Tag: Retirement

  • USWNT beats South Africa in Julie Ertz’s final game

    USWNT beats South Africa in Julie Ertz’s final game

    (Photo credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports) Julie Ertz bid farewell to the U.S. women’s national team on Thursday, helping it to a 3-0 win over South Africa in a friendly in Cincinnati. The two-time World Cup champion (2015, 2019) left in the 36th minute to a prolonged standing ovation, moments after the USA took a…

  • USWNT wins in Julie Ertz’s last game, against South Africa

    USWNT wins in Julie Ertz’s last game, against South Africa

    (Photo credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports) Julie Ertz bid farewell to the U.S. women’s national team with a 3-0 victory over South Africa in a friendly in Cincinnati on Thursday. The two-time World Cup champion (2015, 2019) left in the 35th minute to a prolonged standing ovation, moments after the USA took a 2-0 lead.…

  • Finland’s largest welfare service province begins negotiations

    Finland’s largest welfare service province begins negotiations

    Juhani SandPirha’s executive director stated at the press conference yesterday that the cost savings are generated by arrangements affecting retirement and temporary employees and not primarily by layoffs, reported YLE. Negotiations for approximately 20,000 employees will begin next Monday, September 18. The news of the negotiations has been a shock to both employees and trusteesaccording…

  • Four-time MVP flusha retires from CS:GO

    Four-time MVP flusha retires from CS:GO

    (Photo credit: Nick Oza/The Republic via Imagn Content Services, LLC) Veteran Counter-Strike: Global Offensive rifler Robin “flusha” Ronnquist announced his retirement Tuesday, ending his career with three major championships and four Most Valuable Player selections. The Swede spent parts of his 11-year career with organizations that included Fnatic, Cloud9 and GODSENT. His teams won 22…

  • "Finland's ugliest vases" to be showcased at Lepaa exhibition on August 17–19

    "Finland's ugliest vases" to be showcased at Lepaa exhibition on August 17–19

    The aim of the contest is to highlight the quirkiness and uniqueness of vases while reminding us to value pre-existing, albeit imperfect, possessions instead of constantly updating our interiors. The idea for the competition originated from the exhibition director, Elina Vuori. “Over the years, I’ve accumulated various vases, and finding the perfect match for a…

  • Two-time Stanley Cup winner Patric Hornqvist retires

    Two-time Stanley Cup winner Patric Hornqvist retires

    (Photo credit: Bob Frid-USA TODAY Sports) Two-time Stanley Cup winner Patric Hornqvist announced his retirement after 15 seasons with three teams. The 36-year-old Swedish forward had one goal and two assists in 22 games with the Florida Panthers in 2022-23. “I’ve been in this bubble since I started playing as a kid, hockey has been…

  • Vipeholmsanstalten – The chief doctor and death |  part 4

    Vipeholmsanstalten – The chief doctor and death | part 4

    For almost thirty years, the chief physician Hugo Fröderberg was head of Vipeholm Hospital – from its foundation in 1935 until his retirement in 1963. Now P1 Dokumentär, in collaboration with Ekot, can reveal new information about the chief physician who for several decades had the highest responsibility for the care of several thousand Swedes.Fröderberg’s…

  • Jasprit Bumrah credits football legend Ibrahimovic for ‘helping him discover a lion-hearted, never-back-down attitude’

    Jasprit Bumrah credits football legend Ibrahimovic for ‘helping him discover a lion-hearted, never-back-down attitude’

    New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): AC Milan star, Zlatan Ibrahimovic announced his retirement from football in an emotional speech after AC Milan’s last match of 2022-23. Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah took to his Twitter to pay tribute to the legend. Bumrah tweeted to thank Ibrahimovic for inspiring him to be a better sportsman, “For…

  • “It’s time to say goodbye…”: Zlatan Ibrahimovic announces his retirement from football

    “It’s time to say goodbye…”: Zlatan Ibrahimovic announces his retirement from football

    Milan [Italy], June 5 (ANI): AC Milan star, Zlatan Ibrahimovic announced his retirement from football in an emotional speech after AC Milan’s last match of 2022-23. Ac Milan played their last game of the season against Hellas Verona on Sunday. AC Milan beat Hellas Verona 3-1 at the San Siro to end the season. The…

  • Thousands miss out on applying for national pension: Kela takes measures to support eligible customers

    Thousands miss out on applying for national pension: Kela takes measures to support eligible customers

    Kela regularly inspects low-income pensioners who may be entitled to a national pension, but have not applied for it. During the last inspection, 7,066 customers meeting the criteria were found. The goal of this annual registry search is to ensure that individuals receive their rights financially, which will improve their overall well-being in retirement. In…

