Mar 20, 2023 · Nurses began a strike over pay and working conditions in June 2021. A collective bargaining deal rejected by the nurses’ trade union DSR was eventually enforced by government intervention and a pay agreement was imposed. This then caused more nurses to leave the profession and there's since been an increase in hospital waiting lists. "A fourth factor could be the increasing number of patient ...

Dec 31, 2024 · Germany said yesterday it would extend stepped-up border controls, including with Denmark, beyond March 2025, following a deadly Christmas market attack and ahead of February elections. In mid-September, Berlin imposed controls with all of its nine neighbouring countries for six months, aiming to ...

Dec 19, 2024 · Copenhagen mayor candidate wants surcharge for transport to airport. Public transport to Copenhagen Airport should be subject to a surcharge of at least 50 kroner, Social Democratic candidate for mayor Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil told newspaper Politiken in an interview.. People travelling to and from the airport should pay an additional fee for the final stretch of the journey even though the ...

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Dec 16, 2024 · Many customs and traditions are associated with the speech, with the most famous perhaps being the closing words used by Queen Margrethe every time she gave the speech on December 31st, Gud bevare Danmark (“God bless Denmark”). The phrase was first used by Frederik VIII in his New Year’s speeches and was later adopted by Frederik IX.

Dec 5, 2023 · The three opt-outs – retsforbehold in Danish – were negotiated by Copenhagen with the EU, and their presence is largely due a result of a series of referenda held by Denmark on EU matters over the decades. Denmark has held a total of nine different referenda since it voted in favour of EU (then European Community) membership in 1972, with three being particularly important in relation to ...

Jan 3, 2025 · Several new traffic rules take effect in Denmark in 2025, with some in force from January 1st and others being introduced later in the year. The new rules include a new winter tyre requirement, provisions for city governments to introduce zero emissions zones and permission for 17-year-olds to drive unaccompanied.

Jan 8, 2025 · With 57,000 inhabitants spread out across 2.2 million square kilometres, Greenland is geographically closer to North America than to Europe. It is located around 2,500 kilometres from Copenhagen, on which it depends for more than half of its public budget.

Dec 6, 2024 · Karens Minde park in Copenhagen is one of more than 300 projects underway to stop the city being submerged. A former marsh once shunned by people living nearby, it has been redesigned with attractive meandering paths and grassy areas that …

Dec 10, 2024 · He is suspected of sharing and facilitating the sharing of far-right extremist propaganda in over 1,000 instances using 13 different profiles, groups, and channels on Telegram, it emerged during a preliminary court hearing at …