Budget set to include funding for childcare staff
The upcoming proposed budget is likely to see a large fund set aside to recruit 1,300 additional staff for kindergartens and nurseries across the country, broadcaster DR reports.
Some 1.1 billion kroner will be set aside for the purpose.
“We need more adults to take care of our little ones,” Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said to DR.
“We think there are still some challenges related to quality and care, even though the vast majority of kindergartens and nurseries in Denmark are good,” she said.
The proposed 2026 budget is set to be presented by the government on Friday. Several cuts to consumer taxes, including on books, electricity, sweets and coffee, have already been announced in advance of the full release of the proposal.
Mink farmer gets prison sentence for money laundering
62-year-old mink fur farmer Kjeld Christensen was yesterday given an unconditional prison sentence of one year and nine months for laundering 6.2 million kroner of drug money, DR reported.
Christensen also had a sum of 290,000 kroner confiscated and must pay costs.
The trial is part of a large case brought by special police unit NSK, which has called it “Operation Blanco”.
Several experienced people connected to the mink industry are involved in laundering of up to 30 million kroner, according to police.
More detail on the wider case can be found in DR’s report.
Maersk offers staff unmarked jerseys for popular running event
Employees of Danish transport giant Maersk have been offered jerseys without the company logo on for participation in the popular DHL-Stafet running event, at which colleagues from workplaces across the country compete alongside each other in five kilometre relay races.
The decision has been made amid heavy criticism of Maersk from activists who say it is supplying weapons and weapon components to Israel, and that these are being used to commit genocide in Gaza.
Maersk told newspaper Ekstra Bladet that its staff were free to wear what they like for the sporting event, but were being given the option of not displaying the company logo.
“We are unfortunately seeing examples of activism directed at employees of specific companies,” Maersk told Ekstra Bladet.
Danish police in February this year arrested 20 people at a protest in Copenhagen demanding Maersk stop delivering military equipment to Israel.
At the time, Maersk said it transported cargo containing “military-related equipment” destined for Israel but not "weapons or ammunition".
"These shipments contain military-related equipment and are derived from U.S. policy under the U.S.-Israeli security cooperation program. The cargo has been screened and complies with applicable laws," Maersk told AFP in February.
Ørsted’s shares plunge after US halts unfinished wind project
Shares in the Danish wind power group Ørsted plunged Monday after the US government halted construction at an offshore site that is 80 percent complete, the latest of several orders blocking wind power by the administration of President Donald Trump.
The Revolution Wind project, which started construction last year, is intended to power more than 350,000 homes in the US state of Rhode Island.
But on Friday, Matthew Giacona, acting director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), issued a letter ordering the project to "halt all ongoing activities" to allow time for a review.
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