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Regional Councils budgets 2024

Each level of government (local, regional and national) prepares every year a “finance law” which shows how taxpayer money will be spent in the...

2500 DKK monthly salary increase for educators, nurses, social/health assistants, and prison guards

The Prime Minister announced that she supports an increase in the monthly salary for the four groups of public workers. The salary increase should...

Extra long trucks on the roads in Denmark

The Transport Ministry will propose a law to allow extra long trucks (from 25 to 34 meters) on the roads of Denmark. If it passes, it...

New direction for Venstre (Liberals)

The party leader, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen announced that moving forward, Venstre will draw up a liberal project for Denmark and renounce its ties with the conservative forces...

DF (nationalist socialists) and SF (socialists) are asking for a tax on energy traders

The two parties want to expand the possibility of retiring earlier in Denmark. To finance the idea, they want to impose a tax on energy traders.  Today,...