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Genius: Denmark to label food according to effect on climate
New labelling on food packaging will enable consumers in Denmark to see the effect of their shopping on the environment. Food products will be marked with stickers showing their environmental impact, according to a proposal expected to be included in a new climate package to be presented by the government this week. “We want to give consumers the means to assess in supermarkets the environmental impact of products,” Minister for the Environment Lars Christian Lilleholt said.
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Danish producer saves 75 tonnes of 'ugly' tomatoes
Healthy production of tomatoes in Denmark, boosted by this year’s warm summer, has not been allowed to go to waste by a producer in Odense.
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US soldier convicted of attempted rape in Denmark
A U.S. soldier has been banned from Denmark for 12 years after he was convicted last week of attempted rape in the country. The soldier was assigned to a special operations unit in Europe when the incident occurred, according to Stars and Stripes. The 21-year-old was also sentenced to 18 months in prison.
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Crime or right? Some Danish Muslims to defy face veil ban
When a ban on the wearing of face veils in public took effect in Denmark on Wednesday, Sabina (pictured centre below) did not leave her niqab at home. Instead, she joined around 1,300 Muslims and non-Muslims alike in a march through the capital Copenhagen to protest at what they saw as an infringement on freedom of religion and expression.
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In Denmark, Harsh New Laws for Immigrant ‘Ghettos’
When Rokhaia Naassan gives birth in the coming days, she and her baby boy will enter a new category in the eyes of Danish law. Because she lives in a low-income immigrant neighborhood described by the government as a “ghetto,” Rokhaia will be what the Danish newspapers call a “ghetto parent” and he will be a “ghetto child.” Starting at the age of 1, “ghetto children” must be separated from their families for at least 25 hours a week, not including nap time, for mandatory instruction in...
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Denmark joins some European nations in banning burqa, niqab
Denmark joined some other European countries in deciding Thursday to ban garments that cover the face, including Islamic veils such as the niqab or burq.
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Inventor Madsen guilty of Kim Wall murder
Danish inventor Peter Madsen has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of the Swedish journalist Kim Wall on his submarine. Madsen had planned to kill Ms Wall, 30, either by suffocating her or cutting her throat, the Copenhagen court heard. Her dismembered remains were found by Danish police at sea on 21 August last year, 11 days after she interviewed him on board his homemade vessel.
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How Windmills as Wide as Jumbo Jets Are Making Clean Energy Mainstream
The global wind turbine industry has transformed from a collection of small companies in Denmark to corporations pulling off enormous feats of engineering.
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Danish municipalities pay for condoms and birth control to prevent teen pregnancies
Municipalities in Denmark are offering free and discounted contraception in a bid to reduce unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. At a municipal condom supplier in Randers, citizens can choose from a range of discounted condoms and contraception and a similar service is on its way in a second town, Holstebro, reports DR.
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
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Light
A new edit of an old picture from 2008 taken at the open air museum called Frilandsmuseet in Denmark.
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Danish Inventor Accused of Murdering Kim Wall Goes on Trial
Peter Madsen is said to have killed and dismembered Ms. Wall after inviting her onto his self-built submarine, in a case that has garnered worldwide attention.
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Trump's Stance on Guns Spurs Rare Political Response in Denmark
In a rare example of breaking with diplomatic niceties, the prime minister of Denmark is publicly urging President Donald Trump to respond to the outcry that has followed the latest mass shooting in the U.S. Lars Lokke Rasmussen, who leads Denmark’s center-right minority coalition, said Trump needs to listen to the students demonstrating in support of tighter gun control. He chose to convey his sentiments via Twitter, Trump’s preferred medium for communication.
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Denmark’s Prince Henrik, husband of Queen Margrethe II, dead at 83
His Royal Highness Prince Henrik of Denmark, the husband of Danish Queen Margrethe II, died Tuesday night at Fredensborg Palace. He was 83. A statement from the palace said the prince died “died peacefully in his sleep” with his wife and two sons by his side. The palace, 20 miles north of Copenhagen, is used by Margrethe and Henrik as one of their residences.
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Ronal The Barbarian
Ronal is a young barbarian with low self-esteem, the polar opposite of all the muscular barbarians in his village. He's a real wuss. However, as fate would have it, responsibility for the tribe's survival falls on Ronal's scrawny shoulders, when the evil Lord Volcazar raids the village and abducts every living barbarian.
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Soon, Cars in Denmark Will Only Be Taxed at 100%
Copenhagen’s reputation as a cyclists’ paradise isn’t just due to a lack of hills: Registration duties of up to 180 percent mean Denmark is one of the most expensive countries in which to buy a new car.
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Denmark to seek life sentence for inventor who killed journalist Kim Wall
Danish prosecutors will seek to have inventor Peter Madsen jailed for life for killing Swedish journalist Kim Wall on his homebuilt submarine in a premeditated murder, possibly by either cutting her throat or strangling her, police said on Tuesday. Wall, a 30-year-old freelance journalist who was researching a stry on the entrepreneur and aerospace engineer, went missing after Madsen took her out to sea in his 56-foot submarine in August last year.
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Mother who left baby outside New York restaurant in 1997 says arrest was unjust
Anette Sørenson of Denmark says American parents ‘live in fear’, 20 years after case that shocked people in US and Denmark – for opposite reasons
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Cold War returns as Denmark builds giant tower to spy on Russia
Denmark has announced plans to build a huge spy station intended to capture Russian communications amid heightened tensions between the Western military alliance NATO and rival Moscow. Lars Findsen, chief of Denmark's Defense Intelligence Service (FE), said Saturday the country was planning to build a nearly 280-foot-tall listening tower near Ostermarie, on the Danish island of Bornholm.
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Lost medieval village discovered in Denmark
The site of a village described in written sources from the Middle Ages has been found by archaeologists in Denmark. Traces of three courtyards surrounded by a ditch marks out an area which archaeologists have interpreted as the centre of a village dating back to the Middle Ages at Tollerup in eastern Denmark, reports ScienceNordic.
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