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Week in review
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8 -14 March 2013 THE WEEK’S MOST READ STORIES AT CPHPOST.DK
Spritkørsel (noun) – drink driving. Where you heard it: Footballer Nicklas Bendtner’s decision to drive with a blood alcohol level of over three times the legal limit led to the largest fine in Danish history (see more on page 14) Scanpix / Marie Hald
‘A photo that hurts’
Woman stalked by serial bicycleseat wanker Dating the Danes | One game you won’t win Social minister stops adoptions from Ethiopian orphanage Government reveals massive infrastructure plans More SU cheaters getting caught
FROM OUR ARCHIVES TEN YEARS AGO. Foreign Minister Per Stig Møller receives death threats following a diplomatic trip to Greenland. FIVE YEARS AGO. Danes now paying more in taxes than their neighbours the Swedes, according to new economic data.
Marie Hald won ‘Press Photo of the Year’ for this photo of prostitute Bonnie in action. The judges called the shot “a photo that physically hurts to view and a look that is hard to forget”. Now we understand why Hald turned down our offer in the autumn to print her prostitution photos.
move, while just 21.7 percent believe that it was the wrong decision. The debate over Greenland’s minerals has intensified as of late following Chinese interest in the region and discussions over whether or not to allow the mining of uranium. Greenland is due to hold its parliamentary elections on Tuesday March 12.
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PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt (Socialdemokraterne) went deep into the Impala Platinum mine near Rustenburg as part of her South African trip this week. Wearing a boiler suit and a safety helmet, Thorning-Schmidt descended 1,250 metres into the mine to see the production and try some of the drilling op-
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erations. While in South Africa, Thorning-Schmidt visited Nelson Mandela’s Soweto home and oversaw the signing of a wind energy co-operation agreement between Denmark and South Africa. The aim is to reduce South Africa’s greenhouse gas emissions with Danish financial support and know-how.
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The vast majority of Danes believe that it was the correct decision to hand Greenland the rights to its underground minerals back in 2009, according to a new survey. The survey, compiled by Rambøll/Analyse Danmark for Jyllands-Posten newspaper, illustrated that over 70 percent of Danes agreed with the
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Right call
ONE YEAR AGO. Politicians are upset and vow action after hooliganism leads to arrest of 24 fans at FC Copenhagen-Aalborg match.
Kids show
DR’s new reality show, Ultrahuset, which started on Tuesday night on DR Ultra – a new channel aimed at children aged seven to 12 – and features children who have family or school problems, has attracted criticism from child advocates Børns Vilkår. In the show, entitled ‘Ultrahuset’, six children live to-
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gether in a house with cameras in the ceiling and the refrigerator, and they talk to each other about their issues in the classroom and with their parents. But Børns Vilkår argues that putting the children on TV could have negative consequences afterwards when the children return to their normal lives.
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