Denmark
Basics
Capital city: Copenhagen
Location: Northern Europe, bordering the North and Baltic Seas. The bulk of the nation is located on a peninsula north of Germany. Two major islands, Sjaelland and Fyn, are also part of the nation.
Climate: Temperate, humid and overcast; mild winter winters, and cool summers.
Religion: Evangelical Lutheran, Protestant, and Roman Catholic.
Entry and exit: 99 airports
Non-resident stay: Only as an expatriate with a work permit, or as a spouse and family of an expatriate with a non-work permit. People seeking work permits are required to be people with special qualifications such as researchers, artists, managers, and consultants, instructors, and specialists, particularly engineers, doctors, nurses, athletes/coaches, and architects. People establishing new businesses are also welcome in Denmark.
Language: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic, and German (a small minority). English is the predominant second language.
Communications: World-class communications infrastructure.
Currency: Danish krone (DKK)
GDP per capita: $31,200 (estimate 2003)
Major industries: Food processing, textiles and clothing, machinery and equipment, chemical products, electronics, construction, furniture and other wood products, ship building, and windmills.
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Uganda to receive $80m budget support - East African
Google News - Denmark, 17-February-2008
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Uganda to receive $80m budget support
East African, Kenya - 2 hours ago
At the end of last year, Denmark, the African Development Bank and other European donors jointly gave the Ugandan government a combined grant of $150 ... -
Reprint of the insulting caricatures an act of incitement to hatred - Tehran Times
Google News - Denmark, 17-February-2008
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Reprint of the insulting caricatures an act of incitement to hatred
Tehran Times, Iran - 3 hours ago
... Danish citizens and Muslim immigrants, residing in Denmark, to raise their views through peaceful and democratic means available in their host county. ...
Protest, but Peacefully: OIC Chief Arab News
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Danish Cartoons Wars, If at First You Don’t Succeed … - American Muslim
Google News - The Netherlands, 17-February-2008
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Danish Cartoons Wars, If at First You Don’t Succeed …
American Muslim, MO - 3 hours ago
Australia has a law against “racial vilification” as do Canada, the UK, New Zealand, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Italy. ...