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Mikael Hed, CEO of Rovio Entertainment, Finland-based maker of Angry Birds, announced on October 2, the company would shed 130, or about 16% of workforce. In his blog post, Hed …
Rovio, creator of Angry Birds, announces lay-offs Read More
1864 is the most expensive TV production in Danish history. Stars of TV and screen were out in force on October 1 for the press premiere of 1864, the most …
Denmark’s most expensive TV drama unveiled Read More
Denmark’s ecological footprint per capita is the fourth largest in the world, according to the latest Living Planet Report published by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The Danes …
WWF: Denmark is world’s 4th least friendly to nature Read More
‘Daisy – a princess in Denmark’, a comic book biography of Queen Margrethe II, was officially launched on September 16 at the French Embassy in the centre of Copenhagen. According …
Comic book on Queen Margrethe’s life story released Read More
A two-minute video made by two Danish PhD students David Pedersen and Andreas Jørgensen from the Danish Technical University (DTU) has become one of the most watched ever on the …
Danish students’ NASA video of Moon orbitting Earth goes viral Read More
Denmark’s food minister launched on September 11 a nationwide vote to elect an official dish that represents Denmark the best. “I hope that the vote about Denmark’s national dish will …
Danes to vote for one national dish that defines their food culture Read More
According to OLAF, the European anti-fraud office, Denmark was implicated in 66 fraud cases involving applications for EU funds in 2013. The combined total of the cases came to 19 …
Denmark among biggest cheaters in EU farm subsidy scheme Read More
Stamps designed as a tribute to homoerotic artist and gay icon Touko Laaksonen — also known as Tom of Finland — went on sale on September 8. According to the …
Finland’s homoerotic art stamps set new sales record Read More
In 2001 The Danish Cyclists’ Federation launched the campaign ”Bike to School” (BTS). BTS is a recurring cycle campaign for school children of all ages. It’s purpose is to get …
127,000 Danish kids cycling to school in September Read More
When TV-news reports on flooding, the speaker is often accompanied by pictures of armies of people building dams of sandbags to save their homes. This might become images of the …
Innovative Danish dam uses water to fight flooding Read More