  • The average pension in Finland rose to more than 1,800 euros in 2022

    The average pension in Finland rose to more than 1,800 euros in 2022

    However, the median pension was 1,614 euros. When 1.6 million Finns – more than a third of those over the age of 16 – took their pension last year, pension expenses rose to 34.9 billion euros. The average pension and total pension expenses are predicted to continue to grow as a result of the aging…

  • Helsinki’s labor shortage will deepen in the next few years

    Helsinki’s labor shortage will deepen in the next few years

    The number of the working-age population has decreased, while the population has aged, which increases the need for social and health services. The need for early childhood education personnel has been accelerated by longer-term social changes, such as the increase in the number of children and thereby the rapid and nationally targeted increase in participation…

  • 147,000 disabled people in Finland at risk of poverty or marginalization, says Statistics Finland

    147,000 disabled people in Finland at risk of poverty or marginalization, says Statistics Finland

    About half of disabled people are of retirement age, but a significant part of working-age disabled people are not in working life. People with disabilities experience severe material and social deprivation more often than the general population: 6.1 percent reported this problem, compared to only 1.3 percent of the rest of the population aged 16…

  • Work-related stress increases during COVID-19

    Work-related stress increases during COVID-19

    About 15,000 respondents from various professions were interviewed in the study. For comparison, data was collected from more than 25,000 participants in the pre-COVID-19 years. The study revealed that risk and protective factors for stress were similar in the health and education sectors. Women and young workers experienced stress more often than older workers and…

  • Men had longer working weeks than women in 2022

    Women worked an average of four hours less per week than men in 2022, according to Statistics Denmark. The annual Labor Force Survey showed that men had an average working week of 38.3 hours, while for women it was 34.2. The statistics exclude students. The survey indicates that women are almost three times more likely…

  • Maersk smashes Danish profit record

    Less optimistic for 2023Among the reasons for the success is an increased demand in the wake of the Corona crisis and supply chaos on congested global shipping routes. Maersk is looking to savor the taste, because 2023 is not expected to continue on the same steep upward trajectory. With experts predicting an economic slowdown on…

  • Wednesday papers: Consulate of Turku, early retirement, charging prices for electric cars

    Wednesday papers: Consulate of Turku, early retirement, charging prices for electric cars

    The energy crisis is now beginning to be felt in the everyday life of electric car drivers in Helsinki, reports Helsingin Sanomat.

  • Labor shortage: the number of early retirements must be controlled, urges the head of the Danish Business Association

    Labor shortage: the number of early retirements must be controlled, urges the head of the Danish Business Association

    With a very scarce workforce on the one hand and a steadily increasing number of early retirements on the other hand, Dansk Erhverv has called for a working group to be set up after the general election, which must come up with recommendations within six months on how to manage the number of persons. participation…

  • There is a growing shortage of applicants in nursing schools

    There is a growing shortage of applicants in nursing schools

    Finnish universities are struggling to complete nursing courses, despite the growing need for qualified staff in the field, and universities across the country have reported a sharp decline in the number of applicants in recent years. The number of applicants for nursing education at Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences (JAMK) has fallen by about 40…

  • The scam industry – with lies as a working tool

    The scam industry – with lies as a working tool

    Several Swedes have been cheated of money in a huge international fraud scam that is currently being investigated by German police. Hear 20-year-old “Nikola” tell about the job at the company with fraud as a business model and follow the hunt for the people who are considered guilty of having cheated people of the equivalent…

  • Dozens of health care workers are leaving their jobs, the authority says

    Dozens of health care workers are leaving their jobs, the authority says

    A record number of community nurses and other health care professionals are now demanding the abolition of their profession, the National Board of Health and Welfare (Valvira) says. The Authority has already granted 30 withdrawals, of which more than 20 are still pending. "In the past, we received about 20 applications in a full year,"…

  • The Border Guard is acquiring more advanced surveillance aircraft

    The Border Guard is acquiring more advanced surveillance aircraft

    The renewal of the Agency’s surveillance machines is also a goal of the government’s program. The Border Guard has been pleased with the capabilities of its two Dornier 228 aircraft, but the aircraft are nearing the end of their life cycles. The funding earmarked for the reform should enable it to acquire aircraft with significantly…

  • Danish women have a higher level of education, but less valuable pensions than men

    Danish women have a higher level of education, but less valuable pensions than men

    Again, the statistics show a big difference between men and women when it comes to making money. Despite the average woman performing better than her male counterpart in higher education, they still end up with less than men when it comes to their retirement. Great progress in recent decadesAccording to Statistics Denmark, more than 30…

