The Copenhagen Post Mar 30 - Apr 4

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It’s finally settled: We are the world’s best

Bold energy plan becomes reality

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30 March - 4 April 2012 | Vol 15 Issue 13

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Søvndal: aid, but no recognition, for Palestine

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Schools add the teaching of other religions to curriculum; church and politicians support idea

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NEWS

They’re taxing what? Following the fat and sugar taxes, government now looks to tax beer as well as “widespread” chemical

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Value judgement Couple’s decision to have a ‘saviour sibling’ sets off ethical debate

With six of its ice hockey stars still involved in the NHL, how will Denmark fare at the world champs?

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HISTORY

Nearly 900m kr windfall to benefit schools and parents

A royal affair, indeed

RAY WEAVER

As ‘En Kongelig Affære’ hits the big screen, we look at the infidelity that threatened the monarchy

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Unexpected windfall will help ten schools throughout the city and eliminate forced daycare closures

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HERE IS nothing quite like the feeling of sticking your hand into the pocket of an old jacket or pair of trousers and finding a crumpled 100 kroner note you had forgotten was there. Imagine then what city officials must be feeling now that they have found 9 771398 100009 nearly 900 million unused kroner. The council used 872 billion kroPrice: 25 DKK ner less than it budgeted for in 2011. Organise a personal meeting After some early political posturing and and sit in on a class.

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disagreement about how to handle the money, the council has voted to use 330 million kroner of the windfall to renovate ten schools around Copenhagen. The agreement received the support of politicians from nearly every major party. The planned renovation of the schools includes not just cosmetic improvements, but what Copenhagen mayor Frank Jensen called “attic-tobasement” reconstruction, including better heating and cooling systems. “We have already renovated six schools and now we have the funds to renovate ten more,” Jensen said in a statement. “My goal is that all 58 of our public schools are totally renovated in the next few years.”

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Copenhagen’s deputy mayor for children and youth, Anne Vang (Socialdemokraterne), agreed with Jensen’s plan to completely renovate a few schools, rather than scatter smaller amounts of money to every school in the city. “It makes sense to use the 330 million kroner on fewer schools and get them finished,” said Vang (S) to Politiken newspaper. “It will cost less in the long run and children won’t spend their entire school career on a building site.” Socialdemokraterne (S) were early supporters of using the money on schools. “Our priority has always been school renovations,” said spokesperson Jesper Christiansen (S). “We have a backlog of

schools that need help and we must see to it that students in Copenhagen attend the most modern schools possible.” Along with the planned school improvements, funds have also been earmarked to abolish the forced two-week shutdown of daycare institutions in the city. “It was very important for us to eliminate the closure weeks so that parents themselves can decide when they will take holiday,” Rasmus Jarlov, a Konservative representative on the council, told Politiken. Other funds will be used to renovate nursing homes and other municipal institutions, as well as to make improvements,

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