tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44180845282761732532012-05-30T19:29:21.704+03:00Something is rotten in Denmark. This is a blog about my thoughts, feelings, pictures about Denmark. I was there for one and a half year.I was impressed and disappointed at the same time. Denmark looks very well from outside but very bad from inside.Alexandruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04000676341341612326noreply@blogger.comBlogger474125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418084528276173253.post-41335646024384896212012-05-30T19:29:00.000+03:002012-05-30T19:29:21.720+03:00

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1. Demolition of skyscrapers in Rødovre, near Copenhagen (video)  1. Attack of the killer algae: Danish beaches hit by carnivorous creatures that eat animals up to 10,000 times its size (Daily Mail) 1. Can a foreigner ever become a Dane? (Copenhagen Post) 2. Aarhus airport accused of discrimination (Copenhagen Post) 3. Permanent residency rules changed June 1, 2012 (borger.dk) – link in

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1. Protest against ACTA in Aalborg - Denmark (febr. 25th 2012) (Demotix)2. Has Denmark run out of TV actors? (The Guardian)3. What Britain could learn from Denmark's childcare model (The Guardian)

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A group of more than 30 rightsholders have won their case targeted against Grooveshark in Denmark. A court agreed that both the streaming music service and its users infringe recording label copyrights and granted an injunction forcing an ISP to initiate a block of the service. The anti-piracy group behind the action hopes that other ISPs will now follow suit.Last year, a group of entertainment

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Christmas hearts is a unique Danish papercut tradition invented by the well-known Danish fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen around 150 years ago. Basically, a Christmas heart consists of two pieces of folded glossy paper of different colours which are cut in a certain way and then woven together so that they form the shape of a heart. There are boundless numbers of possibilities for designs

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In Denmark, the Day of Lucia (’’Luciadag’’) was first celebrated on December 13, 1944. The tradition was directly imported from Sweden by initiative of Franz Wend, secretary of Föreningen Norden, as an attempt "to bring light in a time of darkness”. Implicitly it was meant as a passive protest against German occupation during the Second World War but it has been a tradition ever since. Although

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Occupy Denmark held on 15 October 2011 a demonstration at City Hall Square [Rådhus Pladsen] in Copenhagen in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street.Photo: Flickr (set of pictures)

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When the Liberal-Conservative coalition led by Lars Løkke Rasmussen came to power in Denmark in 2001, it relied on support from the right-wing and staunchly anti-immigrant Danish People's Party [Danske Folkeparty – DF]. As a result of that union, Denmark passed some of the strictest immigration and asylum laws in Europe. Among other things, its policies restricted benefits to immigrants, limited

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Danes will soon be allowed dual citizenship if the new government carries through with its promise to change the current situation. At present Denmark is one of a handful of European countries that does not grant dual citizenship, but that could all change soon, according to a report in newspaper Berlingske Tidende (link in danish).Two sentences in the new coalition government’s platform seem to

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Denmark’s central bank said it will provide as much as 400 billion kroner ($72.6 billion) as part of an extended collateral program to provide emergency liquidity to the country’s banks.Lenders will also be able to borrow liquidity for six months, alongside the central bank’s existing seven-day facility, at a rate that tracks the benchmark lending rate, currently 1.55 percent, the bank said in a

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Starting from this Saturday, Danes will pay an extra 30p on each pack of butter, 8p on a pack of crisps, and an extra 13p on a pound of mince, as a result of the tax.The tax is expected to raise about 2.2bn DKK (£140m), and cut consumption of saturated fat by close to 10%, and butter consumption by 15%."It's the first ever fat-tax," said Mike Rayner, Director of Oxford University's Health

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Rune Hallum Sørenson (link in danish) sets a Danish record of 68 metres at the AIDA world freediving championships in Kalamata, Greece. Competitors swim on one breath, and the disciplines include maximum depth reached, maximum distance swum and static apnea – or longest breath held underwater.Photo: Fred Buyle/ Hungry Eye Images (Guardian Eyewitness series)

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1. Sperm bank turns down redheads (The Telegraph)2. Banking Crisis in Denmark (Bloomberg)3. Gucci Helle Revamps Image to Beat Sex Gap in Danish Election (Bloomberg)4. Denmark set to move to left in general election (Euronews)5. Denmark poised to shift left in parliamentary election, elect country's first female PM (Sun Sentinel)6. Queen of Denmark, please stop using Bearskin Hats in the Royal

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Denmark's centre-left has won the country's general election, ending nearly a decade in opposition.With all votes counted, the bloc led by Social Democrat leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt had won a narrow majority in parliament.She is set to become Denmark's first woman prime minister. Incumbent Lars Lokke Rasmussen has admitted defeat.Ms Thorning-Schmidt had campaigned on a platform of tax rises

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A right-wing populist party, one of Europe's most influential, will face a test of voter sentiment at the ballot box. The Danish People's Party [DF] has been instrumental in tightening at least 20 laws pertaining to immigration and migration.The path to the right-wing outsiders leads straight through the hallowed halls of Christiansborg Palace, right on past the red and white national flag, the "

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Helle Thorning-Schmidt expected to lead centre-left coalition into power and become country's first female prime minister.Ten years of rightwing rule that have turned Denmark into the most closed country in Europe for immigrants looks likely to end this week, with a Social Democrat tipped to become the Danes' first female prime minister.Helle Thorning-Schmidt, the daughter-in-law of Neil and

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In Copenhagen – one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world in which 36% of its inhabitants cycle to work or school, and which has committed to increasing that figure to 50% by 2015 – there are controversial voices coming from unexpected places.According to the Danish Cyclists' Federation and Wonderful Copenhagen, the official tourism organisation for Denmark, the sheer success of the drive

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1. Terror charges brought against 5 comrades in Denmark: arson attacks to destabilize the state (link) 2. E-coli found in Copenhagen water supply (link in danish) - This is unacceptable, shame on Copenhagen. 3. Regions in Denmark to be abolished (link in danish)

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Only two and a half weeks after the horrible terror massacre in Norway, a secret network of racists has been exposed in Denmark. With about 100 members, ‘ORG’ has existed for 20 years, preparing for a ‘showdown’ with immigrants and ‘traitors’. Leading members of the Danish People’s Party and an infamous police officer are among its members. The news was published on 10 August by Politiken,

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Sending a strong message to Denmark, India on Friday said Danish high court's refusal to allow extradition of Purulia arms drop case accused Kim Davy has "grave and far-reaching" implications and can only serve as an encouragement to terrorists and criminals.The external affairs ministry while expressing its great disappointment over the court verdict also said India's demand that Davy be handed

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Denmark, part of the Schengen border-free zone, has deployed extra customs officers on its frontiers in a move causing concern among EU neighbours.Thirty additional officers were being posted on the Danish land border with Germany and 20 others on the country's sea borders.Denmark's government is under pressure to curb illegal immigration.The centre-right coalition moved to introduce the

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1. Festival-goer dies in fall at Roskilde event (BBC and Syracuse)2. Flood in the streets of Copenhagen (CNN and video)3. Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark shows CNN's Richard Quest his renovated palace with sustainability at its core (video from CNN)

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DenmarkHead of state:Queen Margrethe IIHead of government:Lars Løkke RasmussenDeath penalty: abolitionist for all crimesPopulation: 5.5 millionLife expectancy:78.7 yearsUnder-5 mortality (m/f):6/6 per 1,000 Counter-terrorism legislation continued to give rise to concern.

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