  • Finland’s retirement age is declining

    Finland’s retirement age is declining

    He will retire in Finland later than in previous years. Figures from the Finnish Center for Pensions show that last year people left the labor force and retired on average six months later than their retiring colleagues in 2020. The average retirement age in 2021 was 62.4 years. This change is largely explained by the…

  • Report: Finland needs work-based immigration in every sector

    Report: Finland needs work-based immigration in every sector

    According to a study commissioned by the Trade Union Confederation of Akava, an increase in labor migration would have a positive effect on the economy. The report provides alternative estimates of how different types and levels of immigration would affect a country’s GDP. "The message of this report is that labor migration is needed for…

  • Mourinho gives a promise after the man, 23, suffered a mysterious heart attack

    Mourinho gives a promise after the man, 23, suffered a mysterious heart attack

    There were shockingly reported scenes at a top-class Italian football match when a 23-year-old man had to be resuscitated after suffering a cardiac arrest? leads home coach Jose Mourinho to give him a promise. The famous Stadio Olimpico in Rome is said to have fallen silent when news of the fans’ problems spread, with fans…

  • VMA Västernorrland: Gas leak in Stockvik in Sundsvall municipality – stay indoors and close windows.

    VMA Västernorrland: Gas leak in Stockvik in Sundsvall municipality – stay indoors and close windows.

    ASTRID LINDGREN HAS SOLD 170 MILLION BOOKS Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002) was born in Vimmerby and started writing at an early age. She made her debut in 1944 and in 1945 “The book about Pippi Longstocking” was published by Rabén and Sjögren. The book was a success, Lindgren continued to work at the publisher, but also…

  • Local elections 2021: The Romanians come

    Local elections 2021: The Romanians come

    The map above shows the geographical spread of Romanian candidates running in 2021. The majority of the 17 represent municipalities in Jutland, with only one on Funen and three on Zealand. But despite the distance between them, there are remarkable parallels between their policies – the result of a common understanding of the unique integration…

  • Research: Mental health problems account for more than half of Finland’s disability pensions

    Research: Mental health problems account for more than half of Finland’s disability pensions

    A recent study by the University of Tampere found that 53 per cent of all disability pensions in Finland are granted due to mental health problems. An invalidity pension is a compensation for loss of earnings granted by the state to those who are unable to work due to illness, injury or disability. Mood disorders,…

  • Greenland’s first professor Robert Pedersen has died – 93 years old

    Greenland’s first professor Robert Pedersen has died – 93 years old

    Greenland’s first professor, Robert Pedersen, has died after a short illness. He turned 93 years old. The professor’s nephew Jakob Pedersen informs the Greenlandic media Sermitsiaq.AG on Saturday. – Robert Petersen exhaled while the first rays of the sun appeared. He turned 93, and he passed away after a week of illness, says Jakob Petersen…

  • Greenland’s first professor Robert Petersen has died – 93 years old

    Greenland’s first professor Robert Petersen has died – 93 years old

    Greenland’s first professor, Robert Petersen, has died after a short illness. He turned 93 years old. The professor’s nephew Jakob Petersen informs the Greenlandic media Sermitsiaq.AG on Saturday. – Robert Petersen exhaled while the first rays of the sun appeared. He turned 93, and he passed away after a week of illness, says Jakob Petersen…

  • Leakage about pension cases from Frederiksberg Municipality must be before the Supreme Court

    Leakage about pension cases from Frederiksberg Municipality must be before the Supreme Court

    This happens after she has received the Procedural Grants Board’s permission to take the case all the way to the Supreme Court in Denmark, writes TV 2 Lorry. – I’m surprised, I did not expect that. It is joyful, I am happy with the decision, says Bitten Vivi Jensen to TV 2 Lorry on Wednesday.…

  • The Finnish pension system ranked seventh worldwide

    The Finnish pension system ranked seventh worldwide

    According to the Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index, the Finnish pension system is ranked seventh in 43 countries. The Icelandic pension system was number one in the comparison, followed by the Netherlands and Denmark. The Mercer CFA Institute’s Global Pension Index is the 13th annual comparison. The index assesses pension systems in terms of…

  • YIT’s co-operation negotiations have ended in Finland

    YIT’s co-operation negotiations have ended in Finland

    The organizational changes in accordance with the new operating model have now begun and will take effect on 1 January 2022. The estimated number of employees to be reduced is a maximum of 230 employees in the entire YIT Group and a maximum of 190 employees in Finland. In Finland, about 110 reductions are achieved…

