Copenhagen - Thousands of passengers scrambled Wednesday to find alternative transport after the bankruptcy of low-cost Danish airline Sterling Airlines.

The airline Wednesday filed for bankruptcy and grounded all flights with immediate effect.

The some 1,100 employees were later informed that they had not been fired but were to remain at the disposal of the liquidators.

In a statement on its website, the airline cited that it had been impacted by the global financial recession that started in the autumn of 2007 and led to a "stagnation in the market."

Copenhagen - Low-cost Danish airline Sterling Airlines announced Wednesday it was to file for bankruptcy and has grounded all flights stranding thousands of passengers.

In a statement on its website, the airline cited that it had been impacted by the global financial recession that started in the autumn of 2007 and led to a "stagnation in the market."

The carrier also cited "significant fuel cost increases" as a factor that contributed to its problems, as well the global credit crunch that impacted its main shareholders in Iceland.

The Sterling statement said that passengers who had bought tickets online would not be refunded and would have to seek alternative flights home.

Copenhagen - Danish police used teargas Tuesday evening to disperse protesters who threw stones, bottles and other missiles at them, news reports said.

Helsinki - Danish author Naja Marie Aidt on Tuesday accepted the 2008 Nordic Council Literature Prize, worth 350,000 kroner (59,000 dollars).

Copenhagen - Danish police fired teargas Saturday to disperse hundreds of protesters who tried to break through police cordons at an asylum centre, 25 kilometres north of Copenhagen.

Copenhagen- A young mother sustained broken bones and other injuries Saturday when her two-year-old son accidentally started up her car, Danish police said.

The boy had apparently managed to turn on the ignition while his mother was putting something into the boot of the car. Since the car was in reverse gear, the vehicle ran over the woman.

Neighbours helped free her before emergency services arrived, Danish news agency Ritzau reported. She sustained broken arms, legs and chest injuries but they were not life-threatening, police said.