Professors accuse Ministry of fiddling windmill noise figures
Three sound experts from Aarhus University accuse the Environment Ministry of manipulating the noise figures emitted by industrial windmills, in today’s Berlingske Tidende. The problem is the background operational noise of the machines,…
MoreTighter sanctions against Syria on the way
Foreign Minister, Lene Espersen, yesterday outlined more specific proposals to maintain pressure on Assad’s Syrian regime to end the use of violence. The Minister will propose extending travel restrictions and freezing of assets…
MoreBorder update: permanent checks or not?
The government’s border deal with the Danish People’s Party, (DPP), does not entail permanently manned border checks, revealed the head of Copenhagen Tax, Erling Andersen. In an attempt to clarify the highly controversial…
MorePolitical attacks on experts are almost Soviet-like
EU legal expert, Marlene Wind, hit back yesterday against her critics, Pia Kjærsgaard, (Danish People’s Party), and Søren Pind, (Liberals). The two politicians had used the harshest of rhetoric against the professor of…
MoreRight wing populists the winners in border spat
It appears that the Danish People’s Party, DPP, are the major political beneficiaries of the diplomatic conflict unleashed by their initiative to reinforce the Danish borders. The latest opinion poll shows a surge…
MoreCNN sing Copenhagen cyclists’ praises
CNN, the international news giant, has recently visited Copenhagen as part of its “Future Cities” series. And the show highlighted, in the most glowing of terms, the cycling culture and provision that distinguishes…
MoreDanes need whipping into shape
Danes’ lifestyles need greater regulation if the average life-span is to be raised. That’s the uncompromising verdict of head of research, Knud Juel, at the State Institute for Public Health, after a new…
MoreShock! Danish income tax not world’s highest
There is one myth that can be safely laid to rest. Danes do not spend all their hard earned money on paying more income tax than the rest of the world, or the…
MorePolice off the streets
There will be a markedly lower police profile in the capital and throughout Zeeland in the coming months, warned a police official today. In the Northern Zeeland region, police are being shifted from…
MoreWindmill test centre case goes to court
An important case for the future of the windmill industry is today aired for the first time in the Western High Court. The plans for a test centre for giant windmills, seen as…
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