  • Dagbladet Børsen’s financial guardian angel

    Dagbladet Børsen’s financial guardian angel

    The newspaper manager, who has a degree in chemistry and a master’s degree in economics, was brought in as marketing manager at Forlaget Børsen in 1969. The stock exchange was then a slightly tainted publication and had just over 11,000 subscribers. Since then, Preben Schack advanced in 1978 to CEO of the publishing house and…

  • The silence has – almost – descended on Simon

    The silence has – almost – descended on Simon

    Simon has delivered a sea of ​​melancholy, gifted songs about loneliness and contactlessness that stand as the soundtrack for a generation. At the same time, he has renewed himself along the way and had lasting value for new generations through decades. His songs have been re-recorded by countless others for the same reason. Even though…

  • Abdulrazak Gurnah wins the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021

    STOCKHOLM, October 7 (Xinhua) – Abdulrazak Gurnah won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2021, the Swedish Academy announced here on Thursday. The prize has been awarded to the novelist Gurnah “for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the bay between cultures and continents”,…

  • There are only three growing regions in Finland in 2040, according to the forecast

    There are only three growing regions in Finland in 2040, according to the forecast

    Thus, the population would also be declining in the currently growing regions of Northern Ostrobothnia and Southwest Finland, confirmed Markus Rapo, senior statistician at Statistics Finland. Read more: Report: Finland’s population will start to decline in 2034 (30 September 2021) Statistics Finland publishes gloomy population forecast – population will start to decline in 2031 (1…

  • Ex-mayor goes into the hassles of those in power

    Ex-mayor goes into the hassles of those in power

    In the local elections in 1989, he won a seat on the municipal council in Hørsholm Municipality, where he sat for a full 20 years. From 2001 and the following eight years he was the mayor of the municipality – but not as a conservative politician in all the years. In 2008, Uffe Thorndahl resigned…

  • Long-term CS: GO star Xizt announces retirement

    Long-term CS: GO star Xizt announces retirement

    Longtime Counter-Strike: Global Offensive star Richard “Xizt” Landstrom has retired at the age of 30. Xizt was the leader of the game for a Ninjas in a pajama squad that dominated the first days of the game. After his run with NiP from 2012-18, the Swedish rifle played for Fnatic (2018-19) and Dignitas (2020). “It’s…

  • HS: 80% of Finns received financial support from Kela last year

    HS: 80% of Finns received financial support from Kela last year

    Kautto argues that Finland has become a “country of transfer fees” and argues that increasing spending could jeopardize its position as a welfare state. However, Minna van Gerven, Professor of Social Policy and Public Policy at the University of Helsinki, states that the opposite is true. According to Van Gerven, Finland’s current system is based…

  • Mette F .: We must solve practical challenges with Arne pension

    She says this at the Social Democrats’ national meeting on Saturday. – Firstly, I am pleased that many of those who apply for the right to early retirement will also be granted it. – It goes without saying that when documenting a long working life, there will be some practical challenges. We must seek to…

  • Turn the cottage into a year-round home

    Turn the cottage into a year-round home

    In 2021, almost 40,000 Danes will use the holiday home as a year-round home. This is shown by figures from Statistics Denmark, which the real estate chain Nybolig has analyzed. And it is especially popular among seniors aged 60-80 years. According to Nybolig, they make up 64 percent of the people who live in the…

  • Report: Current payments are not enough to cover future pensions

    Report: Current payments are not enough to cover future pensions

    The Finnish pension system is working well, but it has not yet been funded sustainably. This is the conclusion of a Danish professor’s new report on Finnish pensions Torben M. Andersen, compiled by the Finnish Center for Pensions. According to the report, the system is currently effective in preventing old-age poverty and providing retirees with…

  • Thousands of rejected pension applicants worry unions

    Thousands of rejected pension applicants worry unions

    At 3F, which is the trade union with the most pension applicants among the members, union chairman Per Christensen will have investigated the matter. – First, I would like to say that the fact that 20,000 have applied shows that there is a huge need for people to be able to retire after a tiring…

  • Every fourth applicant for Arne pension is rejected

    Every fourth applicant for Arne pension is rejected

    The Minister of Employment Peter Hummelgaard (S) is pleased. – I’m glad to see. One can see from the unemployment insurance distribution that it is very much targeted at those who have had long and hard working lives, who also tend to be most worn out in the labor market, which is especially skilled and…

  • Relatively most applicants for Arne pension are skilled or unskilled

    Thus, the right to early retirement affects the intended, says Minister of Employment Peter Hummelgaard (S). – I’m glad to see. One can see from the unemployment insurance distribution that it is very much targeted at those who have had long and hard working lives, who also tend to be most worn out in the…

