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Comment: Danes get real work, while you volunteer

Danes get the jobs, while internationals get to work for free. Batzul Gerelsaikhan asks why

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Comment: So what’s the deal with efterløn?

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen's move to scrap the generous Danish early-retirement scheme is said to be brave. Brave? Bravery would have been to reduce student grants, argues Howard Knowles

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Comment: Danes are cheap

Anda from poverty-stricken Romania is surprised just how stingy and mean Danes can be

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Editorial: Wrong message to the wrong people

New immigration restrictions are immoral and irrational, argues the editor of the University Post. And they could ultimately leave Denmark alone in the dark

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Comment: Racist insult provoked me, then made me think

African-American student Winnon Brunson Jr. was called a 'nigger'. This put him in a dilemma: Should he defend himself against this racially-infused term, or just accept it as an issue of cultural and historical insensitivity

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Comment: New immigration laws have betrayed me

I have tried so hard to become one of the people, but the government's sneaky ways of edging foreigners like me out could one day put me over the edge, writes Stephanie Bergeron Kinch

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Comment: Eating carrots and wearing black? I must be Dan-ified

At first she loved the snow and hated rye bread. But then she became Dane-ified. Ananya Roy writes about her immersion into Danish culture, climate and carrots

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Royal Library: Criticism is unfair

Royal Library organisers respond to debate over Black Diamond party Friday 17 September.

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Editorial: Danish, what's the point?

Learning Danish may not seem to be worth the time and effort, says the editor of the University Post. But if you try anyway, Danes will be honoured with your few polite phrases, and there are other benefits

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Comment: Making malaria pills profitable

A Health Impact Fund would encourage research into neglected diseases such as malaria, by making cures for the diseases of the poor as lucrative as new hair loss remedies, writes philosopher Thomas Pogge

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