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The educational readiness assessment will be dropped

Since 2014, students who completed “folkeskole” (the first 9-10 years of school), received a “ready” / “not ready” assessment to continue their education. The...

Finance Law 2023

Normally it was supposed to be proposed and approved before the end of 2022, but because of the long negotiations to form a new...

Ankle monitors with GPS tracking for people who violate their restraining order

In Denmark, we had 8076 breaches of a restraining order in 2022. Now, the Ministry of Justice is looking at the Norwegian model of putting ankle...

26 weeks of extended maternity leave for families with twins

The opposition parties are asking the government to introduce a law that will allow families with twins to have more weeks of maternity leave available, which...

No financial aid for young people affected by the inflation

A majority of political parties in the Danish Parliament (including the governing parties) have refused a proposal made by SF (Socialists) to offer 5,000 DKK inflation...