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University of Southern Denmark receives Euro 8 M
The University of Southern Denmark (SDU) at Odense has received a VILLUM Foundation grant of Euro 8 M (US$ 10.6 M) to establish a research infrastructure for Bioanalytical Sciences. The new Center for Bioanalytical Sciences will incorporate instrumentation for genomics, proteomics and lipidomics studies, and equipment and computers for detailed analysis of biomolecular structures, interactions ...
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Afghan election support may be put on hold
Obama Monday asking about information regarding cash payments to Karzai. He said Karzai was told by the CIA the payments were ongoing. Corker said he would place $75 million in U.S. government funding for Afghan election programs on hold until he gets information about the payments from the White House. "I have determined that the further commitment of taxpayer funds at this time toward ...
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CMA CGM Maersk Line and MSC to Partner on East-West Trades
Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) have agreed to establish a long-term operational alliance on East-West trades.The new P3 Network initially will operate 255 vessels on 29 loops on ...
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LEGO plans Mars rover Curiosity model
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, which for almost a year has been driving across the Red Planet, will be the next model to roll off LEGO's CUUSOO production line, the toy company announced Friday, June 14. The Denmark-based LEGO Group chose ...
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Danske Bank may not pay full 2013 dividend
Danske Bank, which was badly affected by its exposure to Ireland, said it may not be able to pay its 2013 dividend in full after the Danish regulator said it must set aside more cash to cover risk. Danske shares fell nearly 6% on back of the news. Nordic regulators are among the toughest in Europe and their banks are, as a result, some of the best-capitalised. However Denmark has been a ...
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Lego to expand Czech production
DANISH toymaker Lego says it will expand a factory in the Czech Republic and create some 800 jobs to meet growing regional demand for its popular building ...
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Louisville Slugger Factory And Museum Lego Exhibit Attracting Fans
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- A baseball-themed exhibit built entirely from Legos is attracting adults and children to the Louisville Slugger Factory and Museum. The exhibit occupies a large space inside the museum and is filled with baseball-themed art, including a 58,000-piece model of Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs. There are also portraits of famous major league players built out of ...
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Bomb explodes just before last NATO transfer of Afghan security duties
Three civilians died in a blast in western Kabul Tuesday ahead of the NATO transfer of responsibility for security to Afghan forces, officials said. Gen. Mohammad Daud Amin, Kabul's deputy police chief, said intended target Mohammad Mohaqiq, a lawmaker and former cabinet member from the minority Hazara community, survived the attack, but at least four bodyguards were among the nearly two ...
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Maersk plans alliance with two biggest shipping rivals
Reuters © A crew member works as cargo is unloaded from Emma Maersk, one of the world's largest containers which is designed to carry 15,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (ETU), at Container Terminal 9 at Hong Kong's Kwai Chung district September 7, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby ...
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Finland raises 1.5 billion euros in tap auction of two bonds
HELSINKI, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 6:35am EDT HELSINKI, June 18 (Reuters) - Finland's treasury said it raised 1 billion euros ($1.33 billion) in a tap auction of two government bonds, selling 10-year paper at an average yield of 1.774 percent. Finland is one of only four euro zone states to hold a full set of triple-A credit ratings, although the country's central bank ...
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Danske Bank leads European shares lower on capital woes
LONDON, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 3:14am EDT LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) - European shares edged lower early on Tuesday, led by Denmark's Danske Bank on capital concerns while more broadly investors remained cautious ahead of a two-day meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve. Danske Banke fell 7.9 percent after an order by a Danish regulator for the country's biggest financial ...
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Maersk ties up with container ship rivals
COPENHAGEN: The container shipping unit of Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk has entered into an alliance with its two biggest rivals MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. and CMA CGM to improve operations and services. The companies, the three biggest container shipping operators in the world measured on capacity, aim to start operations in the second quarter of 2014, depending ...
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Scottish island groups launch campaign for more autonomy
Councils for the Orkneys, Shetlands and Western Isles in Scotland launched the "Our Islands, Our Future" campaign Monday, seeking greater autonomy. The councils called for a "new Scottish constitutional settlement," The Scotsman reported. Officials said they are seeking greater independence whether or not a referendum to create an independent Scotland passes next year. ...
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Sweden return excites Spains Ainhoa
Explaining that being among the top teams in Europe is like "a prize," goalkeeper Ainhoa insisted thatSpain were going to Sweden determined to compete with the ...
