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…
MoreVon 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…
More23-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…
MoreMunicipalities 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…
MoreElection 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…
MoreRecord 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…
MoreMore 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,…
MoreRussian 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…
MoreDanish 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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