  • Local rounding: City Hall is exploring the possibility of increasing the Park’s capacity to 50,000

    Local rounding: City Hall is exploring the possibility of increasing the Park’s capacity to 50,000

    The town hall is raising around DKK 1 million to investigate the feasibility of a potential expansion of the Parken stadium. The decision was made as part of a public budget agreement that took place on 9 September. According to Cecilia Lonning-Skovgaard, the municipality’s integration mayor, the investment aims to establish VIP places and restaurants…

  • The government will drop offsetting in retirement

    The government will drop offsetting in retirement

    According to the plan, old-age, senior and early retirement pensioners must be able to receive their full pension – regardless of whether their spouse or cohabitant has a working income. – I know that this is something that is very much on the minds of many people, said Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) at the…

  • The government will drop the offsetting in retirement

    – Today, many pensioners experience that they receive less in pension because their partner has an income from work. This is due to the rules on spousal dependence in the pension system. At the same time, the incentive to work is reduced precisely because it can affect the spouse or cohabitant’s pension, the proposal states.…

  • FACTS: Lower graduation rate but higher deductible at SU

    FACTS: Lower graduation rate but higher deductible at SU

    On Tuesday morning, the government presented a reform proposal under the name “Denmark can do more”. Here, the government proposes, among other things, to lower the unemployment benefit rate for new graduates without children by DKK 4,000 a month. In addition, a 37-hour work obligation is proposed for cash benefit recipients with integration needs. The…

  • The pandemic has sent the doctor into the columns again

    The pandemic has sent the doctor into the columns again

    Yes, Nils Strandberg Pedersen has had his say as director of the Statens Serum Institut (SSI). He held that position for about 18 years – from 1998 to 2016. Today, retirement life is mostly spent lecturing on diseases and infections, when time is not just spent in the motorboat. Nils Strandberg Pedersen turns 70 on…

  • Thursday’s papers: Workplace vaccinations, "hard" EU dispute and Räikkönen retires

    Thursday’s papers: Workplace vaccinations, "hard" EU dispute and Räikkönen retires

    Finnish law prevents employers from requiring employees to take or not be vaccinated. However, co-workers often ask about each other’s vaccination status in conversations in a coffee room, a daily newspaper Helsingin sanomat newspaper (HS) writes. HS conducted a study asking readers whether Covid vaccinations have caused controversy in the workplace. The majority of respondents…

  • Former President Ahtisaari will retire from public life after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s

    Former President Ahtisaari will retire from public life after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s

    Former President of Finland Martti Ahtisaari has withdrawn from all public commitment since the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. On Thursday, the Office of the President of the Republic issued a statement on Ahtisaari’s retirement. "President Martti Ahtisaari suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, and due to memory impairment he is treated at home and sometimes in a…

  • Testing and tracing will remain a key part of Finland’s new Covid-19 strategy

    Testing and tracing will remain a key part of Finland’s new Covid-19 strategy

    He revealed that the strategy is not designed for the current epidemiological situation, although it continues to emphasize the importance of cutting infection chains, but in a situation where the use of vaccines has continued to increase. “We aim for this strategy only in a situation where the achieved vaccine coverage exists and we can…

  • Arne-pension sends hundreds of applicants to the National Archives

    Arne-pension sends hundreds of applicants to the National Archives

    To be entitled to an earlier pension, the so-called Arne pension, applicants must be able to document up to 44 years in the labor market. This can be difficult and has led to hundreds of applications for documents at the National Archives. It writes Fagbladet FOA, which at the same time writes that it provides…

  • DI: Finance Act proposals lack focus on labor

    – These are both skilled labor, skilled labor and unskilled labor, says Lars Sandahl Sørensen, CEO of DI. According to Lars Sandahl Sørensen, part of the reason for the problem of labor shortages must be found in the public sector. – When you draw even more labor into the public sector, and make it difficult…

  • Business hopes Wammen has fast hands in finance law

    This is what Deputy Director of Danish Industry, Kim Graugaard, says ahead of the government’s proposal. – What we need is not just things that can work in the long run. It’s right now we’m missing hands and heads. That is why something is needed that works now and here, he says. The government itself…

  • DI: Early retirement premium must ensure increased labor

    DI: Early retirement premium must ensure increased labor

    It writes Jyllands-Posten. Specifically, early retirees will thus be able to collect up to DKK 360,000 tax-free by working until the state pension age. According to DI, the proposal will increase the labor supply by 8000 people in 2022, improve public finances by DKK 900 million and increase GDP by DKK 7 billion. – Companies…

