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Being together gives courage By Lars Klitgaard Christensen Tinne Laursen, HIV-advisor at Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Denmark, is one of the founders of the Danish group of young HIV-positives. The group is for young people all over Denmark, and talking with the young people, gave her inspiration to start up a second group. The group [...]

At the department of infectious diseases at Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Denmark, a group of young HIV-positives gains together. The hospital closes down the ambulatory for everyone else than young people between 15 and 25. By Lars Klitgaard Christensen Being young can be difficult. Being young and HIV-positive even worse. Unlike many other patients, HIV-positives [...]

While other EU countries are struggling to keep head over water the welfare state Denmark still puts economic benefits first. By Elise Patricia Rasmussen “We have a lot of loose cash and no car, no summer house, no mortgage to pay,” Anni Ahrensbach says and smiles at her husband Niels Fræmohs before she again sips [...]

Senior citizens disposable income has increased and so have their expense on travels. Senior travel agency confirms this trend. By Elise Patricia Rasmussen Senior travel agency 65-travel is the largest of its kind in Denmark and the last 10 years they have seen the senior citizens increased income. “The approach of the new seniors is [...]

Extravagant food for invisible guests Copenhagen hosts a cultural food festival, its preprations started a year ago, is running during Feburary, but where are the people?   Unawareness of people about the festival   Although the festival is well publicized,  many people, like Peter Mærschalk who is a student at the Copenhagen University,  in the streets are [...]

Kurt Jensen is walking with hit sausage vendor. He likes the stripes. “They look like a candyshop,” he says. Copenhagen used to be known for its meat vendors, but increased competition and construction work is given the owners of the vendors a hard time. Some cars wait patiently while Kurt Jensen walks through the streets [...]

The financial crisis is stealing the spotlight all over Europe at the moment – and it might seem a bit out of place to discuss what countries on the outburst to bankruptcy are to give to the worlds’ poorest. The Danish government is nevertheless trying to pull in the direction of increasing the amount of [...]

One person can make a – small – difference. And that is enough. By Lene Munk Trying to raise awareness of the lives of the homeless in Copenhagen Kenneth Nguyen, a 28-year old photographer, shop manager and charity worker, has made the non-profit project “Why So Seriousshhh!?” (WSS). The goals of the project are to [...]

The Copenhagen food bank tries to solve two problems at the same time: food waste and food poverty. By Lene Munk Three years ago the first food bank in Denmark called “fødevareBanken” was founded in Copenhagen. Now the people behind the organisation think that time is ripe for expansion. They want to open a food [...]

In Copenhagen the number of foreign homeless people is increasing. Because they don’t have a Danish civil registration number, they are not allowed to use the municipal reception centres. Private people and organisations step up to help. Text and photos by Lene Munk ”The Eastern European and the African don’t like each other, and the [...]

by Cailie Skelton Labor negotiations, which started at the beginning of the year and set to end just before the present contract expires in March, included a raise in minimum wage. Although the increase at a larger level does not meet the rise of inflation in the country, it is up to companies at the [...]

Parliament member proposes pro-children custody rule Danish Parliament, which planned of the change of the former Child Custody Law, as relevance to the long article.   The Danish Parliament discussed a plan for giving the children more rights, which focus on making an individual evaluation on all separate divorced cases and looking on what is [...]

Following the recent fur free policy undertaken by leading Danish department store Magasin, animal activist group Anima speak of their predictions for a global fur ban. By Hanna Fillingham Denmark’s leading department store Magasin is likely to influence many designers in Denmark to think twice about stocking fur. Joh Vinding, director of animal activist group Anima,  stated ‘stores [...]

    U.K partners Debenhams influence the decision, leading to mixed reactions from Danish citizens Denmark’s leading department store, Magasin have undertaken the decision to stop the sale of fur in their store as of April this year, bringing its policies into line with their British owners Debenhams. http://cphpost.dk/business/magasin-stop-sale-fur The proposal has caused numerous reactions, [...]

