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Week in review
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22 - 28 February 2013 THE WEEK’S MOST READ STORIES AT CPHPOST.DK
Fjumreår (noun) – extra ‘gap year’ allotted to students on SU. Where you heard it: Under the announced SU reform, students will lose the extra year if they don’t start their university education quickly enough (see 4-5)
Stabbings and vandalism: Danish students cause chaos in Prague
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Herring master
New pic confirms plenty of sex, but length might be an issue Low birth rate “approaching epidemic” Majority want to see queen ride off into the sunset America hungry for Danish model
FROM OUR ARCHIVES TEN YEARS AGO. Hoping to attract more German tourists, Copenhagen launches a new project entitled ‘Denmark: Children’s Paradise’. FIVE YEARS AGO. Flight delays and false security alerts at Copenhagen Airport are caused by a faulty flight monitoring system. ONE YEAR AGO. Prince Joachim is among the customers of an illegal pesticide and fertiliser smuggling ring caught by police. CORRECTION Last week’s ‘Plan for all The restaurant Nyhavn Færgekro was host to the Nordic Herring Championships on Saturday in which eight contestants were given 15 minutes to put their own twists on what is a Danish lunch staple. The winner was Denmark’s David Mortensen
‘Imam law’ misses
on page 21 there was a section simply called ‘Twenty-One’ − it didn’t last long as the next issue was only 20 pages. The newspaper predated InOut by three months, but its founder, Thomas Fleurquin Dalvang, was integral to the newspaper’s launch, and on page 18 this week, he shares his recollections of the early days.
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Changes to immigration rules adopted in 2010 that required foreign preachers to pass a Danish test were designed to keep out extremist imams but are only affecting Christians and Mormons. According to information from Udlændingestyrelsen, of the 80 foreign religious leaders who have taken the test
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since 2010, half of them were Christian and the other half were Mormon. Imams from Muslim countries are managing to avoid the test because they typically arrive to Denmark as refugees or via family reunification. Imams who come from Turkey are also exempt from the test due to a special arrangement with the EU.
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Colourbox
As of Tuesday, the Copenhagen Post is 15 years old. Founded by San Shepherd, the first issue hit the streets on 19 February 1998. It was 24 pages long and featured only five pages of hard news – presumably because everyone else was so busy reporting its launch. True to form, there are several typos in the very first snippet. And
Colourbox
Hurrah x 15
seasons’ was labelled ‘Winter Gardening’ when it in fact was full of tips for your garden for the spring
No rights
Numerous children who have been rejected residency in Denmark continue to remain in the country without basic rights. Politiken newspaper reported that at least 50 children in Copenhagen go to local schools but do not have a CPR number or health insurance, which means they are unable to see a dentist or
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doctor. The aid organisation Red Barnet said that the situation is untenable and against UN conventions. “Imagine not knowing what friends you will have or what language you should speak in six months or tomorrow,” Mimi Jakobsen of Red Barnet told Politiken. “Children shouldn’t have to deal with such huge issues.”
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