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Protest against ad campaign run by populist party

Danish journalist union sues anti-Islam groups over cartoon useCopenhagen - Two dozen leading Danish personalities including a former prime minister, former foreign minister and former central bank governor Thursday signed a protest against a recent ad campaign sponsored by the populist Danish People's Party.

The party, which provides parliamentary backing for Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen's centre-right minority government, has run newspaper ads with a picture of a woman wearing a burka and wielding a judge's gavel. The poster's title is "Give us Denmark back."

Danish brewer Carlsberg Q1 operating profits fall

Copenhagen - Danish brewer Carlsberg's first-quarter 2008 operating profit dropped slightly despite a 6-per-cent increase in beer sales, the group said Wednesday.

Denmark preparing to grant more autonomy to Greenland

Denmark & Greenland FlagCopenhagen/Nuuk, Greenland  - Greenland was slated to

Online punters favour Danish premier Rasmussen as "Mr Europe"

CopenhagenDanish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen - Despite s

Denmark ratifies EU reform treaty; move welcomed by Barroso

Copenhagen - The Danish parliament Thursday ratified the European Union reform treaty with a clear majority - 90 to 25.

Danish embassy staff move to other offices in Kabul and Algiers

Copenhagen - Denmark has relocated its embassy staff to other offices from current embassy buildings in Algeria and Afghanistan against the backdrop of recent terrorist threats, a Foreign Ministry

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