  • Henrik Lundqvist announces retirement from the NHL

    Henrik Lundqvist announces retirement from the NHL

    Decorated goalkeeper Henrik Lundqvist announced his retirement from the NHL via social media on Friday. “It’s time,” Lundqvist wrote on his Twitter account. “For the past 30 years, I’ve devoted my life to the game of hockey … and now it’s time to move away from what I love and start a new chapter.” Lundqvist,…

  • Prosecution: Silence case against former homicide boss is in principle

    He is innocent. He thinks so himself. But the prosecution is of a different opinion. Møller is accused of having told in a book details about various cases, which in the prosecution’s opinion are confidential. The core of the case is in principle, explains special prosecutor Jette Malberg from the Public Prosecutor in Copenhagen at…

  • The Liberal Party wants 1,700 more general practitioners in Denmark

    – All Danes must have a good general practitioner close by. It is very unsafe and unsafe for Danes and their families when it is difficult to find a doctor where you live, says Jakob Ellemann-Jensen. He refers to an analysis from the Association of General Practitioners’ Organization. According to it, more than half of…

  • In three days, more than 7,000 have applied for an early Arne pension

    One does not have to talk to many craftsmen, sosu’s and other professional groups to sense that this scheme has been needed. I think that also proves it when 7124 has applied after three days, says Peter Hummelgaard in a press release. The Ministry of Employment has previously – subject to uncertainty – expected that…

  • He sat on the very heavy financial records

    He sat on the very heavy financial records

    On Wednesday 4 August, Hans E. Zeuthen turns 85 years old. So it is a man with a solid professional ballast. To that extent, he has been listened to when he has spoken. Thus, in 1992, he was described as an “economic Holger Danske”, perhaps with reference to his large full beard, when he was…

  • Ministry of Finance issues € 73 million to guarantee events from Slush to Elton John’s farewell

    Ministry of Finance issues € 73 million to guarantee events from Slush to Elton John’s farewell

    The State Treasury has issued guarantees for coronavir virus transactions totaling almost EUR 73 million, less than 30 per cent of the total amount received from the Treasury. The guarantee is a commitment to the organizer to cover reasonable costs if the event is canceled or restricted due to official pandemic restrictions. The guarantee has…

  • Applications for the Arne pension are now open

    Applications for the Arne pension are now open

    – It is a clear proof that politics is useful. – If people have the desire, opportunity and strength, we hope that they will continue to work, even well beyond retirement age. But the actual situation in the iron industry is just that many do not have the opportunity, he says. 44 years in the…

  • Now the Arne pension must stand the test

    Now the Arne pension must stand the test

    That is why the phone rings at regular intervals, he says. However, Arne Juhl can not apply on Sunday, first in 2023, and then he can retire early in 2024. He is looking forward to it being Arne’s turn. Or as he says: – It’s better than nothing. Applications from Sunday can, in turn, about…

  • Voters saw blue parties as softer in foreign policy

    That is one of the conclusions in the book “Klimavalget”, which will be published on Thursday. The book looks at the voter migrations between the parties in the period between the parliamentary elections in June 2015 and June 2019. – It surprised me a little that the voters perceive the Liberal Party as more lenient…

  • FACTS: Medical coverage in peripheral areas must be strengthened with a new agreement

    The agreement allocates DKK 349 million, which will be used, among other things, for efforts against inequality in health. Here you can read about the content of the agreement. * The fee structure of the doctor’s shift is changed: The visiting doctor receives the same benefit, regardless of whether a patient is terminated by telephone…

  • Pape: A care Denmark requires an earnings Denmark

    Pape: A care Denmark requires an earnings Denmark

    – The money must be earned before it is distributed, and therefore we must constantly look at how we provide more labor and strengthen the private sector. – And what has the government done? Raised taxes, lifted about 11,000 people out of the labor market and hesitated to abolish the corona restrictions that cost business…

  • She has always been on the side of the victims

    She has always been on the side of the victims

    On June 17, she turns 75 years old. Anne Birgitte Stürup trained as a lawyer in 1972 and then as a police assistant in Gladsaxe. After a couple of other positions in the police, she was employed by the Public Prosecutor in Copenhagen in 1990, where she was a senior plaintiff for many years until…

  • A life behind bars

    A life behind bars

    – The fact that you dare to sing and open up gives increased self-esteem and faith in yourself, and this means that the prisoners also dare to embark on, for example, an education, it was said. He is not in favor of stricter penalties being the solution to preventing people from being in the criminal…

  • A life behind bars

    A life behind bars

    – The fact that you dare to sing and open up gives increased self-esteem and faith in yourself, and this means that the prisoners also dare to embark on, for example, an education, it was said. He is not in favor of stricter punishments being the solution to preventing people from being in the criminal…

