Provides the latest RSS feeds for Denmark News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Copenhagen News.net http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/cat/361525af21fa2cde/ en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 15:27:48 -0400 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:27:48 -0400 30 British government's intercept intelligence agency GCHQ is facing embarrassing revelations about internal correspondence in which Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been discussed. The government eavesdropping agency apparently speculated that he is being framed by Swedish authorities seeking his extradition on rape allegations. According to the Guardian, the records were revealed by Assange ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214628376/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 05:30:05 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214628376/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.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214638911/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 12:52:13 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.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.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214635752/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 11:20:18 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214635752/scat/361525af21fa2cde WikiLeaks WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange cited unclassified messages exchanged inside a UK intelligence agency to back his refusal to be extradited to Sweden. One of the messages calls sex-related allegations against Assange "a fit-up". The Australian, who has been stranded at Ecuadorian embassy in London for almost 12 months, cited instant messages he received from Government ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214634255/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 10:29:32 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214634255/scat/361525af21fa2cde Sweden together on discovering that she was pregnant. After a short while in Sweden, they started fighting one another and their relationship has broken down. The woman, together with the child, is now being housed by A women crisis center. The man has now used his connections and wants the woman deported without the baby. The woman’s father in Kenya who gave them the go ahead to have the ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214631182/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 07:14:26 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214631182/scat/361525af21fa2cde Norway’s Government Pension Fund – Global, saw a 12.7 per cent return (NOK 270bn) in the second quarter of 2009, following dramatic improvements in international equity and fixed income markets, says Norges Bank. The excess return was reported at 2.1 percentage points, which Norges Bank said is the best quarterly result ever, and the fund reached its targeted equities ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214629940/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 06:11:09 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214629940/scat/361525af21fa2cde It is divided into two parts, among which the first part took place in downtown Beijing starting from the Danish Embassy; followed by a second part together with bike clubs and association in a park of Yanqing County on the northwestern outskirts of Beijing. The Danish Embassy provided bikes and biking equipment for all participants, as well as transportation to and from ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214628737/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 05:39:37 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214628737/scat/361525af21fa2cde Bookies favourite Emmelie de Forest has won Eurovision for Denmark, beating the 25 other finalists in a glittering ceremony in Sweden.Denmark, widely tipped to win the annual music competition, took the honours on Sunday ahead of the 25 other finalists in a glittering ceremony watched by millions across Europe. The Scandinavian country last won the contest in 2000 with Fly on the wings of Love by ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627635/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 04:36:48 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627635/scat/361525af21fa2cde Bankpension, a pension fund for employees in the Danish financial sector, has reported ';extremely unsatisfactory'; 2008 results, with yields after tax standing at -19.7 per cent. In its annual report of results, Bankpension says that its gross yield including interest cover before tax for 2008 was -23.1 per cent, and reveals that the return on investment before currency and ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627636/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 04:22:35 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627636/scat/361525af21fa2cde The Ethical Council of Sweden’s First to Fourth AP Funds has reported on 2008’s progress in its engagement with companies suspected of violating the ethical guidelines which preside over the four Funds’ investments, with success in several cases. When the Ethical Council identifies a breach of convention, it often indicates that a company has failed to acknowledge ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627637/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 04:22:32 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627637/scat/361525af21fa2cde Norway's Government Pension Fund lost NOK 29.6bn (€2.95bn) in 2008, a massive drop attributed to the equities, according to figures from Folketrygdfondet. The asset manager is a state-owned company, and is solely responsible for the domestic pension fund which invests only in Nordic countries. It has confirmed in its annual report for 2008 that the scheme had dropped by NOK ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627638/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 04:22:29 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627638/scat/361525af21fa2cde The Second Swedish National Pension Fund/AP2 has recorded a sharp fall in its market worth for 2008, amounting to a return of -24 per cent on net assets. The return value, SEK -55.1bn, meant the Fund’s capital assets totalled SEK 173.3bn at the end of December 2008, and had a net inflow of SEK 0.9bn. The capital asset value was SEK 54.2bn lower than in 2007. The drop has been ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627639/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 04:22:24 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627639/scat/361525af21fa2cde Following a recommendation from the Council on Ethics for the Government Pension Fund – Global, Norway’s Ministry of Finance has excluded American company Textron Inc. Corporation from the fund. Keeping in line with Norway’s pledge towards ethical investment, the country has excluded nine producers of cluster weapons from the investment branch of the Fund on the basis of ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627640/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 04:22:24 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627640/scat/361525af21fa2cde Norway’s Ministry of Finance is referring to its Ethical Guidelines for the Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global following the situation in Gaza. According to the current Guidelines, the Council on Ethics shall recommend exclusion of companies from the fund’s investment universe where they see a considerable risk of contributing to serious or systematic human ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627411/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 04:22:19 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627411/scat/361525af21fa2cde Norway’s Government Pension Fund – Global recorded all-time low returns of -7.7 per cent in quarter three of 2008 (Q3 2008), 1.8 per cent lower than that on the benchmark portfolio defined by the Ministry of Finance, according to the latest quarterly report by Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM). NOK 128bn of transfers were made to the fund in the quarter, and at the end ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214626840/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 04:22:14 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214626840/scat/361525af21fa2cde Norway’s Government Pension Fund has neglected to apply best practice in sustainable investments and is not yet fully addressing the impacts of global warming, according to the World Wildlife Fund, Norway (WWF-Norway). The fund, which is based on petroleum revenues, is currently estimated at $381bn, and is the world’s second largest sovereign wealth fund. More than one per ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627642/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:59 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627642/scat/361525af21fa2cde Holdings in companies that market cluster weapons are to be sold by the Second Swedish National Pension Fund (AP2) and Forsta AP-fonden (AP1). The decisions have been made on the recommendation by the Ethical Council of the Swedish National Pension Funds, a convention endorsed by Sweden in May 2008, and the First to Fourth Swedish National Pension Funds have been advised to exclude ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627641/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:59 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627641/scat/361525af21fa2cde The medium-term outlook for public finances in Norway are in relatively good shape, partly due to increasing pension fund revenues, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627643/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:50 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627643/scat/361525af21fa2cde ABP’s recent investment in the Nordics is down to research showing that ';GDP growth in the Scandinavian countries will be the highest in Europe in the coming years,'; according to ABP investment spokesman, Michel Meijs. ABP Pension fund (ABP), a Dutch organisation, and Klepierre SA (Klepierre), a France-based real estate company, joined forces and entered into an ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627644/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:48 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627644/scat/361525af21fa2cde It will be vital that the Finnish economy keeps a large government surplus in the coming years and to ensure that labour force participation, especially among older workers, continues to rise, if it is to continue to perform well. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has today published ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627645/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:30 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627645/scat/361525af21fa2cde Swedish pension fund AP7 will sell all its holdings in companies making cluster bombs and nuclear weapons. The move by AP7, one of seven state-owned pension funds in Sweden, means holdings in Airbus parent EADS and US-based Lockheed Martin Corp. and General Dynamics Corp. will be sold. AP7 manages pension savings worth around 90bn kroner (about $15bn). The move follows news in April ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627646/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:29 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627646/scat/361525af21fa2cde Sweden’s AP1 – one of the buffer funds assigned by the Swedish Parliament to manage the Swedish people’s pension funds – has posted strong performance figures in both absolute and relative terms for the first half of 2007. The Forsta AP-fonden, which manages assets with a value of SEK 221bn, reported