by Viktor Zeuthen | Sep 29, 2019 | Cross-border Barriers
A joint statement from Mätta Ivarsson, Chair of the Regional Development committee of Region Skåne and Chair of STRING and Jens Stenbæk, Council Chair of Region Zealand and vice chair of STRING. Cross-border cooperation between Sweden, Denmark and Germany continues...
by Viktor Zeuthen | Sep 29, 2019 | Cross-border Barriers
While Danish control at German border so far has been random testing, the Swedish border control means a significant expansion of the travel time of between 10 and 50 minutes in the Öresund Region/ Greater Copenhagen. An extraordinarily large number of refugees and...
by Viktor Zeuthen | Sep 29, 2019 | Cross-border Barriers
New ID check to begin from December 21st. Travel time by train between Copenhagen and Malmö to be delayed from 35 to 75 minutes and will highly affect daily 31,100 train travellers, especially 8,600 commuters. With a makeshift ID checkpoint at Copenhagen Airport...
by Viktor Zeuthen | Sep 29, 2019 | Cross-border Barriers
Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein, Torsten Albig, and Chairman of the council for Region Zealand, Jens Stenbæk, have just signed a Joint Action Plan for Regional Cooperation 2016/2017. There is a continued strong focus on the STRING cooperation. December 1st...
by Viktor Zeuthen | Sep 29, 2019 | Cross-border Barriers
There should be less competition and more cross-border collaboration between educational institutions. Furthermore, there is a shortage of cross-border internships, says a former German student in Denmark. There are still many barriers for students, not only between...
by Viktor Zeuthen | Sep 29, 2019 | Cross-border Barriers
The number of young people entering higher education is increasing in Northern Germany – which is becoming problematic for the companies of Schleswig-Holstein. According to figures from July 2014, there is around 8000 apprenticeships not being filled in...