  • 90 years and first birthday as a pensioner

    90 years and first birthday as a pensioner

    Castro’s retirement began on April 19th. Then he left the really highest post in the Cuban hierarchy, the post as leader of the Communist Party. The post was taken over by President Miguel Díaz-Canel. Raul Castro has been in the leadership of Cuba since the communist revolution in 1959. It was led by Raul’s brother,…

  • Research: Net income of retiring Finns decreases by 21%

    Research: Net income of retiring Finns decreases by 21%

    On the other hand, the net income of those retiring from outside the labor force will increase by an average of 10 per cent. ETK stressed on Monday that the net income ratio does not reflect an individual’s actual income level; Retirees outside the labor force tend to have significantly lower incomes than those retiring…

  • VMA in Borås, Västra Götaland County

    VMA in Borås, Västra Götaland County

    Micke 50 years old crashed in the middle of his life and career in the process industry and planned to take his own life, but he chose to go into homelessness instead. Retirees Lennart and Kent, both around 70, became homeless after retirement. While they wait for the housing situation to resolve, they spend the…

  • Forecast: In 2050, there will be twice as many over 80 years

    Forecast: In 2050, there will be twice as many over 80 years

    In the future, the elderly will make up a significantly larger part of the population than today, because we are expected to live longer. This is shown by a population projection from Statistics Denmark. Today, there are about 282,000 people over the age of 80 or more in Denmark, which corresponds to about five percent…

  • Foreign-born receive a lower pension

    Foreign-born receive a lower pension

    Foreign-born people who have retired in recent years have on average just over SEK 5,000 less to live on each month than domestic-born people. It shows figures that the Swedish Pensions Agency has produced for Ekot. The difference is largely due to the fact that foreign-born have not had time to work together until their…

  • Census in China has become politically sensitive

    Census in China has become politically sensitive

    The results are delayed at the same time as media reports claim that the population has decreased. According to previous official estimates, the population would not begin to decline until around 2030. If the information is correct, it would have major consequences for the hot demographic issue in China, where low retirement ages, low childbearing…

  • Kela’s front guides are published in English, Russian and Estonian

    Kela’s front guides are published in English, Russian and Estonian

    Each front guide covers a specific group of benefits available to Kela: • Pensions and retirement • Families with children • Moving to or from Finland • Students and conscripts • Health and rehabilitation • Social assistance • Unemployment • General housing allowance. Based on plain text The translations of the front guides are based…

  • The Christian Democrats want to lower top tax and invest in psychiatry

    – The Christian Democrats are a bourgeois center party, and that is where we place ourselves. We want to create calm, gather and find good solutions for Denmark, says Isabella Arendt. The plan’s effect on employment in 2030 is expected to be 39,500 more in work with the party’s desired initiatives. They call it “the…

  • The Christian Democrats want to raise top tax and invest in psychiatry

    – The Christian Democrats are a bourgeois center party, and that is where we place ourselves. We want to create calm, gather and find good solutions for Denmark, says Isabella Arendt. The plan’s effect on employment in 2030 is expected to be 39,500 more in work with the party’s desired initiatives. They call it “the…

  • FACTS: The Christian Democrats want to lower top taxes and development aid

    * Give the regions the right to tax and compensate for the bottom tax. * Give municipalities and regions the opportunity to establish short- and medium-term educations throughout Denmark. Help for well-being: * Offer couple and parent counseling. * Guarantees the woman’s right to counseling before and after any abortion. Better standards and more freedom…

  • FACTS: The Christian Democrats want to take in 1,000 refugees a year

    * Give the regions the right to tax and compensate for the bottom tax. * Give municipalities and regions the opportunity to establish short- and medium-term educations throughout Denmark. Help for well-being: * Offer couple and parent counseling. * Guarantees the woman’s right to counseling before and after any abortion. Better standards and more freedom…

  • M and SD disagree on the pension system

    M and SD disagree on the pension system

    The Sweden Democrats want to agree on the pension system with the Moderates and the Christian Democrats after the election. But the parties have different views on pensions. While M thinks that it is most important to raise the retirement age to raise pension levels, the Sweden Democrats want to stop raising the retirement age.…

  • Finnish employees plan to work longer and retire later, according to the study

    Finnish employees plan to work longer and retire later, according to the study

    More and more employees in Finland plan to postpone retirement, and more than half say they will work until the age of 65. research Finnish Pension Center (ETK). In 2018, the average planned retirement age was 64 years and 7 months, which is almost a two-year increase from the 62-year and 8-month averages of the…