a total return on net assets of 6.3%, which is equal to SEK 1.3 bn ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627648/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:14 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627648/scat/361525af21fa2cde Swedish pension companies were given favourable evaluations by The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, Finansinspektionen (FI), in the Q2 2007 traffic light report. No insurance companies received a red light during that period, while pension companies as a whole – including life insurance companies and occupational pension funds – showed a larger margin to the red light ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627647/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:14 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627647/scat/361525af21fa2cde A gunman wearing police uniforms and police identification landed on a small island about 40 kilometers west of Oslo, shooting people at a youth camp two hours after the deadly bomb explosion rocked the government building quarters in the Norwegian capital city. (Xinhua/AFP Photo) The death toll of the twin attacks Friday in Norway may surpass 87 after more victims were discovered in the shooting ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627649/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 04:16:47 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214627649/scat/361525af21fa2cde Monday May 20, 2013 BRATTLEBORO -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, Vt-I, invited the Danish Ambassador Peter Taksoe-Jensen to speak about what the United States could learn from Taksoe-Jensen’s country, which has universal health care as well as a unique education system. "I believe there’s an enormous amount we can learn from them," said Sanders, who credited Denmark’s ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214626604/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mon, 20 May 2013 03:40:10 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214626604/scat/361525af21fa2cde (MENAFN) Danish conglomerate A.P. Moeller-Maersk reported a decline in quarterly net profits and sales, reported AFP.This decline was due to the weak economic growth in North America and Europe.The total profit drop was 33 percent, reaching USD771 million.Meanwhile, the group's sales slid by 2 percent, standing at USD13.6 ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214621328/scat/361525af21fa2cde Sun, 19 May 2013 20:57:16 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214621328/scat/361525af21fa2cde But Lego's Mr Gold doesn't come with a lifetime's supply of chocolate. He's an inch-and-a-half tall plastic figure like any other Lego product. His value - and he has been fetching over 700 on eBay - is in his rarity. There were just 5,000 made worldwide. The desire of adult collectors to get their hands on one is fuelling a commercial bonanza for the Danish toy maker. Part ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214620566/scat/361525af21fa2cde Sun, 19 May 2013 19:55:44 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214620566/scat/361525af21fa2cde Team USA's Alex Galchenyuk scores the winning shootout goal against Finland goalie Antti Raanta during bronze medal final action at the world hockey championship in Stockholm, Sweden, on Sunday, May 19, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214620149/scat/361525af21fa2cde Sun, 19 May 2013 19:05:22 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214620149/scat/361525af21fa2cde A stranded Swedish family of seven, made penniless by airfare changes due to a family emergency, should be on its way home today, Sunday, May 19, 2013, thanks to sheriff's deputies and reservists sympathetic to their plight. Carson station deputies and personnel from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Reserve Forces Bureau chipped in donations for the family to provide them with food, ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214619494/scat/361525af21fa2cde Sun, 19 May 2013 18:09:17 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214619494/scat/361525af21fa2cde Sweden's Loui Eriksson (C) celebrates his goal against Switzerland with teammates Erik Gustafsson and Gabriel Landeskog during their 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship final match at the Globe Arena in Stockholm May 19, 2013. (GRIGORY ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214619010/scat/361525af21fa2cde Sun, 19 May 2013 17:43:02 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214619010/scat/361525af21fa2cde Swedish players react after winning the 2013 Ice Hockey IIHF World Championships gold medal match against Switzerland, at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, Sunday, May 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Lehtikuva, Martti Kainulainen) FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214619011/scat/361525af21fa2cde Sun, 19 May 2013 17:41:11 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214619011/scat/361525af21fa2cde No special effects were needed for Alex to demonstrate the very real power of intense lasers that are available to the public on a small scale. But if lasers that can melt Star Wars figurines are available publicly, how powerful are the directed energy weapons the government possesses? Related ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214619053/scat/361525af21fa2cde Sun, 19 May 2013 17:39:49 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214619053/scat/361525af21fa2cde "Europe adores Emmelie," the Danish press exclaimed after Emmelie de Forest won the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden's third largest city, Malmo.The 20-year-old Danish singer took the crown from last year's Swedish winner, Loreen, after gaining 281 points from viewers and jurors, who accounted for 50 percent each of the vote.Rhythmic pop tune Only Teardrops was already ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214618225/scat/361525af21fa2cde Sun, 19 May 2013 15:46:56 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214618225/scat/361525af21fa2cde MALMO, Sweden--Twenty-year-old barefoot singer Emmelie de Forest was the toast of Denmark Sunday after winning this year's Eurovision Song Contest in the Swedish city of ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214617585/scat/361525af21fa2cde Sun, 19 May 2013 15:00:52 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214617585/scat/361525af21fa2cde STOCKHOLM, May 19 (R-Sport) – Alex Galchenyuk scored twice in a shootout as the United States won its first medal at the world hockey championship in a decade with a 3-2 win over Finland in the bronze medal game on Sunday. After winning gold in 2011, the Finns finished fourth for the second year in a row. They came first in the Helsinki group stage at the 2013 tournament with 16 points. ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214617699/scat/361525af21fa2cde Sun, 19 May 2013 14:56:09 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214617699/scat/361525af21fa2cde beer vocabulary guide , to "help connoisseurs verbalise their enjoyment -- just as wine drinkers can". So when Carlsberg approached the lab, it was not hard to come to a deal."We want to promote the idea of beer with fine dining as an alternative to wine and help get a better selection of these in Denmark's top restaurants," says Morten Ibsen, master brewer at ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214617195/scat/361525af21fa2cde Sun, 19 May 2013 14:11:14 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214617195/scat/361525af21fa2cde Denmark has won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Azerbaijan finished second and Ukraine came third. The number one slot was always pencilled in for the Danes, with the bookies giving incredibly short odds (around 4 to 6) on Denmark from the beginning of the week. They leapt ahead in the voting from an early stage and never lost pole position. The tension was supplied by Azerbaijan and ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214617061/scat/361525af21fa2cde Sun, 19 May 2013 13:55:06 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214617061/scat/361525af21fa2cde COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Exuberant Copenhageners braved the chill Sunday to celebrate Eurovision Song Contest winner Emmelie de Forest in Denmark's iconic Tivoli Gardens amusement park.The Danish press lavished praise on the 20-year-old after she comfortably won the glitzy competition early Sunday in Sweden's third-largest city, Malmoe.Scores of fans greeted the star on her return and watched ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214616651/scat/361525af21fa2cde Sun, 19 May 2013 13:11:12 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214616651/scat/361525af21fa2cde The Swedish royal family attended church Sunday in Stockholm's Royal Chapel for a traditional public announcement of Princess Madeleine's upcoming wedding. Princess Madeleine is scheduled to marry Christopher O'Neill, an American who has declined Swedish citizenship and will remain a U.S. citizen after the wedding -- and therefore will not hold a position of responsibility in the ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214616638/scat/361525af21fa2cde Sun, 19 May 2013 12:58:31 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214616638/scat/361525af21fa2cde Mac OS X that appears to have been signed with a valid Apple Developer ID has reportedly been discovered on the laptop of an African activist at a Norwegian human rights conference. According ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214615074/scat/361525af21fa2cde Sun, 19 May 2013 10:53:24 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214615074/scat/361525af21fa2cde Dateline Dalarna, Sweden: Sometimes truly extraordinary events occur, events which impact an entire nation's people, though, the word 'surreal' perhaps fits better than 'extraordinary' in describing events here during the last third of April. Of course, too much has too long been overblown, the strongest of adjectives too frequently employed to mask the weakest of ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214615038/scat/361525af21fa2cde Sun, 19 May 2013 10:20:06 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214615038/scat/361525af21fa2cde Harstad lasting well over a week around Midsummer organized by a foundation of the same name. Director Tone Winje, took over leadership from Birger Carlsen in 2011. Winje tells African Press International that this year’s festival has many ingredients and she encourages Festival lovers to turn up in large numbers and enjoy the week-long event from 22nd of June ending on the 29th. The ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214614581/scat/361525af21fa2cde Sun, 19 May 2013 09:38:45 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214614581/scat/361525af21fa2cde Craig Peacock has left the Belfast Giants to join Danish club Frederickshavn in a one-year deal. The departure of the Great Britain forward is a major blow to the Odyssey team, with Peacock a key player for the Giants over the last four seasons. "Looking forward to a new challenge - thanks to everyone at the Giants for four great seasons and the fans for all the support," said ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214614297/scat/361525af21fa2cde Sun, 19 May 2013 08:57:55 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214614297/scat/361525af21fa2cde 's Emmelie de Forest won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Only Teardrops", despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers ... http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214613942/scat/361525af21fa2cde Sun, 19 May 2013 08:23:59 -0400 http://www.copenhagennews.net/index.php/sid/214613942/scat/361525af21fa2cde