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SKAT to lay off 375 employees

18. jun. 2013 13:04English

Introducing IT systems to more efficiently solve several core tasks in the tax administration has made a large number of staff superfluous.

 

Women gather for breastfeeding protest

18. jun. 2013 13:01English

A blogger gathered people at Copenhagen’s Town Hall yesterday to show that breastfeeding women do not present a threat.

 

Tired pilots fall asleep on the job

18. jun. 2013 12:59English

A new study suggests six out of ten pilots have experienced falling asleep while flying. No need to worry, says the Danish airlines association.

 

IT revolution bypasses visually impaired

18. jun. 2013 12:57English

Some public websites are simply not equipped to help visually impaired people, who lose out on common public services.

 

Sick pay on doctor’s orders

18. jun. 2013 12:55English

A medical assessment is to replace the much-maligned diagnosis list in determining who receives long-term sickness benefit.

 

Young staff work despite illness

17. jun. 2013 13:55English

Eight out of ten young members of HK/Private go to work even if they are ill.

 

Denmark sends DKK 100m in aid to Syria

17. jun. 2013 13:53English

Denmark is sending millions in aid to war-torn Syria, a country in desperate need of emergency relief.

 

Danes protest scrapping of home care

17. jun. 2013 13:51English

The DaneAge Association has called for new legislation to prohibit municipalities from dropping home care services because of budget problems.

 

Danish pilots exhausted and tired

17. jun. 2013 13:49English

Many Danish pilots are exhausted when at the controls.

 

Conservatives accept school agreement

14. jun. 2013 14:01English

The Conservatives have accepted the government’s proposed reform of municipal primary and lower-secondary schools.

 

Immigrants guide fellow immigrants

14. jun. 2013 13:59English

Immigrants guide immigrants has been founded to enable immigrants to guide fellow immigrants in matters relating to Danish post-compulsory education.

 

GP conflict could hit waiting lists

14. jun. 2013 13:54English

In the Region of Southern Denmark, hospitals will take over if GPs relinquish their practitioner numbers, but to the detriment of waiting lists.

 

Minister advocates more foreign study

14. jun. 2013 13:53English

Minister for Science, Innovation and Higher Education Morten Østergaard wants more Danish students to go abroad for part of their education programme.

 

School reform proposals finalised

13. jun. 2013 13:20English

The government, the Liberals and the DPP have finalised a new agreement on school reform that they hope will be acceptable to the Conservatives.

 

Local politicians lack competence

13. jun. 2013 13:17English

In a DR News survey of 1,330 local politicians, 56 per cent stated that they have one or more council colleagues who are lacking in competence.

 

100 kg of cocaine in box of bananas

13. jun. 2013 13:15English

Around a hundred kilos of drugs ‒ believed to be cocaine ‒ have been found concealed in a box of bananas shipped from Colombia.

 

DK almost out of World Cup

12. jun. 2013 13:11English

Everything went wrong as the Danish national team completely botched last night’s World Cup qualification match against Armenia.

 

Local politicians often threatened

12. jun. 2013 13:09English

Just under one in ten local politicians has been directly harassed and threatened in their own home.

 

How to give first aid to children

12. jun. 2013 13:07English

It is important to be especially careful when providing first aid to small children who get something stuck in their throat.

 

Many men ok with trafficked prostitutes

12. jun. 2013 13:04English

15 per cent of Danish men see no harm in hiring a trafficked prostitute while 16 per cent are undecided, according to a new survey.

 

Frihedsmuseet: Memorial or museum?

11. jun. 2013 13:35English

After the arson attack in April, the Museum of Danish Resistance is to rebuild and possibly redirect its exhibits.

 

Tax authorities break confidentiality

11. jun. 2013 13:33English

The Danish Tax and Customs Administration has alerted police of its own violation of confidentiality in the Novo Nordisk case.

 

RGA: Right to breastfeed in public

11. jun. 2013 13:30English

According to the Red-Green Alliance, breastfeeding children in public should be a right— no matter what the location.

 

L proposes education fees

11. jun. 2013 13:29English

The opposition wants to establish a commission to examine the possibility of introducing tuition fees in Denmark.

 

SKAT turns focus onto Novo Nordisk

10. jun. 2013 13:37English

SKAT is seeking to establish whether Novo Nordisk has valued its assets lodged in Switzerland too low, thereby depriving the exchequer of tax revenue.

