Denmark's postal service to stop delivering letters

The decision will end 400 years of the company's letter service, and postboxes will disappear from June.

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The decision brings to an end 400 years of the company's letter service. Denmark's 1,500 post boxes will start to disappear from the start of June.

Transport Minister Thomas Danielsen sought to reassure Danes, saying letters would still be sent and received as "there is a free market for both letters and parcels".

Postal services across Europe are grappling with the decline in letter volumes. Germany's Deutsche Post said on Thursday it was axing 8,000 jobs, in what it called a "socially responsible manner".

Deutsche Post has 187,000 employees and staff representatives said they feared more cuts were to come.

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