Last Week in Denmark

10/09/2025

Read up on why Denmark is limiting the entry of non-EU nurses in our latest newsletter. Do you agree with the plan?

08/09/2025

🎬 Three Danish films eye the Oscars. The Danish Film Institute has shortlisted Den sidste viking by Anders Thomas Jensen, Begyndelser by Jeanette Nordahl, and the documentary Mr. Nobody mod Putin by David Borenstein and Pasha Talankin as candidates for Denmark’s official Oscar entry in 2026. On September 17, one will be chosen to compete in Los Angeles.

08/09/2025

If you are in Billund, we would like to invite you to a free event organised by the local Rotary Klub and The Billund Kommune for internationals. The event, an association fair, will take place on 16th September, aiming to increase international participation in local associations.

08/09/2025

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07/09/2025

More people queue for surplus food. Stop Spild Lokalt says demand at its nationwide “food oases” has jumped 20% since January, with over 13,000 visitors in July alone. Once mainly for the vulnerable, the queues now include people with regular jobs.

06/09/2025

Do you love to buy books?
Great news, 📚 Book VAT to be scrapped. Denmark’s 25% tax on books, the highest in the world, may soon disappear as the government proposes zero VAT in its new budget. Publishers and authors hail it as a big win against the country’s “reading crisis,” especially among children and young people.

05/09/2025

Did you know we could influence local and national politics?
💡What is a borgerforslag? A borgerforslag is a tool that lets people put their proposals on the political agenda. Nationally, if 50,000 people support your idea, Parliament must debate it. Fewer know that regional councils also allow borgerforslag on local issues such as healthcare or transport. Until now, Region Sjælland required 5,000 signatures. From this autumn, just 100 signatures will be enough.

04/09/2025

Possbile great news, if you live in Copenhagen:
🧸 Free daycare as an election promise in Copenhagen. Socialdemokratiet’s (Social Democrats) lord mayor candidate Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil wants to make nurseries and kindergartens free, calling high living costs the city’s biggest problem for young families.
Let's see in November.

03/09/2025

Great news for our wallet : 😀👇⚡ Power bills set for a big cut. The government plans to reduce the electricity tax from 72.7 øre per kWh to the EU minimum of 0.8 øre in 2026 and 2027, effectively nearly eliminating the tax altogether. A typical family could save about 4,000 DKK a year. The move costs 14 billion DKK and will help offset food prices, which remain 19% higher than the EU average

02/09/2025

🥫 Lower fees for food producers. After a major review, Food Minister Jacob Jensen will cut annual fees for the food, farming, and fisheries sector by around 50 million DKK.
Let's hope we will see the effect on our shopping...

02/09/2025

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