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DANISH NEWS IN ENGLISH VOL 21 ISSUE 06
CPHPOST.DK 18 - 31 May 2018
NEWS Hack Maersk – fine! But hands off our transport!
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Good cop, bad cop Ministers are an effective double act on the road
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Swan over: Why China ♥ Hans Green Card holders submit complaint over rule change
NEWS Denmark wows Eurovision fans, but not the juries
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The new superpowers Forever diversifying, the supermarkets would run our lives if they could
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New criteria make it even harder to get a permit, but government body claims they date back to 2015
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N OFFICIAL complaint has been submitted to Parliament’s Ombudsmand that rejects claims by SIRI (Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration) that it has been using revised rules affecting Green Card holder permit criteria for several years now. Thousands face exodus HOLIDAY money no longer counts towards the Green Card holders’ annual income, which means thousands could be asked to leave the country for earning less than the required amount (286,000-329,364 kroner). Aage Kramp, the senior legal advisor at Immigration Law who
worded the complaint, tells CPH POST there does not appear to be any mention of holiday money impacting income requirements until 2018. However, SIRI claims the criteria were changed by law on 1 January 2015. Pain of Pavan AMONG those affected is Indian IT professional Pavan Sunkara, whose bid to extend his Green Card permit was recently rejected. Sunkara, who arrived in Denmark in 2014, was just under 4,000 kroner short of reaching the income requirement – a requirement he would have easily met had holiday money been included. Before applying for his extension he was informed by an official at International House Copenhagen that holiday money
would count towards his income requirement. “I cannot imagine leaving Denmark,” he said. Was it a clarification? ACCORDING to Kramp, there was no mention of the change until January 2018 when a line suddenly appeared on SIRI’s online site ‘New to Denmark’: “Employer paid pension and disbursed holiday allowance is included in the calculation of your salary. Holiday allowance earned but not paid to you is not included.” However, SIRI claims this was simply a clarification. “The unjustified and unlawful change of practice has endangered hundreds, if not thousands, of the remaining Green Card holders’ extension applications,” concluded Kramp. (CW)
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Not so green after all A GROUP of 301 Danish researchers have condemned their fellow countrymen as being among the world’s worst contributors to climate change, claiming that their dependence on foreign products is much higher than reported. Socialdemokratiet is accordingly targeting more green vehicles, setting a target of 500,000 by 2030.
Green around the Lars LARS VON Trier’s latest movie, ‘The House That Jack Built’, prompted horrified groans and more than 100 walkouts during its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday night. The film depicts a serial killer (Matt Dillon) who in one scene blows two small children’s heads off with a hunting rifle. In true Danish tradition, it got a standing ovation … from those left remaining.