blue Bloc are in the polls with 47.9 and 47.8 percent of the vote, according to the latest Epinion poll. Admittedly, the odds for Mette Frederiksen remaining prime minister after the next election have been extended to 5/6 by prominent bookmaker William Hill. Conservative leader Søren Pape Poulsen has been…
Digitization is not as big as it seems, claims new Justitia report
Last September, VPN service company Surfshark ranked Denmark in the top position of its 2021 Digital Quality of Life Index. And it is true that Denmark, which Surfshark praised as having the world’s best internet affordability and e-infrastructure, is often praised for the way it has digitized everything – to the extent that the use…
PM excludes Barbara Bertelsen from appointing the Director of Employees and Competence
Barbara Bertelsen has been barred from participating in the appointment of a new Director of Employees and Competence due to concerns about a conflict of interest. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in a message to TV2 that Bertelsen is “excluded” from providing input to the recruitment process because she herself is being investigated by the…
Danske Nyheder Round-Up: Successful deployment of defibrillator drone to Aalborg bodes well for the possibility of nationwide rollout
A drone with a defibrillator operated by the North Jutland Region was sent on Tuesday for the very first time after a man had had a heart attack in Aalborg. Just seven minutes after the emergency services were notified, the drone arrived at the site of the cardiac arrest. A successWhile an ambulance was even…
New poll: Støjberg ready to return to the Folketing, Danish People’s Party on the edge
Just a week ago, the Denmark Democrats collected well over the 20,182 voter declarations needed to secure a place on the ballot – only eight days after Inger Støjberg founded the party. Now, less than a year after being sued, sentenced, sentenced to prison and thrown out of the Folketing, Støjberg and her new party…
Mette Frederiksen and Mogens Jensen issued a warning from the Folketing
The Folketing has issued a warning to Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Mogens Jensen, the former Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, for their decision to kill millions of mink during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mass killings of mink took place in Denmark in 2020, and the Mink Commission has said that statements in connection with…
Finally, Parliament lowers the non-EU workers’ wage threshold
The minimum wage that a non-EU worker must use to be employed in Denmark has been officially lowered. For the benefit of Danish companies Members of parliament backed the plans to lower the limit from 448,000 to 375,000 kroner on Wednesday. This should make it possible for far more non-EU workers to be employed in…
2022 Tour de France: In the home of cycling
In 1973, a Saudi-led oil embargo against the United States triggered a global energy crisis. The price of oil quadrupled, leading to fuel shortages and revealing the West’s dependence on foreign oil and fossil fuels. In Denmark – a country that had so far eagerly embraced the car – the crisis became an opportunity. Warned…
International Round-Up: Foreign Minister says Denmark will use development aid funds to rebuild Ukraine
Jeppe Kofod, the Danish foreign minister, has said that “some of the money” to rebuild Ukraine must come from Denmark’s development aid funds, reports Jyllands-Posten. The potential allocation of additional development money for reconstruction in Ukraine has drawn criticism from parties such as the Unity List, which says it will do so at the expense…
Danish News Round-Up: Denmark must eliminate gas in 2035
A majority in the Folketing has agreed to get rid of gas in Denmark by 2035 as part of the ‘Denmark can do more II’ initiative. To do so, the production of solar and wind energy on land will quadruple by 2030, and the production of offshore wind energy will quintuple. Double crises“Denmark and the…
Culture collection: Another good reason to ‘escape’ to West Jutland this summer
FLUGT, a new museum dedicated to the history of Danish-bound refugees in the small West Jutland town of Oksbøl, opens for the first time on Wednesday, and gives visitors the opportunity to see new buildings designed by Bjarke Ingels Group. On Friday, the inauguration of the building was attended by a large number of high-ranking…
Inger Støjberg starts a new political party
The last year has been a whirlwind for Inger Støjberg – former minister in the Liberal Party – and it seems that not even a 60-day prison sentence can stop her. This morning, the right-wing politician confirmed the rumors that have been swirling ever since her name appeared on a list of new political parties…
Danish news Round-Up: Confidence in the press remains high – report
The year’s Digital news report from Reuters has revealed continued high confidence in the Danish news media. About 58 percent of Danes said that they “trust news the most most of the time”, which makes Denmark one of the countries with the highest news confidence out of the 46 respondents. Social media is still a…
Business Round-Up: Inflation at its highest in decades
Inflation has reached its highest level since 1983. In May, prices were 7.4 per cent higher than they were at the same time last year, new figures from Denmark’s statistics. In particular, commodity prices have risen dramatically. Since last year, the price of raw materials in this category – which includes gas, electricity and food…
SAS gets Denmark postponed in the wake of nightmare suckers
Some strings attached A broad majority in the Folketing today not only agreed to forgive DKK 3.5 billion in debt to SAS, but also to increase Denmark’s ownership share in the airline from around 21.8 per cent to up to 30 per cent. However, the government has demanded that SAS find other investors to support…
Denmark is voting to join the EU’s defense policy
After staying out of the EU’s common defense policy for 30 years, Denmark will vote in a referendum on Wednesday on whether to lift its exemption following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. More than 65 percent of the country’s 4.3 million eligible voters are expected to vote to abolish the exemption, the latest opinion poll published…
Danish news overview: The Capital Region has increased by 11 percent over the last 10 years
The population of the Capital Region grew from 1,214 to 1,346 million between 2012 and 2022 – a marked jump of 11 percent in line with corresponding increases in the urban areas Aarhus (up 33,000 to 285,000), Odense (up 12,000 to 181,000) and Aalborg up 15,000 to 120,000) . However, Denmark’s population increased by only…
Danske Nyheder Round-Up: Supermarket chain owner freezes the prices of basic goods over the summer
While the Ministry of Finance predicts that inflation will end at just over 5 percent in 2022, food prices are expected to rise twice as fast. So it is a consolation to learn that the Salling Group sets a price cap on everyday basic products such as oatmeal and milk – 100 in Netto and…
International Round-Up: Danish leaders congratulate Macron on election victory
A victory for EuropeThree former Danish prime ministers – Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Lars Løkke Rasmussen – also expressed their joy over Macron’s victory. The latter two leaders mentioned that, unlike the Kremlin, it was a good result for Europe. “Facilitated by re-election to Macron and election against right-wing nationalist populism. Good for…
Denmark bans trade in kroner with Russia and Belarus
Other currencies are also in dangerThe government has asked the Folketing to allow a speedy consideration of the proposal. Denmark is also working to introduce similar bans elsewhere in the EU, as the Danish krone is not the only currency facing this dilemma.
Zelensky with a lively speech to Parliament
Turn on a light for UkraineZelensky ended his emotional speech by urging the Danish public to make their ‘coziness’ an act of support for Ukraine tonight. “I know that candlelight is an aspect of cosiness and a normal home life in Denmark, a life that many people in Ukraine can only dream of now,” he…