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Pupils can use Google in exams

9. feb. 2012 13:29English

Soon Danish pupils will be able to use the internet in written exams in 11 subjects, including English.

 

No response when teachers report abuse

9. feb. 2012 13:26English

It is common for teachers who report neglect or abuse of children to hear nothing more about the case afterwards.

 

Muslim students required to taste pork

9. feb. 2012 13:24English

The Copenhagen Hospitality College is insisting that a young Muslim should taste pork. If not, he will not get a placement to complete his course.

 

Law to benefit children in divorce cases

9. feb. 2012 13:04English

In future, when mum and dad divorce they will not automatically be granted joint custody. This key change to the law has all-party support.

 

Benefit recipients deep in debt

9. feb. 2012 13:02English

People on cash benefits in Denmark are caught in a spiral of debt that they cannot escape.

 

Homeless sleeping in allotment huts

9. feb. 2012 12:59English

The freezing weather is prompting Danes to help the homeless by contributing clothes and food and opening up their allotment huts.

 

Folketing misinformed on Iraq

8. feb. 2012 13:34English

Notes kept secret until now reveal that Army Operational Command gave incorrect information to the Folketing about Iraqi prisoners.

 

More foreigners learning Danish

8. feb. 2012 13:31English

More foreigners are doing battle with the troublesome Danish pronunciation and grammar as Danish classes for adults become more popular.

 

Young risking their lives on scooters

8. feb. 2012 13:29English

It is more dangerous to roar off into the traffic on a scooter than to cycle or to drive a car.

 

Denmark is Europe’s no 2 for innovation

8. feb. 2012 12:42English

The European Commission’s Innovation Union Scoreboard puts Denmark in second place for research and innovation in Europe.

 

Vestas chairman quits

8. feb. 2012 12:36English

The Chairman of the board at crisis-hit Vestas, Bent Erik Carlsen, will stand down at the next general meeting of the company at the end of March.

 

20 smokes to a pack – it’s the law

8. feb. 2012 12:33English

A pack means 20 cigarettes, not 19 or 18.The Government now intends to fix this by law to prevent the tobacco industry from disguising higher duties.

 

More families being evicted

7. feb. 2012 12:17English

An increasing number of tenants are being evicted for failing to pay the rent, and bailiffs are having to deal with more families with children.

 

Hip manufacturer sponsored doctors

7. feb. 2012 12:15English

Fresh revelations in the hip replacement scandal show that the manufacturer of the metal hip implants sponsored Danish doctors for years.

 

Crown Prince works far more than alleged

7. feb. 2012 11:56English

DR radio presenter and debater Kjeld Koplev alleged that Crown Prince Frederik only works 40 days a year, but DR2’s Detektor has found otherwise.

 

Children more vulnerable to traffic

7. feb. 2012 11:54English

Every year 87 children and young people lose their lives in traffic accidents, which is equivalent to a fatal accident every four days.

 

Doctors ignored metal hip warning

6. feb. 2012 14:02English

Danish doctors implanted a dangerous metal hip into patients despite being warned about it.

 

Taxpayers’ money on personal pleasure

6. feb. 2012 14:00English

Norddjurs Municipality has reported a local foster care home to the police for misuse of taxpayers’ money.

 

Thorning’s 12 minutes could become 30

6. feb. 2012 13:58English

Prior to the election, SocDem-SPP wanted public employees to work 12 minutes more a day. Now it seems they will be working 30 minutes more.

 

Coldest night for 26 years

6. feb. 2012 13:34English

Temperatures plummeted overnight across Denmark and in the early hours of this morning several places reported lower than minus 20 degrees.

 

10 awards for Melancholia

6. feb. 2012 13:33English

Lars von Trier was nowhere to be seen as his film Melancholia won a string of Roberts (Danish Oscars) at the Circus Building in Copenhagen.

 

Cuts in family cheque and “flexjobs”

3. feb. 2012 13:33English

High earners in “flexjobs” should expect cuts and the family cheque should be reformed so that it no longer ends up in the pockets of wealthy families with children

 

Icy weather set to continue

3. feb. 2012 13:31English

Large parts of Eastern and Northern Europe are in the grip of a harsh cold spell which is set to continue for the time being.

 

30 years for child sex Dane

3. feb. 2012 13:28English

30 years in a US jail for 61-year-old Kai Lundstrøm Pedersen, found guilty of stalking and threatening an 11-year-old on Facebook.

 

Women with cancer are waiting too long

3. feb. 2012 11:29English

A string of Danish women with early signs of cancer waited at least 450 days before receiving notice from their doctor.

