Danish anti-opium projects failing
Denmark has spent 40 million kroner on anti-opium projects in the Helmand district of Afghanistan, but the efforts seem to be for naught. A new report from UN’s anti-drug organisation, UNODC, showed that the areas used for growing poppy fields in Helmand have increased for the third year in a row – Politiken
Ending unemployment benefits making the jobless less picky
A clear majority of the job centre heads that Berlingske newspaper spoke to agreed that the unemployed are more prepared to travel further and accept a job outside their field. The change in behaviour is most likely down to people's fear of losing their unemployment benefits (dagpenge) after the benefits period was halved to two years. – Berlingske
Expensive train plan caters to few
The government’s high-profile 27.5 billion kroner train plan will only benefit a few thousand of the nation’s more than 100,000 daily rail travellers. In total, the new 'hour model', aimed at making the travel time between Denmark's largest cities no longer than an hour, will cater to just 4,190 additional travellers between the cities every day, according to new figures from the Traffic Ministry – Jyllands-Posten
Ministry takes time on churches
The Church Ministry has decided to monitor all of the personal registration duties in the country’s parishes to see how much money they can save locally. The church will time how long it takes for priests and other workers to register births, certificate of baptisms, name changes, marriage certificates and death certificates, among others. – Kristeligt-Dagblad
Cyberspies use Danish servers to steal data
Danish servers are being used as a way station in connection with IT-related industrial espionage, according to a report from the cyber security centre of military intelligence agency Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste (FE). The report reveals that Chinese authorities have used Danish computers as a conduit to hack into other countries' IT systems. The report doesn't directly accuse China of misusing Danish computers, but indicates that traces of illegal activity have been found that indicate the computers have been used in attacks. – Ingeniøren
New ‘bigger boobs’ app causing stir
A free new phone app from Aleris-Hamlet Hospital that allows women to photograph their breasts and then see an enlarged version has attracted criticism. Birgit Petersson, a lecturer at the department of Medicinal Woman and Sexes Research at Copenhagen University, called the app “grotesque”. – metroXpress
