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Post-mortems for all young heart deaths?

24. maj 2013 14:06English

Pernille Auchenberg, whose husband died of a heart attack aged 40, believes there should be more post-mortems to establish hereditary causes of death.

 

DaneAge loses home help case

24. maj 2013 14:04English

Dane Age and two pensioners have lost their legal battle for the right to home help after the Supreme Court ruled in favour of Køge Municipality.

 

Right wing united on school reform

24. maj 2013 13:01English

The right-wing VKO coalition has closed ranks in its negotiations with the government on a new municipal primary and lower-secondary school reform.

 

Foreign building workers often underpaid

24. maj 2013 13:00English

A third of foreign workers on Danish building sites are being underpaid and exposed to a hazardous working environment.

 

High-profile tax cases benefit expats

23. maj 2013 13:54English

It will make life a little easier for Danish expats that SKAT is now relaxing its interpretation of the rules on tax liability.

 

Outreach to sex workers a success

23. maj 2013 13:52English

Outreach to Thai sex workers in the City of Copenhagen is proving highly successful.

 

Cancer survival rates increasing

23. maj 2013 13:50English

The number of Danes living with cancer is continuing to increase, reflecting higher survival rates.

 

Working environment issues persist

23. maj 2013 13:06English

New figures show that since 2002 Denmark has failed to achieve two national objectives in reducing the physical strain from work.

 

Army commander sues politician for libel

23. maj 2013 13:04English

General Major Per Ludvigsen, Commander Army Operational Command, is suing John Dyrby Paulsen, finance spokesman for the Social Democrats, for libel.

 

Danes popular at Cannes Festival

22. maj 2013 13:19English

Despite the lack of Danish films in this year’s programme, there is a distinctly Danish vibe present at the Cannes Film Festival.

 

Witness: Hornbech omitted violations

22. maj 2013 13:17English

All ministers are obliged to notify the Danish Parliament about serious matters – but Birthe Rønn Hornbech didn’t.

 

Majority of GPs want out of agreement

22. maj 2013 13:10English

After five consecutive regional congresses, a 94.3 per cent majority of GPs across Denmark are ready to turn in their provider numbers.

 

Government to cancel activity classes?

22. maj 2013 13:05English

According to a memo, the government is considering removing the proposal for activity classes from the new school reform.

 

Model's acquittal reopens old tax cases

22. maj 2013 13:00English

The acquittal of Camilla Vest has prompted the Danish Tax and Customs Administration to reopen old tax evasion cases.

 

New benefit agreement ready

21. maj 2013 13:00English

Among other things, the agreement includes a new labour market benefit for those who would otherwise drop out of the current system.

 

Brøndby continues in DK premier league

21. maj 2013 12:55English

Brøndby was down to 10 players and stretched to breaking point, but nevertheless won 1-0 in Horsens.

 

May is peak season for ticks

21. maj 2013 12:47English

Kids and their parents should be especially vigilant and check their bodies for ticks after a walk in the woods.

 

Researchers: No radiation panic

21. maj 2013 12:43English

The Danish cress experiment should not cause people to hit the radiation panic button, according to experts.

 

European acclaim for grade 9 experiment

17. maj 2013 13:17English

A grade 9 experiment to determine the effect of mobile phone radiation on the growth of cress seeds has received international acclaim.

 

GPs’ right to negotiate under threat

17. maj 2013 13:07English

The government is prepared to take drastic measures if the conflict with the Organisation of General Practitioners in Denmark cannot be resolved.

 

Shipcraft hits out at association

17. maj 2013 13:05English

Shipcraft has accused the Shipowners’ Association of 2010 of failings in the M/V Leonard kidnapping affair.

 

Nordic victory in Eurovision?

17. maj 2013 13:03English

In Thursday’s Eurovision semi-final, the Balkan countries were all eliminated, while the five Nordic countries all progressed to the final.

 

Red-Green opposition to compulsory jobs

16. maj 2013 13:37English

The Red-Green Alliance is advocating training rather than compulsory jobs for unemployment benefit recipients who fall out of the benefit system.

 

Regions unfazed by GPs’ threats

16. maj 2013 13:34English

The regions are not preparing a free alternative to the family GP for 1 September, when GPs are threatening to leave the public healthcare system.

 

Focus turns to male postnatal depression

16. maj 2013 12:36English

Men diagnosed with postnatal depression face long waiting times to get the treatment they need.

