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8% of people in Denmark cannot afford to heat their homes

The figure has almost tripled since 2021, when it was 3.4%. We live in times of high contrasts: breaking employment records, and experiencing the...

Women from non-Western backgrounds make up just 0.7% of the directors in private companies with over 50 employees

The think tank, EQUALIS, launched a report about upper management diversity in the Danish labor market. They find that diversity is lacking among director-level...

2.9% unemployment rate in January 2024

86,200 people are outside the job market, a decrease of 400 since December 2023. According to the Employment Ministry, the focus now is to...

8.95 million DKK in compensation for historical finds in 2023

The National Museum (Nationalmuseet) received 20,000 objects last year from people going around Denmark with metal detectors. It usually takes two years for an...

Record profits for the banks in 2023

Six of the largest banks in Denmark had a total profit of 38.8 billion DKK last year. The Business Minister asks the banks to...