Opposition leader to address tax mistake

‘20-year’ rain storm swamps western Zealand

11:05: Towns received a month’s worth of rain in less than two days Towns in western Zealand were doing their best to dry out yesterday after being inundated with what amounts to a month’s worth of rain in 36 hours. When...Read article

American footballer attacked with bat

10:51: Unprovoked assault being investigated as aggravated assault An American teenager playing in the Dana Cup football tournament in town of Hjørring suffered a broken nose last night when he was attacked with a baseball bat by unknown assailants. Nordjykse Media...Read article

Record number of school acceptances

10:38: Large number of young people, bad economy add up to more hopefuls A record 52,544 young people will today receive school acceptance letters, according to figures published by the national Enrolment Secretariat. The number of acceptances to universities and other...Read article

Unidentified body found

10:13: Officials hope autopsy will identify gender, cause of death Police in Roskilde are trying to determine the identity of a body found in a gravel pit there yesterday. Investigators said that because the body had been exposed to the elements,...Read article

OB midfielder’s sale called off by Premier League club

29.07.10: Disputes over Eric Djemba-Djemba’s medical condition halt deal Premier League club West Bromich has called off a deal to acquire Odense Boldklub’s Eric Djemba-Djemba, citing his failure of the mandatory medical examination as the grounds. West Bromich had announced on...Read article

July one of hottest on record

29.07.10: A sunny and warm July did not quite crack the record books Sizzling temperatures throughout Europe in July also meant a very warm month for Denmark, according to national weather service DMI. According to the agency, this month is set...Read article

Foreign workers clambering to Denmark

29.07.10: Earning kroner during the summer is a strong pull for many eastern Europeans High pay for even unskilled jobs has Europeans flocking to Denmark this summer in an effort to earn quick money, according to figures from state job recruitment...Read article

Experts say foreign minister’s days likely numbered

29.07.10: The latest questionable decision by the minister may have sealed her fate A slew of job-related missteps by Lene Espersen have almost guaranteed that she will soon be replaced as foreign minister, according to several experts. Since Espersen committed her...Read article

S-train movie trailer illegal

28.07.10: Scenes from DiCaprio movie deemed not appropriate for children An advertisement for the movie ‘Inception’ currently running on the new television monitor screens in Greater Copenhagen’s S-trains is breaking media laws regarding children’s viewing, reports public broadcaster DR. The movie...Read article

Care worker was hiding from TV2

28.07.10: Eldercare worker hid in home to escape unidentified followers A TV2 news report revealing widespread negligence by eldercare providers is itself being criticised. Trade union FOA, which represents many publicly employed care workers, said it was considering lodging a complaint...Read article

CPH a hotspot with foreign investors

28.07.10: Big increase in C20 share values boosting share sales abroad Foreign investors have been buying up shares in Danish companies at blinding speed of late, according to figures from Nationalbanken. Over the past year, foreign holdings of Danish stocks have...Read article

FC Copenhagen sells league’s highest-paid player

28.07.10: Brazilian forward Ailton Almeida will continue his career in Cyprus Ailton Almeida showed flashes of brilliance with FC Copenhagen during his three-year stay with the club but never fulfilled the expectations of team management, which sold the Brazilian striker yesterday...Read article

Door shuts on Danish students in Sweden

28.07.10: New admission rules for Swedish universities may violate Nordic agreement A rule change regarding eligibility for university classes in Sweden has affected a number of Danish and other Nordic students who are supposed to have special rights under a previous...Read article

Military to scour Wikileak documents

28.07.10: Investigation comes after allegations child was killed during firefight The military has begun a probe into some 75,000 documents about the war in Afghanistan that have been leaked through the Wikileak website, reports Politiken.dk. The documents provide hitherto unknown details...Read article

Festival takes opera to streets (and waterways)

28.07.10: Annual Opera Festival turns city into a living concert hall Yesterday marked the opening act of the city’s Opera Festival, which sees opera step out from its traditional background of concert halls and onto the streets, waterways and metro lines....Read article

Gov’t threatened by ally over immigration law

28.07.10: Danish People’s Party would give exemption to Western immigrants If the current law requiring foreign spouses to be at least 24 years old to secure residency is not toughened, then the Danish People’s Party will not support the Liberal-Conservative government’s...Read article

Here comes the harvest

27.07.10: Effect of late planting season yet to be determined Farmers across the country have begun their summer harvest a week later than normal due to the cold winter. Crops of winter barley, grass seed and winter rapeseed grown on warm...Read article