Denmark breaks all-time Covid-19 record with over 5,000 new cases
An additional 5,120 positive Covid-19 tests were registered in Denmark in the latest daily total, a record for the country's coronavirus epidemic by some distance.
International careers: six leadership lessons from six top CEOs
It requires a special range of skills and traits to steer a multinational company to success. But you don't have to be a CEO to be a leader. If you're following an international career, what lessons can you learn from those at the top to help you become the best you can be?
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Today in Denmark: A roundup of the news on Wednesday
Find out what's going on in Denmark today with The Local's short roundup of the news in less than five minutes.
How to become a Lord or Lady (and help save the Scottish Highlands)
Imagine it: You’re standing on a gently sloping hillside, looking out on a majestic snow-capped mountain ridge. The morning air is crisp, the subtle scent of heather mixing with the earthy peat. These are the Scottish Highlands - and you own a part of it, as a laird (lord) or lady.
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Is it easier for foreigners to find a job outside Denmark’s major cities?
Although the density of job opportunities for foreign residents is likely to be highest in larger cities, outlying municipalities contend that there is plenty of demand for international labour across Denmark.
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Why do Swedes and Danes insist on pretending they speak the same language?
There's something heroic about the way Danes and Swedes insist on trying to communicate with one another using their own languages, but more often than not end up nodding, smiling, and only pretending to understand. Why not give up and just speak English?
Labour shortage hits half of Danish companies in construction sector
A record-high shortage of labour at some Danish companies is exacerbated in some places by a lack of materials, according to new data.
TELL US: Which English words should the Danish language adopt?
We recently asked our readers which Danish words they would like to see adopted in English. But which English words would make it a lot easier to express yourself in Danish?
Danish refugee board overturns decisions to send home Syrians
The Danish refugee appeals board has overturned the immigration authority’s decision to repatriate Syrian refugees from Damascus in 43 percent of cases, according to a newspaper report.
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The Local’s Confronting Coronavirus series nominated for major European media award
A series of solutions-focused articles in which The Local’s journalists took an in-depth look at responses to the coronavirus pandemic has been shortlisted for the European Digital Media Awards 2021.
Denmark to study infectiousness of UK Covid variant: SSI
Denmark's infectious diseases agency SSI is setting up a study which it hopes be able to determine whether the UK variant of Covid-19 is 70 percent more transmissible, with the first results expected within "one or two weeks".
Vienna ranked top for quality of life… but ‘world’s least friendly city’
Vienna regularly tops global surveys for quality of life, but a new ranking based on what foreign residents think of their cities reveals it as one of the hardest places in the world to feel at home and make friends.
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