  Pre-election promises in Denmark last year hinted towards transformative changes to improve the lives of asylum seekers but it seems the government aren’t ready to take action on the proposal. By Amy Mowle, DMJX Foreign Correspondent The centre-left coalition government lead by Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt promised during her election campaign to allow asylum [...]

In view of the current political debate on the Danish government’s new energy plan proposed in late 2011, CEO of the Danish Energy Association said more thought is needed in planning.   “Our concern is that when politicians think of green as the way forward and think of wind energy as the easy way ahead, [...]

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Newly implemented tax on fats will make food an even bigger expense for Danes, not least for the low income group By Mads Nyborg Anneberg Food shopping in Denmark is about to get slightly more expensive. According to Jørgen Dejgård Jensen, Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute of Food and Resource Economics, one of the [...]

  In Copenhagen it is no longer just a safety issue to wear a helmet when driving in the streets. Here the bicycle helmet is becoming an accessory. Text and photos: Josefine Nedermark The highest wearing rate of bicycle helmets is found in Greater Copenhagen according to the Council for Safe Traffic in Denmark. Here [...]

Even though Copenhagen is seen as one of the leading cities in the world when it comes to bicycling, the city still wants to improve safety for cyclists and become the number one bicycle city. By Josefine Nedermark The most dangerous street in the City of Copenhagen is Rantzausgade. Imagine a small street, where motorists [...]

  By Amy Mowle, DMJX Foreign Correspondent Residents have found a creative way to avoid the ideological predicament of landownership in Freetown Christiania. There was a decision by Christiania’s radically democratic people’s council to sell non-speculated shares in the hippie enclave in order to disperse ownership and raise money to pay off the $70 million [...]

The European Innovation Union Scoreboard 2011 shows, that the Northern European countries are the most innovative in the European Union By Lars Klitgaard Christensen Northern Europe is leading, when it comes to being innovative. Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Finland are the leading countries, when it comes to innovation within the EU. Besides being geographical connected [...]

Denmark has newly been announced as one of the most innovative countries in the European Union, but what makes Denmark so innovative? An exhibition at the Danish Design Centre, Challenge Innovation, mentions design as one of the reasons. By Lars Klitgaard Christensen According to the newly published Innovation Union Scoreboard 2011, Denmark is the second [...]

By Cailie Skelton COPENHAGEN- Minimum wage, older employees on the work force and job creation were all negotiations on the table between labor unions and business leaders this month. Although negotiations began on the 4th of January, negotiations are set to continue until March 1, when the current contracts are set to expire, and the [...]

By Hala Hisham Christian Langbelle, member of right wing Danish people’s party expresses his fear of shariaa law dominating Danish Islamic communities. “The problem is that the sharia is over the common law in Denmark,” says Langbelle. “It is important that the Danish society does not allow sharia to become the main law.” In defense, [...]

Muslim to Christian conversions as well as Danish Christian to Muslim conversions have increased in number in recent years. By Hala Hisham Copenhagen — Denmark continues to witness a rise in the number of immigrants converting to Christianity while more Danish citizens seem to favor Islam. While research has not proven specific reasons behind these [...]

  Jennifer Tse,  DMJX foreign correspondent Members of the semi-autonomous Freetown Christiania in Copenhagen, Denmark have reached an agreement to buy the land after a 40-year real estate battle with the government. Christiania’s unique self-governing community and open cannabis trade attract visitors worldwide each year, but the government has been eyeing the site for its [...]

Jennifer Tse, DMJX foreign correspondent Members of an independent, user-driven culture house in Copenhagen, Denmark are pushing for more just and humane policies for asylum seekers and refugees in the country. The house, called Trampolinhuset (Trampoline House), offers a place for those with residence permits or seeking asylum to meet, share ideas, and participate in [...]

Winter festival to attract tourists to Copenhagen A league of cultural institutions shall provide cultural to Copenhagen throughout all of February the coming years. The aim is ‘to have a trendsetting international festival’, according to the organiser behind the initiative. Taking a stroll down the streets of Copenhagen these days does not seem worth the [...]