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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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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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Spy professor given five months jail

Finnish professor Timo Kivimäki found guilty at court after secret proceedings: Five months prison

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Rector got 7 metres of student proposals

A long list of suggestions to improve student life delivered to University of Copenhagen's Rector Ralf Hemmingsen in happening

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Danish government to reform tax system

Social Democrat leader Thorning wants to reduce income taxes, slow the indexed increase in student grants and reduce welfare transfers. Far left party threatens to torpedo proposal

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Hackers repulsed, but IT now fears spear phishers

Microsoft has re-opened traffic from University of Copenhagen mail servers. But IT people worry over a more insidious threat

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Short Fridays cost the economy DKK 7.5bn

The lazy Danish tradition of leaving work early on Friday is a drag on the national economy

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Hopes for better pension deal

If talks in progress are successful, international PhDs and post docs may soon be able to get a better deal on their pensions

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End to stressful Danish holiday system

International scholars exempted from eccentric Danish holiday money system. About time, says a scientist in Copenhagen

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Repeal of disputed visa rules on the way

Easier for foreign scientists and researchers to get a permanent residence permit as the hotly contested 'points system' looks to go

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