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City Hall: Legalise cannabis now

Copenhagen politicians have renewed their call for cannabis to be legalised

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Politics

Expert: Danish decision on euro soccer is OK

A decision by the Danish Prime Minister to send a representative to Ukraine for the soccer championships despite a boycott by other nations is justified. So says a Copenhagen political scientist who is an expert on coercive diplomacy

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Opinion

Comment: Moving in the same direction

In this featured comment, Rector Ralf Hemmingsen and Prorector Thomas Bjørnholm discuss the process and the challenges in the University of Copenhagen 2016 strategy plan

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Culture

Studenterhuset on rocky path to success

The student café 'Studenterhuset' has always had a hard time attracting students despite the prime location in central Copenhagen. Now a new director says he is turning things around

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Science

Network to take a look at surveillance

Pro’s and con’s of increased public surveillance the focus of network and upcoming conference

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Science

Frustration over limbo in professor spy case

Fuzzy regulations over diplomatic contacts irritates the head of the political science department. No decision yet on Finnish professor's status at University

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Campus

Annual DHL fun run - registration now open

With space for 2,500 university staff reserved, the friendly competiton is one of the largest social events of the year, and the largest running race in northern Europe. Everyone can take part

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Campus

New natural history museum design chosen

The architects responsible for the award winning Royal Theatre and Tietgen kollegium have been chosen to build Copenhagen's new natural history museum. The building's dramatic highlight will be an exposed whale skeleton.

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Science

Photo evidence: Glaciers can return

Greenland’s glaciers can recuperate within a short time frame if temperatures drop, shows research from the University of Copenhagen. 80-year-old photographs, discovered in a basement archive, prove that the ice was actually melting faster then, than it is now. See some of the old photos right here

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Politics

See Finnish professor defend himself

Timo Kivimäki re-states claim of innocence to Danish TV2 News after verdict Thursday: The court has entered the paranoid world of the intelligence community, where everybody is a terrorist or a spy, he says

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