Tag Archive | "Denmark"
Posted on 01 September 2010. Tags: court, crime, Denmark, law, NATO, piracy, pirates, Somalia
International maritime laws have prevented authorities from prosecuting a group of Somali pirates captured by a Danish warship in the Aden Gulf this weekend. Denmark’s defence minister said a lack of witnesses forced a decision to free the rogue sailors. Read the full story
Posted in Business, Denmark, General, International, MBL, Politics, Travel
Posted on 30 August 2010. Tags: advertising, Denmark, medical, morals, nurse, shortage, staff, topless
The Danish Nurses’ Organisation has had an online advertisement yanked, after the images of randy medics using unconventional methods to revive patients were deemed too racy. The nurses’ union pulled the commercial from the YouTube website, calling the ad a “slip-up” and saying it “went over the line”. Read the full story
Posted in Denmark, General, MBL, Marketing and Consulting, Technology
Posted on 29 August 2010. Tags: art, complaint, Denmark, gay, government, local, morals
Council employees in Denmark have demanded that a picture of two toy figures simulating gay sex be removed from their offices. According to news website lokalavisen.dk, workers at Roskilde Town Hall are in uproar over the cheeky artwork which shows two ‘Duplo’ men getting friendly in a public park. Read the full story
Posted in Art, Denmark, General, MBL, Politics
Posted on 27 August 2010. Tags: assylum, Denmark, policitcs, Sweden
A disgruntled Swede has sought asylum in Denmark, after claiming he “couldn’t stomach” the people in his homeland any longer. According to Politiken, life in Sweden got too much for the man, who skipped the country in search of a better existence elsewhere. Read the full story
Posted in Culture, Denmark, General, Lifestyle, MBL, Politics, Sweden, Travel
Posted on 23 August 2010. Tags: air travel, airport, birdstrike, Copenhagen, Denmark, pidgeons
Copenhagen Airport is stepping up its efforts to make the area a no fly zone for pigeons, after a bird hit a jet and caused an emergency landing last week. Authorities in the Danish capital city have given both the airport and those living around it permission to shoot the birds down outside of the normal hunting season which begins on 1st October. Read the full story
Posted in Denmark, Environment, General, MBL, Travel
Posted on 20 August 2010. Tags: clothes, cosmetics, Denmark, expenses, paris to berlin, rafn, supreme court, tax
A Danish pop star has taken her quest to get a full tax deduction for clothes and make-up purchased for on-stage performances to the Supreme Court. Lina Rafn, who sings with the band Infernal and won international notoriety for her vocals on Paw’s Paris to Berlin song, is this week at the country’s highest court to contest a previous ruling. Read the full story
Posted in Denmark, General, Lifestyle, MBL, Music
Posted on 19 August 2010. Tags: computers. facebook, Denmark, military, technology
Danish soldiers heading to Lebanon have been told to censor their Facebook profiles after a string of inappropriate posts caused embarrassment for the country’s military. According to broadcaster DR, members of the armed forces who were assigned a deployment in the Middle Eastern country this week were asked not to post anything improper or offensive on the popular social networking website. Read the full story
Posted in Denmark, General, International, MBL
Posted on 18 August 2010. Tags: cairn, Denmark, Environment, Greenland, Oil, UK
The Cairn Energy oil exploration group has confirmed that it has sold a 51 percent stake in its Indian arm to help fund its project off the coast of Greenland. Just as offshore drilling becomes more controversial in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico disaster, the Edinburgh-based group will return a “substantial sum” to investors and add to its two rigs already positioned 200km from Aasiaat, on Greenland’s west coast. Read the full story
Posted in Business, Denmark, Energy, Environment, General, Greenland, MBL, Technology, United Kingdom
Posted on 15 August 2010. Tags: bread, Denmark, Politics
A Danish minister has urged the food industry to use its loaf, after it was revealed that residents are set to shell out even more for their daily bread. Even though Danes pay some of the highest prices in Europe for bread, news has come that costs are set to rise even further. Read the full story
Posted in Business, Denmark, General, Lifestyle, MBL, Politics
Posted on 14 August 2010. Tags: cars, Copenhagen, Denmark, enforcement, law, parking
Parking officials in Copenhagen are keeping the rules under wraps, claiming drivers will argue with wardens and skirt around the law if they know the system. According to public broadcaster DR, Parking Copenhagen is withholding information about its regulations and issuing tickets without any reference to written policy. Read the full story
Posted in Denmark, General, MBL, Politics, Travel