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Copenhagen Airport applies noise lessons to cut air pollution
SPECIAL REPORT / When trade unionists began raising concerns about the health impact of pollution on airfield ground and service crews, including possible links to cancer, the Copenhagen Airport moved to restrict aircraft engine use and shift towards greener service ...
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No food no water no blankets - welcome to Norwegian Air Shuttle
Norwegian Air Shuttle, Europe's third-largest budget airline, has apologised for refusing passengers food, water and even blankets on its recently launched long-haul flights to New York and Bangkok. A 16-year-old spent his Oslo to New York flight freezing since he only had cash and no credit card with him to pay the $5 fee charged by the carrier for renting a blanket, the daily newspaper ...
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Sports Briefing | Swimming Danish Swimmer Tests Positive for Drugs
Mads Glaesner, a Danish swimmer, will be stripped of gold and bronze medals from last ...
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Randers keeper Ousted linked with Vancouver Whitecaps
. The 28-year olds contract with Danish SuperLiga side Randers is set to expire and reports emanating in his homeland suggest he could be on the move to Canada early next month. Whitecaps head coach Martin Rennie has Brad Knighton and Joe Cannon as his senior keepers but is believed to be keen to bring in some further quality to push the pair, however, he was coy when quizzed on the ...
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Danish regulator tells Danske Bank to set aside more capital
Danske Bank, the country's biggest financial institution, said the order from the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) would result over time in a rise in risk-weighted assets of around 100 billion Danish crowns ($17.89 billion) relative to the figure for the first quarter of this year of 797 ...
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Sweden bans Google Apps for government employees over privacy concerns
A Google user online in a cybercafe in Brasilia on April 09, 2008. Leaked documents have revealed that the US National Security Agency has been tapping directly into the servers of nine US Internet companies, including Google, through a top-secret government program called PRISM. (EVARISTO SA/AFP/Getty Images) Sweden's data privacy watchdog has banned the use of Google applications, ...
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Biggest Banks in Denmark Told Systemic Assets Can Be Bailed Out
Denmark will do what it can to protect banking assets needed to sustain the economy, the head of the nation's central bank said. "Concerning systemic institutions, one would do everything possible to protect the systemically important parts, which would include considerations to the well-being of the general public," Governor Lars Rohde said in an interview in Copenhagen. ...
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A Classic Danish Experience Where Youd Least Expect It
3XN , opened at the end of March, and it's a short bus ride from the airport. On the outside, the low-lying, curvaceous structure, which is surrounded by a raised moat, looks like a sea creature breaching the ocean; the metallic, cross-hatched surface resemble scales. The building is laid out like a lop-sided starfish, with zones for marine life from different parts of the world--it ...
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Lego makes beautiful music with the Sydney Opera House
official Lego Sydney Opera House set before as part of the toy company's Architecture range, but let's be honest: an awful lot of detail got lost in the model's tiny size. Lego's about to do something about that, though. On September 1, Lego fanatics will be able to get their hands on an insanely detailed, 2,989-piece model of the iconic building designed by Danish ...
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Turbulent start to Norwegians budget long-haul flights
Norwegian Air Shuttle, Europe's third-largest budget airline, apologised Monday for refusing passengers food, water and even blankets on its recently launched long-haul flights to New York and Bangkok. A 16-year-old spent his Oslo to New York flight freezing since he only had cash and no credit card with him to pay the $5 fee charged by the carrier for renting a blanket, the daily newspaper ...
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Denmark swimmer stripped of two worlds medals
Thanassis Stavrakis/AP COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Danish swimmer Mads Glaesner will be stripped of gold and bronze medals from last year's world short-course championships because of a positive drug test. The Danish swimming federation says Glaesner received a three-month suspension after testing positive for Levmetamfetamine, a product used in nasal decongestants, after ...
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Denmark's Russian relationship
Danish relations with Russia have existed for several centuries, with the first recorded diplomatic relations dating from 1493, when King Hans and Ivan III signed a treaty aimed at planning an offensive against Sweden and Lithuania. Since then the relations between the two countries have grown closer, frayed, become tense, reconciled and stagnated at different points throughout the history of their respective political development.
Denmark and Russia have always been economically and politically important to one another though. Denmark, since the end of the Cold War, has acted as a bridge between the east and west, and during much of the tumultuous politics of the post-war and Cold War period, remained largely neutral in many affairs concerning Russia. In 1939 the country refused to support measures to expel Russia from the then-League of Nations, and resisted attempts by Nordic countries to set up a defense alliance for the region. Read more
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