Smoking puts Danish women at bottom of EU cancer rankings
Denmark has the second-worst cancer statistics for women in the EU. New Eurostat figures put Denmark at No.26, just ahead of Hungary, with a mortality rate of 168.2 per 100,000 women, and far…
MoreSlip the euro says leading bank
Denmark should free itself from the Euro, according to currency strategist Chris Walker of the major Swiss bank UBS who said to Bloomberg News that the Danish krone could become a safe haven…
MoreViolent weekend
Six men have been arrested in connection with a series of stabbings in Copenhagen over the weekend. A convenience store owner had his throat slashed and another man received a head wound during…
MoreSummer house break for asylum seekers
The party’s over for three asylum seekers who’ve been temporarily housed in an expensive summer house for the past three weeks. The three men, from Syria, Afghanistan, and Iran have reportedly cost taxpayers…
MoreLeft rejects school performance rankings
The opposition has rejected Education Minister Troels Lund Poulsen’s proposal to rank all schools according to exam result performance. Although Mr Poulsen has promised to make allowances for social disparity, the Social Democrats’…
MoreChinese expertise will link Scandinavia
Passengers travelling from Copenhagen to Gothenborg or Oslo could soon be transported by a high-speed Chinese train. Three representatives of the China National Machinery Import & Export Corporation (CMC), which exports Chinese expertise…
MoreMaccy D’s – obesity isn’t our fault
McDonalds Denmark has refused to acknowledge any partial responsibility for the obesity epidemic that’s spread through the country over the past twenty years. Australian MD Stephen Shillington said people will always eat burgers…
MoreThe Week that Was, July 11th – July 17th, 2011
Politics Conservative party leader Lars Barfoed refused to offer any guarantee of a new term alongside coalition partners, the Liberals, even if Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen remains in power. Barfoed also criticised…
MoreDenmark’s tarnished reputation
The Mohammed cartoons, well-publicised immigration restrictions, and the prospect of low growth for years ahead have seriously damaged Denmark’s reputation abroad. That’s the view of international experts from the global branding company Reputation…
MoreDenmark ‘a problem for Europe’
Finland is the latest country to denounce Denmark’s border control. In an interview with Finnish newspaper Hufvudstadsbladet, newly-installed Minister of Foreign Affairs Erkii Tuomioja characterises Denmark as a country that’s becoming more and…
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