Denmark

As part of the 25th anniversary celebrations of the Öresund bridge connecting Copenhagen and Malmö, the prime ministers of both countries pledged to make it easier to live and work across the Swedish-Danish border. The Local Sweden’s Deputy Editor, Becky Waterton, has a few ideas.

The announcement system on the Copenhagen Metro will no longer pronounce station names in English and will instead only use Danish place names.

Denmark’s Minister of Culture is in favour of making books cheaper by exempting them from VAT, a move which has long been on the wish-list of authors and publishers.

Denmark’s government has announced reforms to the Pay Limit Scheme, a pathway through which non-EU nationals can be granted work permits. What exactly is changing?

Pushing countries to keep vows to boost defence spending and bolstering Europe's "dangerous" security will top Denmark's agenda as it takes over the European Union's rotating presidency on Tuesday, according to Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.

Germany's defence minister has stated the country will send navy ships to patrol Arctic waters, citing the threat from a Russian military build-up in the region.

Sweden and Denmark mark 25th anniversary with royal meeting on Øresund Bridge, Germany helps patrol Arctic, Denmark takes over EU presidency and more news this Tuesday.

Denmark has announced a plan which will make it easier for people from 16 non-EU countries to obtain a work permit under a specific scheme termed the Pay Limit Scheme.

Denmark’s government said on Monday it plans to reduce the minimum wage threshold on a key work permit scheme, potentially opening the labour market to a larger number of foreign workers from 16 non-EU countries.

People in Denmark appear increasingly concerned about tick bites in natural areas with the number of vaccinations against tick-borne encephalitis increasing drastically in recent years. However, an expert says the concern has become exaggerated.

The Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) said on Friday it was developing a tool to predict when the Arctic will be ice-free in summer, to anticipate the consequences on the Earth's climate.

Wind brings down Copenhagen scaffolding, Denmark to predict ice-free summers in Arctic, TBE vaccinations on the rise and more news this Monday.

Naturalisation has often been seen as the best way to secure the right to live in a country and to be able return any time, but this notion is becoming “increasingly fragile”, a new report reveals.

From arrests at a Danish paint maker to the growing success of Copenhagen's immigration policy at the EU, our weekly feature Inside Denmark looks at some of the stories we've been talking about this week.

If you're feeling concerned about what might happen in the future, today's Danish expression might help you keep calm.

Denmark’s Pay Limit Scheme (‘Beløbsordning’) can provide work permits to foreign nationals offered contracts in which their salaries meet a certain threshold, the ‘beløgsgrænse’. What earnings count towards this threshold?

Summer in Denmark means workplaces emptying for weeks on end and a flood of 'out of office' replies from colleagues and clients taking lengthy vacations. But have you ever wondered exactly how summer holidays of at least three weeks became so entrenched in Danish society?

If you are in Denmark on a student visa and want to work during the summer holidays, you can now do so full-time in June, July and August under new rules.

During early summer in Denmark, you will start to notice a huge number of young people wearing white caps, probably while celebrating and partying with their friends. These are Denmark's school leavers and the caps they are wearing are far more than fancy dress.

There's been a surge in the number of people in Denmark getting vaccinated against tick-borne encephalitis (TBE). Ticks are common in the Danish countryside and although the chances of getting TBE are very slim, ticks can also carry Lyme disease. Here's everything you need to know about ticks and getting bitten in Denmark.