 

Teenagers get good with money

3. feb. 2012 11:26English

18-20 year old Danes are better at paying their bills than those between 20 and 60, a new report reveals.

 

Sorry, the bridge was falling down

3. feb. 2012 11:24English

Ayfer Baykal, Technical and Environmental Mayor of Copenhagen, has apologised to the girls who were seriously injured at the Dronning Louise Bridge.

 

Commander returns to Afghanistan

2. feb. 2012 13:33English

The Danish company commander charged in relation to possible civilian deaths in Afghanistan has now returned to duty there.

 

Butchers mixing pork into minced beef

2. feb. 2012 13:31English

Despite constant complaints butchers and slaughter houses continue to cheat the customer by mixing cheap pork into minced beef or lamb.

 

Novo Nordisk turns a tidy profit

2. feb. 2012 13:28English

The pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk surprised analysts by increasing its operating profits by 18 per cent to DKK 22.4 billion in 2011.

 

Advice from your chemist 24/7

2. feb. 2012 11:48English

A new chat and telephone advice service from Danish chemists allows customers to obtain advice from a chemist day and night.

 

Old people must buy robot cleaners

2. feb. 2012 11:46English

Municipalities are to be allowed to refuse old people home help for vacuuming and tell them to buy robot vacuum cleaners instead.

 

Extra days off for holiday sickies

2. feb. 2012 11:43English

No more precious holiday days wasted lying in bed with a runny nose if plans for holiday sick days to be traded for fresh holiday go ahead.

 

Danes support euro pact

1. feb. 2012 13:51English

A significant majority of Danish voters support the euro pact, but Danes stand firm on staying out of the euro according to a new Gallup poll

 

Tighter border controls bring results

1. feb. 2012 13:48English

The DPP is accusing the government of misleading parliament on extra border controls, after earlier claims that they made no “noticeable” difference.

 

Søvndal supports Arab women

1. feb. 2012 13:45English

Foreign Affairs Minister Villy Søvndal wants to provide financial support to Arab women who played an active role in the “Arab spring”.

 

Breast surgeon was unregistered

1. feb. 2012 10:43English

Breast scandal surgeon Kim Tjelum was not the only one performing operations at his clinic; he employed a 77-year-old retired consultant unlawfully.

 

EU youth unemployment soars

1. feb. 2012 10:39English

Youth unemployment across Europe has jumped by 241,000 in just one year with more than five million people under 25 out of work.

 

New Danes opt for private schools

31. jan. 2012 13:05English

A growing number of New Danish families are rejecting state schools and sending their children to free schools and private schools instead.

 

Denmark can influence fiscal pact

31. jan. 2012 13:03English

Although Denmark has not adopted the euro, PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt stresses that we can still influence the content of the new fiscal pact.

 

Anti-paedophile controls tightened

31. jan. 2012 13:01English

Municipalities are tightening their checks on the “child certificates” which sports clubs have to obtain for leaders and instructors.

 

Post-mortem for all deaths in under 50s

31. jan. 2012 12:22English

Doctors believe that a post-mortem should be carried out on anyone under the age of 50 who dies suddenly and unexpectedly.

 

Family cheque always justified?

31. jan. 2012 12:19English

Polish fathers working at the abattoir in Horsens are receiving more than their wages from Danish Crown.

 

7 years for planned terror attack

31. jan. 2012 12:16English

Oslo District Court has sentenced two men to seven and three-and-a-half years’ imprisonment respectively for planning a terror attack in Denmark.

 

Hansen the hero as Denmark wins gold

30. jan. 2012 13:42English

Mikkel Hansen was the hero as Denmark secured victory in the European handball championship, defeating hosts Serbia 21-19 in the final.

 

DK ships carrying arms to conflict zones

30. jan. 2012 13:36English

Danish ships are transporting large consignments of arms to dictators, regimes, revolutionary movements and conflict areas around the world.

 

Rise in unregistered foreign companies

30. jan. 2012 13:33English

The number of foreign companies caught operating illegally in Denmark by the Working Environment Authority has doubled.

 

Rich dissatisfied with welfare state

30. jan. 2012 13:03English

The more money people earn, the more they are dissatisfied with the balance between what they put into the welfare state and what they get out again.

 

Loophole for specialists to be closed

30. jan. 2012 13:01English

There is broad agreement in the Folketing (Parliament) that some specialists should never have obtained authorisation to practice in the first place.

 

Children lacking accident insurance

30. jan. 2012 12:59English

If your child takes a tumble in the school playground and hurts themself, the municipality will no longer meet the costs of any treatment.

 
 

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