Posted on 01. Aug, 2011 in: News

New designer drugs flood into EU

Synthetic drugs are now being produced at a faster rate than authorities can manage to ban them. This has meant a dramatic increase in the number of new intoxicating substances found in the…

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Von Trier: DPP is partly responsible for Oslo terror

The views expounded by Pia Kjærsgaard and other Danish People’s Party politicians are in part to blame for the actions of terrorist Anders Breivik in Oslo last month, says controversial Danish film director…

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23-year old died after police leg-lock

On 14 January this year, 23-year-old Danish-Turk Ekrem Sahim died after altercations with prison guards in Kolding Jail. Since then, the case has been hidden from public scrutiny by authorities. According to TV2…

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Municipalities do not live up to organ donation agreement

Only one out of ten Danish municipalities lives up to an agreement to hand out organ donar registration cards to citizens applying for passports, a new survey shows. In 2008, a government majority…

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Election is last chance for Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Opposition leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt (Social Democrats) ought to resign if she fails to win the election this fall, say 55 per cent of voters in a new Megafon poll, conducted for TV2 and…

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Record number of students received acceptance letters

The sighs of relief were almoust audible over Denmark on Friday, as students waiting to hear whether they had earned a place at the country’s higher education insitutions were put out of their…

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More Danes invent original baby names

Since a change in the law governing the list of approved baby names in Denmark in 2006, the number of ‘customised’ baby names has gone through the roof. Before the law was liberalised,…

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Russian tourists flock to Denmark

For the first time ever, the number of Russian tourists coming to Denmark has surpassed the number of Chinese and Japanese. This is despite the fact that Denmark’s official state-funded tourist organisation Visit…

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Danish Film School omitted from top 25 list

On a new world ranking of the world’s 25 best film schools, the Danish Film School does not so much as qualify for a mention. In its heyday, students such as Lars Von…

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7:59 – All the Danish News That Fits

7:59 – Danish News Today, is the most reliable source of daily Danish news in English for diplomats, the ex-pat community, the business sector, or anyone in Denmark or abroad seeking an insight into what’s happening in Denmark right now.

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7:59: TODAS LAS NOTICIAS DANESAS DEL MOMENTO.
7:59-Noticias Danesas de Hoy es una nueva fuente de noticias en inglés dirigida especialmente al cuerpo diplomático, extranjeros viviendo en Dinamarca

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