Maersk protests, a 50 billion kroner boost in military spending and why youth wellbeing in Denmark is on the decline

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The Danish Connection

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How do you access news in Denmark if you don’t speak Danish? There are 652,495 foreign citizens living in Denmark. For non-Danes, accessing news in English is….complicated. Most news outlets are paywalled and google translate does a pretty terrible job of translating Danish to English. In collaboration with Union and The CPH Post, we bring you The Danish Connection - a new podcast breaking down Danish news in English! This is your place to share enquiries, opinions and tales of the immigrant experience in Denmark. Hosted by María Eva, Rachel and Melissa, new episodes every second Sunday.

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Maersk protests, a 50 billion kroner boost in military spending and why youth wellbeing in Denmark is on the decline

The Danish Connection

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8 months ago

Maersk protests, a 50 billion kroner boost in military spending and why youth wellbeing in Denmark is on the decline

This week on The Danish Connection:

Rachel talks about the protests outside Maersk HQ on February 23rd, when 1,000 protesters gathered to demonstrate against the Danish shipping giant’s alleged transportation of military equipment to Israel, and why things took an unexpectedly violent turn. She also discusses the Danwatch investigation that found more than 2,000 consignment notes of shipments from the US to Israel between September 2023 and September 2024.

Eva unpacks the Danish government’s new wellbeing commission, established due to concern over alarming statistics indicating that nearly half of individuals aged 0 to 25 are experiencing a decline in well-being. She picks out some of the 35 recommendations that have been published.

Rachel discusses the government’s special billion kroner fund for the rapid rearmament of Denmark's defense force and Denmark’s two billion DKK donation to Ukraine, as relations between the United States and Europe weaken.

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