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    Denmark’s plan for first green flight route stumbles over legislation

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    Denmark’s first green aviation route, which the government pledged last year would open in Denmark in 2025, is looking “uncertain”, according to the Danish Transport Agency.A significant roadblock is the fact that flying on 100 percent green fuel is still restricted. Safety regulations stipulate that an aircraft tank may contain a fuel mixture of a […]

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    Northern Lights visible in Copenhagen

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    Last night, the northern lights were visible in the Capital Region of Denmark, and even in Copenhagen itself – a rare occurrence due to the heightened levels of light pollution in the big city. It’s going to become more common, says astrophysicist and science manager at the Planetarium in Copenhagen, Cecilie Sand Nørholm.“We have had a […]

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    Inflation in Denmark falls significantly – approaches one percent

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    In July, consumer prices were 1.1 percent higher than in the same period last year, according to Danmarks Statistik.In June, inflation was 1.8 percent.The lower inflation is due to the price of electricity has risen significantly less between June and July this year compared to last year.The lower inflation benefits many wage earners. They have […]

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    Olympics: King salutes legends as they take gold in emotional goodbye to handball team

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    For more than 15 years, goalkeeper Niklas Landin and left back Mikkel Hansen have dominated and carried the successful Danish national team in handball.Before the Olympics, both players announced that Paris will be their last tournament. Mikkel Hansen, who with his long hair and characteristic hair band literally looks like an actual Viking, is ending […]

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    Travelling choir will reintroduce morning song to Danish schools in new government initiative

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    School children should start their mornings with shared singing, according to Culture Minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt, who wants to reintroduce morning song as a permanent feature of the school day.He has earmarked a pool of DKK 10 million, which Danish schools can apply for, to buy instruments and fund further training for teachers who will lead […]

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    Tighter security introduced at Danish-Swedish border to curb gang warfare

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    There will be tighter controls at the Danish-Swedish border from Friday onwards, the Danish Minister of Justice Peter Hummelgaard told TV 2 on Friday.Police personnel will be deployed at the Øresund train stations, and there will be increased analysis of car number plates via ANPG cameras at the border.The announcement comes after several recent arrests […]

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    Demonstration against gun violence in Nørrebro to take place on Friday

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    A demonstration organised by the citizens’ initiative We’re taking back the streets will take place on Friday evening in Nørrebro, in response to a shooting on Thursday that killed one and injured another in the Copenhagen neighbourhood.A representative from the initiative Jan Malinokowski said that it is important that Nørrebro’s residents “who experience the danger […]

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    Man killed and woman injured in shooting in Nørrebro – police appeal for information

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    A 43-year-old man was killed and a 42-year old woman injured in a shooting on Hans Tavsens Gade in Nørrebro on Thursday evening.The perpetrator remains at large and is said to be wearing black clothes, have dark skin, and rode away from the scene on a bicycle in the direction of Griffenfeldsgade, according to Copenhagen […]

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    Dane sought under red notice for drug trafficking is extradited from Morocco

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    A 38-year-old man suspected of smuggling and selling around 50 kilograms of amphetamine, was extradited to Denmark from Morocco on Wednesday, according to a press release from Denmark’s special crime unit NSK.The man, who is from Aalborg, was arrested at Mohammed V Airport in Casablanca in January. He is wanted under an international red notice […]

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    Danish pharmaceutical group buys US company in move to expand lung-cancer drug worldwide

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    The Danish pharmaceutical group Pharmacosmos today announced that it has acquired the American listed company G1 Therapeutics.The total equity value of the acquisition is DKK 2.8 billion, or USD 405 million, according to a press release from G1.The Danish company, via its US subsidiary Pharmacosmos Therapeutics Inc., will acquire all outstanding shares of G1 Therapeutics […]

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    Polish man who punched Prime Minister on shoulder will be deported

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    Copenhagen City Court yesterday sentenced a Polish man who assaulted the Danish Prime Minister on a street in Copenhagen to four months’ unconditional prison, followed by deportation and a six-year re-entry ban to Denmark.The 39-year-old man struck Frederiksen “with a closed fist” on the shoulder as she was walking to meet a friend for coffee […]

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    Global share panic may produce cheaper mortgage loans in Denmark

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    The global share panic this week, after Japan on Monday posted its worst stock market drop since Wall Street’s Black Monday in 1987, and the US Dow Jones opened on a significant loss, has partially abated as markets show signs of a choppy recovery.In Denmark, where the C25 Index has mostly regained its initial 3.5 […]

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