 

Action to curb Indre By’s nightlife

16. maj 2013 12:33English

Politicians and residents of the Indre By district of Copenhagen have had enough of broken bottles, the stink of urine and blaring music.

 

Fimm allowed to remain in DK

15. maj 2013 13:39English

On Tuesday morning, the Western High Court ruled that 6-year-old Thai-born Fimm Na Thipan be allowed to remain with his Danish stepfather.

 

Zealand GPs also ready to charge

15. maj 2013 13:37English

GPs in Region Zealand are ready to follow their colleagues in the Capital Region and turn in their provider numbers.

 

Minister steps into psychiatrist scandal

15. maj 2013 13:33English

Minister for Health Astrid Krag demands answers regarding the case of disputed psychiatrist Arne Mejlhede.

 

DK in Eurovision finals on Saturday

15. maj 2013 13:31English

Along with nine other countries, Denmark has secured a spot in the grand finale of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013.

 

PM to present benefit solution

14. maj 2013 13:33English

The government is now ready to present its scheme to support around 30,000 Danes about to lose their unemployment benefit this year.

 

Majority of GPs ready to charge patients

14. maj 2013 13:25English

Most Danish doctors are willing to turn in their provider numbers and start charging their clients directly.

 

Chinese vs. Danish students 1-0

14. maj 2013 13:22English

Danish students had to acknowledge that the Chinese were way ahead of them academically.

 

Aalbæk: I’m the least insane one

14. maj 2013 13:12English

Eccentric film producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen calls himself the ‘least insane’ person in show business.

 

Peter Loft contradicts earlier witnesses

14. maj 2013 13:04English

The former department head at the Danish Ministry of Taxation stuck to his guns during a second round of questioning on Monday.

 

38 arrested for occupying building

13. maj 2013 13:50English

Thirty-eight people were arrested on Sunday afternoon when Copenhagen Police stormed an illegally occupied building on Jagtvej.

 

Danish soldiers: Time to withdraw

13. maj 2013 13:48English

Danish soldiers in Afghanistan are confident that the Afghans will be able to manage their own security when international troops withdraw.

 

Missing man found dead at Islands Brygge

13. maj 2013 13:23English

The body of the missing 28-year-old man Martin Svejgaard Helbo has been recovered from the harbour of Islands Brygge.

 

100,000 tenants paying too much rent

13. maj 2013 13:21English

As many as 100,000 tenants of freehold flats are paying too much rent.

 

GP surgeries to close on 28 May

10. maj 2013 13:50English

Surgeries across the country will be closed on Tuesday 28 May as GPs gather in Odense for a summit on the conflict with the regions.

 

Baby girl found in plastic bag

10. maj 2013 13:48English

Police have confirmed that a baby girl found in a plastic bag in Farum yesterday morning was just a few hours old.

 

SocLibs divided over benefit reform

10. maj 2013 13:39English

Social Liberal leader Margrethe Vestager is coming under increasing pressure from the party faithful in the debate on unemployment benefit.

 

DR: New foundation to boost DK film

8. maj 2013 13:29English

Copenhagen and the greater Copenhagen area is getting a new film foundation to draw foreign film productions to the city.

 

International interest in North Sea oil

8. maj 2013 13:26English

A total of 31 international companies made the trip to Copenhagen on Tuesday in order to learn more about the possibilities of oil drilling.

 

Antorini open to educational export

8. maj 2013 13:23English

The Minister for Education wants to change the law to allow the sale of Danish teaching concepts in Asia.

 

Unemployment funds reject PM

8. maj 2013 13:21English

“Thorning is wrong, simple as that,” says the director of the Association of Danish Unemployment Funds, which is rejecting the PM's views on benefit.

 

Birthe Rønn Hornbech to explain herself

8. maj 2013 13:18English

The former Minister for Integration has been called back to explain her department’s unlawful management of citizenship applications from 2008-10.

 

Psychiatrist overcharged patients

7. maj 2013 13:51English

One expert suggests that a controversial psychiatrist also overcharged North Denmark Region for his dubious treatments and misdiagnoses.

 

Denmark gives 75m to Somalia

7. maj 2013 13:49English

The Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation have introduced an immediate support package of DKK 75 million for Somalia.

 

DPP on Somali aid: It’s crazy!

7. maj 2013 13:47English

Hans Kristian Skibby has criticised the decision to donate Danish development funds to Somalia as a crazy misplacement of funds.

 
 

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