Provides the latest RSS feeds for Denmark News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Denmark News.net http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/cat/361525af21fa2cde/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 17:48:06 -0400 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:48:06 -0400 30 A Sikh bus driver in Finland is fighting for his right to wear a turban while at work. Gill Sukhdarshan Singh, who works at the Veolia bus company at Vantaa near the Finnish capital of Helsinki, is trying to set a precedent by making the authorities allow him to wear a turban at work, Yle, the Finnish public broadcasting company, reported Tuesday. "I have a right to my turban, and I am a Sikh ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214656519/scat/361525af21fa2cde Tue, 21 May 2013 04:10:01 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214656519/scat/361525af21fa2cde Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the Danish 'grand prize' at the 2nd Copenhagen International Sand sculpture festival 2013 for his 15-foot coloured sand sculpture created on the "Go green, Save Earth" theme. Pattnaik got the award Monday at the prestigious festival being held in Denmark's capital city for his maiden coloured sand sculpture on foreign land. It took him seven days to ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214656511/scat/361525af21fa2cde Tue, 21 May 2013 03:50:02 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214656511/scat/361525af21fa2cde Two teenage girls in Sweden were charged Tuesday with participating in an Instagram account that encouraged "slut-shaming." The two Gothenburg high school students face slander charges, the Swedish news agency Tidningarnas Telegrambyra reported. The account set off a student riot in Gothenburg this year when a crowd of teens descended on a high school, Plusgymnasiet, to confront a ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214671571/scat/361525af21fa2cde Tue, 21 May 2013 16:32:24 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214671571/scat/361525af21fa2cde Japan edged past Denmark 3-2 in Group D at the 13th Sudirman Cup team badminton championships here on Tuesday in a thrilling encounter which lasted more than five hours.Matsutomo Misaki/Takahashi Ayaka defeated last year's Malaysia Open champions Christinna Pedersen/Kamilla Rytter Juhl 22-20, 21-16 in the women's doubles to deliver Japan's winning point.Denmark took the lead first ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214668100/scat/361525af21fa2cde Tue, 21 May 2013 14:34:16 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214668100/scat/361525af21fa2cde Some 200 youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze in a largely immigrant suburb of Stockholm on Tuesday, the second day of rioting triggered by the fatal police shooting of a man wielding a ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214665770/scat/361525af21fa2cde Tue, 21 May 2013 13:12:18 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214665770/scat/361525af21fa2cde SOME 200 youths have hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze in a suburb of Stockholm in the second day of rioting triggered by an incident in which police shot and killed a man wielding a knife. Dozens of windows were smashed, 10 cars and several containers were set on fire, and seven police were injured. Cars and containers were also set ablaze in another Stockholm suburb, Fittja, although ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214665783/scat/361525af21fa2cde Tue, 21 May 2013 12:12:16 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214665783/scat/361525af21fa2cde May 21, 2013 10:11 a.m. | Muskego - Once again, a new grading system proposal that would not only trade letter grades of "A" through "F" for numbers but would also de-emphasize homework got mixed reviews by the Muskego-Norway School Board. On Monday at the board's second consideration of the idea, the proposal continued to be dogged by doubts that colleges would accept ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214664067/scat/361525af21fa2cde Tue, 21 May 2013 12:05:31 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214664067/scat/361525af21fa2cde Powermat Ltd. has acquired rival PowerKiss of Finland. The company did not disclose the size the deal, but it was probably a few tens of millions of dollars. Powermat was founded in 2006 by CEO Ran Poliakine and Dr. Amir Ben-Shalom. The company makes flat surfaces for recharging electronic devices. Two years ago, it established a joint venture with Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) subsidiary ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214664068/scat/361525af21fa2cde Tue, 21 May 2013 11:55:48 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214664068/scat/361525af21fa2cde Paul Tassi . But it is both ingenious and diabolical. Most gamers with enough time to properly play through last year's video game are also wise enough to know that this is recycled material, while those who don't have the game won't care about this film's origins. It's two products for the price of one. But putting aside its complicated history, it's a very slight ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214663619/scat/361525af21fa2cde Tue, 21 May 2013 11:54:02 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214663619/scat/361525af21fa2cde Tue May 21, 2013 11:26am EDT * Prosecutors probes tax crimes at bankrupt car maker * Former CEO, others detained, questioned, set free * Saab collapsed in late 2011 STOCKHOLM, May 21 (Reuters) - Swedish prosecutors have questioned the former head of bankrupt car maker Saab and two others in an investigation into suspected tax offences relating to the running of the company, officials said on ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214665781/scat/361525af21fa2cde Tue, 21 May 2013 11:26:58 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214665781/scat/361525af21fa2cde Police in Sweden said they have arrested former Saab Automobile chief executive officer Jan Ake Jonsson on suspicion of concealing funds from tax authorities. The Swedish news agency Tidningarnas Telegrambyra reported Tuesday that Jonsson was detained along with two other "top level colleagues." The three were held for questioning in separate rooms "because the risk is that they ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214662620/scat/361525af21fa2cde Tue, 21 May 2013 09:38:39 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214662620/scat/361525af21fa2cde (1 hr 7 mins ago) Seven people were arrested as violence flared up for a second night in a deprived neighborhood outside Stockholm and showed signs of spreading to other parts of the city, police said today. Four of those arrested in the suburb of Husby were detained, two were later released and a third person turned out to be under 15, the age of criminal responsibility in Sweden, according to ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214662511/scat/361525af21fa2cde Tue, 21 May 2013 09:36:18 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214662511/scat/361525af21fa2cde STOCKHOLM | Tue May 21, 2013 8:55am EDT STOCKHOLM May 21 (Reuters) - Swedish prosecutors have detained the former chief executive of bankrupt car maker Saab and two others in an investigation into suspected tax offences relating to the running of the company, officials said on Tuesday. In documents released by Vanersborg court in western Sweden, home to the former car maker, the ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214662392/scat/361525af21fa2cde Tue, 21 May 2013 08:55:30 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214662392/scat/361525af21fa2cde OSLO | Tue May 21, 2013 8:40am EDT OSLO May 21 (Reuters) - There is no reason to consider the alternative lower rate path the Norwegian central bank previously published, the central bank governor told Reuters on Tuesday. "We have previously published a rate path and an alternative, lower rate path. Then things happened that have made us say that we are closer to the alternative, ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214662067/scat/361525af21fa2cde Tue, 21 May 2013 08:40:38 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214662067/scat/361525af21fa2cde Internationally acclaimed Indian Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the grand prize at the prestigious Copenhagen International Sand sculpture festival in Denmark for his sculpture on ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214661139/scat/361525af21fa2cde Tue, 21 May 2013 08:27:38 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214661139/scat/361525af21fa2cde OSLO | Tue May 21, 2013 7:38am EDT OSLO May 21 (Reuters) - Weak economic conditions outside Norway's borders could last until 2015 and Europe could emerge from its current economic crisis only after 2020, the governor of the Norwegian central bank said on Tuesday. "When it comes to our view of the international economic situation ... (it) may last until 2015. The eurozone is ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214661140/scat/361525af21fa2cde Tue, 21 May 2013 07:38:20 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214661140/scat/361525af21fa2cde From Denmark with Love , a 007/Hamlet comedy mash-up, seems born out of one of those late-night conversations that veers into the delusional and nonsensical, where you find yourself riffing on improbable scenarios, that begin with questions like, "What would happen if …?"Local playwright John J. King’s show falls into that line of entertaining and meandering musings. It ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214659777/scat/361525af21fa2cde Tue, 21 May 2013 07:09:57 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214659777/scat/361525af21fa2cde Jo Benkow is dead. – As president, he contributed to strengthening Parliament’s role and reputation. With his passing a man of honour in the public debate has been lost, ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214659535/scat/361525af21fa2cde Tue, 21 May 2013 07:04:48 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214659535/scat/361525af21fa2cde COPENHAGEN | Tue May 21, 2013 5:16am EDT COPENHAGEN May 21 (Reuters) - Novo A/S, the holding company of Danish insulin producer Novo Nordisk, on Tuesday said it had acquired Norwegian-based Xellia Pharmaceuticals for about $700 million. The company has been bought from 3i and other shareholders, and Xellia will revert to Danish ownership with headquarters in Copenhagen, Novo A/S said in ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214658803/scat/361525af21fa2cde Tue, 21 May 2013 05:16:20 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214658803/scat/361525af21fa2cde LONDON | Tue May 21, 2013 4:27am EDT LONDON May 21 (Reuters) - The sovereign wealth funds of Qatar, Norway and Azerbaijan will each get about $500 million of the new shares being issued by VTB, the Russian bank's chief executive Andrei Kostin said on Tuesday. The $500 million allocation is the "kind of ticket we are thinking of" Kostin told Reuters in London. The allocations ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214657768/scat/361525af21fa2cde Tue, 21 May 2013 04:27:10 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214657768/scat/361525af21fa2cde Newly settled at the heart of Sweden's defence, Nilla Fischer says life under Pia Sundhage is "intense" and, as she nears 100 caps, she predicts the hosts will win all three group ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214656783/scat/361525af21fa2cde Tue, 21 May 2013 04:18:04 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214656783/scat/361525af21fa2cde Sweden seeks partnership with Ethiopia to build its relation with Africa on a new foundation, Swedish Ministers said on Monday. The remark came up while Sweden's Minister of Finance Anders Borg and Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson held discussion with Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in Addis Ababa. The Ministers said the economic growth of Africa and ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214656744/scat/361525af21fa2cde Tue, 21 May 2013 03:44:33 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214656744/scat/361525af21fa2cde Denmark's banks are preparing a campaign that will target the country's lawmakers in an effort to prevent the nation exceeding European regulatory standards. Politicians from the government and opposition will this month be invited to a town hall meeting arranged by the Association of Danish Mortgage Banks to hear academics, industry representatives and business groups address the ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214654243/scat/361525af21fa2cde