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The 2500 DKK salary increase promised last week comes with strings attached

The government announced that public servants in healthcare need to consider working full-time instead of part-time. Also, they encourage them to take more evening, night, and...

Do we work less in Denmark?

An analysis made by KL (National Association of Municipalities) shows that the average working hours per week have decreased from 32.3 hours (2000) to...

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,...

Alternativet (Greens) lost one member of Parliament

The party went from six members of Parliament to five after theĀ internal conflict last week. After the party decided to strip Theresa Scavenius of...