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Today in Denmark: A round-up of the latest news on Thursday

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Today in Denmark: A round-up of the latest news on Thursday
Mads Mikkelsen in 2018. Photo: Mads Joakim Rimer Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix

Find out what's going on in Denmark today with The Local's short round-up of the news in less than five minutes.

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More foreign nationals in employment in Denmark

A significant number of Syrian, Turkish and Iraqi nationals have entered the Danish jobs market in recent years, new data from Statistics Denmark shows.

For Syrians between the ages of 25 and 64, the employment rate increased from 12.2 percent in 2015 to 43.2 percent in 2019, the figures show.

For Turkish people of the same age range, employment increased from 53 percent in 2010 to 57.8 percent in 2019.

The much larger increase in employment amongst Syrians is related to the amount of time spent in Denmark, according to the agency – in 2015, many had recently arrived as refugees.

Isolation leaves its mark on young people, minister says

Activities such as online mealtimes have been advocated by schools minister Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen as a way to help young people as they live with reduced contact with their friends and peers during the coronavirus crisis.

The minister voiced her backing for ideas that “create structure in day to day life that might have been taken out of play” by the coronavirus.

Halsboe-Jørgensen and culture minister Joy Mogensen are to virtually meet with experts and interest organisations today to talk about new ideas and activities that could benefit the well-being of young people during the pandemic.

Health ministry to develop Covid-19 ‘vaccine passport’

The Ministry of Health has confirmed it is working on a Covid-19 ‘vaccine passport’, which would be used to prove vaccination against the virus, Jyllands-Posten reports.

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Although the health minister, Magnus Heunicke, has not officially confirmed what the purpose of such documentation would be, the Confederation of Danish Industry has said it would allow the economy to open more quickly if proof of vaccination could be used to access events like concerts or certain types of business.

A Covid-19 passport could also help encourage the general public to get the vaccination once it is available, a spokesperson for GPs told the newspaper.

Mads Mikkelsen gets Johnny Depp role in Fantastic Beasts film

Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen is to take over from Johnny Depp in the role of evil wizard Grindelwald in the third of the ‘Fantastic Beasts’ franchise of films, DR reports.

The films are set in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter universe.

Danish vocabulary:

  • Pas: Passport
  • Skabning: creature, beast
  • Trivsel: well-being

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Anonymous 2020/11/26 19:01
Oh my god, this is a real dictatorship. Where are our basic own human rights?
Anonymous 2020/11/26 19:00
Oh my god, this is a real dictatorship. Where are our basic own human rights?

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