Tue, 21 May 2013 00:46:02 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214654243/scat/361525af21fa2cde Eighty Danish train enthusiasts joined forces with fellow countryman and project leader Henrik Ludvigsen to build the world’s longest plastic railway line. The track, which was constructed from 93,307 pieces of Lego, was 4,000 metres in length and won a Guinness World Record for the longest-ever Lego track. The train took four hours to traverse the course, which took six hours to ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214650406/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 20:26:42 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214650406/scat/361525af21fa2cde /enpproperty--> Sweden battled back from a goal down to grab its ninth world ice hockey title on Sunday with a 5-1 win over unfancied Switzerland. Vancouver Canucks center Henrik Sedin collected two goals and an assist, while goalkeeper Jhonas Enroth made 26 saves to avenge a 3-2 defeat in the preliminary round. The win has also ended the home-ice curse that prevented the ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214648906/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 19:22:11 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214648906/scat/361525af21fa2cde A Swedish town has agreed to pay a man civil damages after an official said he couldn't have an internship if he wasn't comfortable shaking hands with women. An unidentified man was granted an internship in the Trollhattan office of integration and was undergoing a final meeting with a female supervisor. When the woman went to shake the man's hand he refused, citing religious ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214644172/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 17:51:58 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214644172/scat/361525af21fa2cde Each weekend, we review the most delightful dispatches from celebrity Instagram feeds, curating them here for you. In today's edition: Drake hangs with Judd Apatow on the set of Anchorman 2, Karl Lagerfeld is Lego-fied, and Miley Cyrus goes to ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214640162/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 15:16:48 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214640162/scat/361525af21fa2cde Tim Kaebisch, the former Milwaukee School of Engineering architectural engineer who spent seven years building a Lego model of Miller Park, is getting his moment of fame again. The Miller Park Lego model is now on display at the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory in Louisville, Ky., as part of a new exhibit called "Big Leagues, Little Bricks." Here is a video of some of the ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214640370/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 15:08:01 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214640370/scat/361525af21fa2cde Geneva Chamber of Commerce's 64th annual Swedish Days Festival runs from June 18-23 in downtown Geneva and has an array of talent that offers something for every type of music fan at three different venues. "We've brought back some favorites and invited some special newcomers to continue our tradition of quality entertainers for all types of music lovers," noted Jean Gaines, ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214640041/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 15:06:40 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214640041/scat/361525af21fa2cde Violence Rioters took to the streets of a Stockholm neighborhood on Sunday, torching cars and throwing stones at police. Officers reportedly called residents "monkeys" and other derogatory terms as they protested against a recent police shooting. Between 60 to 100 people - most of them young men - took part in the riots which began around 10pm local time in the Stockholm district of ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214640005/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 14:57:53 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214640005/scat/361525af21fa2cde About 100 vehicles were set ablaze in a riot in a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, in what a group claims was a reaction to the police shooting of an elderly man. A car set on fire in a nearby garage caused about 50 people to be evacuated from their apartment building, the Swedish news agency TT reported Monday. Police said they were met by about 50 to 60 youths throwing stones when they responded ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214639940/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 14:36:08 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214639940/scat/361525af21fa2cde London, May 20 : British government's intercept intelligence agency GCHQ is facing embarrassing revelations about internal correspondence in which Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214638538/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 13:54:17 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214638538/scat/361525af21fa2cde A SWEDISH co-founder of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay has gone on trial, charged with hacking and stealing data from an IT services company with ties to the Swedish tax authority and other government agencies. Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and a 36-year-old man from central Sweden denied the charges of stealing data from Logica, a company that handled classified personal records for the ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214638911/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 12:52:13 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214638911/scat/361525af21fa2cde STOCKHOLM Gangs of youth angered by the police shooting death of an elderly man hurled rocks at police and set cars and buildings on fire in a Stockholm suburb early Monday, forcing the evacuation of an apartment block. Around 50 youths were involved in the riots in the suburb of Husby, west of Stockholm, police spokesman Lars Bystrom said. The youths set light to a parking garage, compelling ... http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214635752/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 11:20:18 -0400 http://www.denmarknews.net/index.php/sid/214635752/scat/361525af21fa2cde