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- Empty Handed
“It is hard to imagine that he will be receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Dec. 10 and then come empty-handed to Copenhagen a week later,” she said. (full article…)
- Another Danish Soldier Dies
Et angreb på en dansk patrulje i Afghanistan har kostet en dansk soldat livet. (full article…)
- Define Terrorism
Denmark’s justice minister, Brian Mikkelsen, said: “Terrorism is defined in relation to a legitimate state which builds on the principles of democracy and the rule of law. Part of the evaluation is also whether an act is targeted at, among others, an occupation power.” The prosecution in the case has argued that the defining factor [...]
- Denmark Aids Gaza Victims
The Development Ministry has contributed 20 million kroner to victims of the latest Middle-East military action in Gaza. A 12-day bombardment of the area has seen an estimated 600 Palestinians killed, of which at least 195 were children. (more…)
- Danish Aid Vehicles Bombed in Gaza
Three ambulances belonging to Danish humanitarian organisation DanChurchAid were destroyed by Israeli bombs in Gaza on Monday night, reports public broadcaster DR. (more…)
- The Danes Will Support Gaza
Røde Kors starter i dag på opfordring af danskerne en indsamling til fordel for ofrene i Gaza-konflikten. (more…)
- Elizabeth Gudrais: Unequal America
When Majid Ezzati thinks about declining life expectancy, he says, “I think of an epidemic like HIV, or I think of the collapse of a social system, like in the former Soviet Union.” But such a decline is happening right now in some parts of the United States. Between 1983 and 1999, men’s life expectancy [...]
- Anniversary of the Occupation of Denmark by German Forces: April 9, 1940
Today marks the anniversary of the Nazi German invasion and subsequent occupation of Denmark in 1940—the so-called Operation Weserübung. Early that morning 68 years ago, German warships entered Copenhagen harbor in violation of a German-Danish non-aggression treaty signed the prior year. The Danish military was in no condition to pose a serious obstacle to German [...]
