CNN: Copenhagen is one of the cities of the future
Copenhagen is one of the world’s groundbreaking cities, according to the influential global news network channel, CNN. As part of the series, ‘Future Cities’, host Richard Quest and his team have picked out…
MoreHigh costs involved with burial of nuclear waste
The day of reckoning is fast arriving for finding a solution to Denmark’s nuclear waste. The historic decision to abandon nuclear power was already taken back in 1985 by Parliament, but the three…
MoreEspersen sees no end-date yet for Libyan intervention
Danish Foreign Minister, Lene Espersen, was quick to argue against a set date for an end to the NATO intervention in the Libyan civil war, when talking to the press prior to the…
MoreForeign Minister against publication of Bin Laden photo
On the day when several Danish newspapers chose to publish gruesome images of Osama Bin Laden’s assistants shot during May 1st’s raid in Pakistan, Foreign Minister Lene Espersen came out strongly in support…
MoreThe costs of war
International business paper, the Financial Times, has published a somewhat cynical but nevertheless revealing chart of the public finances used in the war on terror since that fateful day in 2001. They estimate…
MorePakistan surprisingly calm after Bin Laden’s death says Danish Ambassador
In a thoughtful interview this week with Danish newspaper, Politiken, the Danish ambassador to Pakistan, Uffe Wolffhechel, stressed how muted the reaction had been in Pakistan to this historical event. While minor demonstrations…
MoreTensions and confusion in run-up to general election
Danish political alliances remain locked in an atmosphere of speculation and confusion as negotiations around the government’s 2020 strategy paper continue. More and more commentators now believe that the Social Liberals’ apparent flirtation…
MoreState broadcaster criticised for climate documentary
Danmarks Radio, the state owned broadcasting company, has been heavily criticised by the Press Council for the documentary, ‘A climate crime’, made as part of the Copenhagen Climate Conference in 2009. Partially upholding…
MoreYet another DSB boss is fired
DSB, the Danish state-run train company, today fired Karsten Røn Andersen, who was a director of DSBFirst and DSB Sweden, because of the company’s unsatisfactory financial situation. He was fired with immediate effect….
MoreTrain stoppages threatened over Øresund as DSB crisis escalates
Danish broadsheet, Politiken, today presents an alarming report about the possibility of train services being suspended over the busy links between Southern Sweden and the Copenhagen area. DSBFirst, the crisis-hit train company, could…
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