 

Male domestic abuse a real issue

10. jun. 2013 13:34English

The figures show that domestic abuse is perpetrated by women more often than is commonly believed.

 

Turkish protests mirrored in Denmark

10. jun. 2013 13:32English

As the protests against Prime Minister Erdogan spread in Turkey, there is support for the Turkish demonstrators in other countries.

 

Eldest children have higher IQs

10. jun. 2013 13:23English

Research shows that eldest children generally score higher in IQ tests than their younger siblings.

 

Lucky escape for coach crash pupils

10. jun. 2013 13:21English

Two schoolchildren sustained non-critical injuries when a Danish double-decker coach collided with a railway bridge in Munich on Sunday.

 

Journalist refutes hostage’s accusations

7. jun. 2013 14:24English

Norwegian freelance journalist Abdifitah Gelle is shocked by the accusations levelled at him by Eddy Lopez, former hostage of Somali pirates.

 

Suspected hacker targeted police e-mails

7. jun. 2013 14:19English

The 20-year-old man suspected of hacking the police’s IT system has been charged with illegally obtaining police officers’ e-mail account passwords.

 

Region to call on trainee GPs

7. jun. 2013 14:07English

The Region of Southern Denmark has begun planning an emergency service that can be implemented if its GPs relinquish their practitioner numbers.

 

Flak for Health and Medicines Authority

7. jun. 2013 14:04English

Three out of four Danes believe it takes too long for the authorities to intervene against psychiatrists and doctors who make repeated errors.

 

Another psychiatrist barred

6. jun. 2013 13:56English

A psychiatrist from West Jutland contravened the guidelines of the Danish Health and Medicines Authority for at least nine years.

 

Foreign workers set a good example

6. jun. 2013 13:42English

Unemployed people should accept a period of lower pay when starting a new job, according to Ole Steen Olsen of the Danish Chamber of Commerce.

 

PM questions tone of social media debate

6. jun. 2013 13:39English

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt (SocDem) has hit out at the tone of some of the debate on social media such as Facebook and Twitter.

 

Pirate hostages beaten before interviews

6. jun. 2013 13:26English

Captain Eddy Lopez, former hostage of Somali pirates, has revealed that he and his fellow sailors were beaten before interviews with journalists.

 

Illegal film viewing still an issue

6. jun. 2013 13:23English

In spite of the availability of services such as Netflix, around one in five Danes is still watching the latest films and TV programmes illegally.

 

60 schools may be contaminated with PCB

5. jun. 2013 13:11English

Up to 60 schools may suffer from poor indoor air quality, containing levels of PCB higher than the limit set by health authorities.

 

New law provides more transparency

5. jun. 2013 13:09English

Despite public protests, the much-disputed Public Records Act was passed yesterday.

 

Rønn fails to displace responsibility

5. jun. 2013 13:07English

Several officials have contradicted Hornbech’s explanations on the illegal refusals of citizenship for young stateless people.

 

Could the gang conflict be over?

5. jun. 2013 13:05English

Wednesday marked one month since the last shots were fired in connection with the recent gang conflict.

 

Brain-injured pay for private care

4. jun. 2013 12:35English

Patients with brain injuries consider the municipal treatment so substandard that they are willing to pay for a better alternative.

 

L and C opposed to more solar energy

4. jun. 2013 12:33English

The Liberal Party and the Conservatives are calling a halt to a potential future expansion of Danish solar energy efforts.

 

Napster is back online

4. jun. 2013 12:30English

Ambitions are running high as Napster launches a new streaming service tonight, in direct competition with Spotify.

 
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Questions about emergency doctor service

3. jun. 2013 13:49English

Emergency service doctors earn more by completing the consultation process over the phone than by referring a patient for a face-to-face consultation.

 
 

Surge in popularity of communal living

3. jun. 2013 13:47English

Many people associate communal living with the 1960s, but since the financial crisis hit, it has surged in popularity in the form of co-housing.

 

Denmark’s first Muslim boarding school

3. jun. 2013 13:41English

Denmark’s first Muslim boarding school, Mina Hindholm, is set to open in August 2014 near Fuglebjerg in Næstved, south-west Zealand.

 

Late treatment for 1-in-5 cancer patients

3. jun. 2013 08:47English

Many Danish cancer patients continue to wait too long for treatment.

 

Chinese acquisitions coming to DK

3. jun. 2013 08:24English

According to banks and lawyers working in the field, it will not be long before Chinese investors will acquire a large Danish company.

 
 

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