Denmark

Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil, candidate for mayor of Copenhagen, has made public her plan over Airbnb's rules in Copenhagen: one would only be allowed to rent the house of the address registered as usual living

The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of trade union FOA in a case against the Danish Labour Market Insurance and the Appeals Board, a decision that could lead to damages of up to DKK 2,5 billion (€335.059.000) for around 25.000 workers in flexible jobs

The 'Greenland Issue' has taken center stage in international attention; as Danish PM wishes to speak to Donald Trump on the matter, the press focuses on the legal options available, saying Greenland can declare independence but cannot be ceded to US

The new mapping by Arbejderbevægelsens Erhvervsråd, the labour business council, is based on 2023 figures and shows that incomes of top 1% of high earners increased by almost 15% despite inflation, while the average citizen suffered a drop in income

15,7% of Danes aged between 16 and 64 receive public assistance, the lowest number since 1977, according to an analysis by the Business Council of the Danish Labour Movement

The municipality of Kalundborg will introduce a four-day working week for its administrative staff as of 1 January 2025; consequently, the municipality's main telephone line will only be open Monday to Thursday

Social Affairs minister suggested local governments stop administering a disputed test for new parents to people of Greenlandic descent after case of Greenlandic woman who was stripped of custody of her children because of that test

New figures from the house rental company Novasol show that more Danes, and Germans, are choosing to spend Christmas and New Year in holiday homes, confirming the trend of increasing interest in staying at summer houses during the winter festive season

The Copenhagen Airport area is more polluted than the city centre, according to a new report by the National Centre for Environment and Energy at Aarhus University

Danish MP Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam, elected in Greenland, violated parliamentary protocol by refusing to translate a speech she had delivered in Greenlandic into Danish

The country will tighten environmental requirements for imported biomass, which it uses as an energy source for district heating, after the EU tightened its directive for European biomass sustainability requirements

House insurance prices of Denmark's three largest insurers have risen by over 20% in the past year; association of insurance companies Forsikring & Pension says the increase in rates is due to extreme weather