  • Finnish employees plan to work longer and retire later, according to the study

    Finnish employees plan to work longer and retire later, according to the study

    More and more employees in Finland plan to postpone retirement, and more than half say they will work until the age of 65. research Finnish Pension Center (ETK). In 2018, the average planned retirement age was 64 years and 7 months, which is almost a two-year increase from the 62-year and 8-month averages of the…

  • They only had a single computer in the office

    They only had a single computer in the office

    Federal President of HK / Denmark Kim Simonsen turns 60 on 23 April. The interest in the increasing digitization and new technology is not accidental. It is the development that threatens the livelihood of the office-employed members he represents in HK. Because there is no need, for example, for a medical secretary to keep patient…

  • Marin’s compromise proposal on employment measures does not persuade the Center to convince

    Marin’s compromise proposal on employment measures does not persuade the Center to convince

    “I hope we can move forward in the negotiations and that we are ready to find solutions,” he was quoted said written by Helsingin Sanomat. Marin said YLE last night that the compromise proposal would achieve, if not even exceed, the goal of increasing the number of employees by 80,000. The proposal would, for example,…

  • The Swedish icebreaker fleet is approaching retirement and must be replaced

    The Swedish icebreaker fleet is approaching retirement and must be replaced

    The Swedish icebreakers are getting too old and today the Swedish Maritime Administration presented a cost basis for new, state-of-the-art icebreakers to the government. It is an important infrastructure investment ahead of the sharply increasing industrial activity in northern Sweden, says Fredrik Backman, shipping director at the Swedish Maritime Administration. This winter, the icebreakers have…

  • Swedish pensioners’ finances better than expected

    Swedish pensioners’ finances better than expected

    The Swedish pensioners’ finances are much better than what has been known before, according to a survey by Alecta. The occupational pension company shows that today’s pensioner has an income of on average 75 percent of the income before retirement – better than the old ATP pension. But then you also include earned income and,…

  • Swedish pensioners’ finances better than expected

    Swedish pensioners’ finances better than expected

    The Swedish pensioners’ finances are much better than what has been known before, according to a survey by Alecta. The occupational pension company shows that today’s pensioner has an average income of 75 percent of the income before retirement – better than the old ATP pension. But then you also include earned income and, for…

  • She needs time off after 60 years on stage

    She needs time off after 60 years on stage

    For the Danish top star, who turns 75 on Sunday 4 April, has chosen to end his career after several years of downsizing. 60 years on stage, it was for Susanne Lana, who now needs time off. – I really need to take time off. Try to live a normal life. I have never been…

  • English content is a priority for the new Copenhagen radio station

    English content is a priority for the new Copenhagen radio station

    If you have recently turned on the radio in the car and are surprised to hear English-language presenters and content, do not worry: Radio Luxembourg has not launched a new service in the Sound. Absalon Radio (listen live here) is based in Vesterbro, and a reasonable proportion of the community station’s content is in English…

  • More than 8500 have applied for and been granted a senior pension

    8542 sick and disabled people have been granted a senior pension since 1 January 2020. This is more than expected when the political agreement on senior pension was entered into in May 2019, writes Fagbladet 3F. At the time, it was estimated by the conciliation parties that around 5,000 people would make use of the…

  • He shares life at court with TV viewers

    He shares life at court with TV viewers

    If there was a round birthday, if “Dannebrog” was going on a trip or the regent couple on a state visit, he helped write the screenplay. A planning that can take a long time, sometimes several years. Like when the royal couple in 1996 were received by the President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, just…

  • Zlatan Ibrahimovic returns to Sweden’s squad

    Zlatan Ibrahimovic returns to Sweden’s squad

    Stockholm [Sweden]March 16 (ANI): Striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Tuesday decided to leave his international pension when he was named Sweden’s squad for the upcoming World Cup 2022 qualifier. Ibrahimovic had not played for Sweden since he announced his retirement from international football in 2016. The 39-year-old will now join Sweden later this month when they…

  • Cassette tape inventor dead

    Cassette tape inventor dead

    Lou Ottens, the man who invented the cassette tape, has died at the age of 94, Dutch media reports. The Dutch engineer started working for Philips in 1952 and in 1960 he became head of the newly started product development department. Two years later, he presented his groundbreaking invention. Ottens was tired of the awkward…

  • China on the verge of population crisis

    China on the verge of population crisis

    The number of older people in China is increasing rapidly at the same time as not enough children are being born – a development that threatens the country’s economic growth. During the current People’s Congress, there is talk of raising the retirement age and perhaps a completely abolished child restriction policy. The one-child policy was…