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Lonely Planet retraction? From cool to clogged-up – but others concur that Denmark is good for travel
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Sure, there was a derailment, but that didn’t stop the new City Ring Metro from opening on time on September 29 CHRISTIAN WENANDE
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ANDALS, a derailment, unfinished toilets and an outstanding tax bill couldn’t scupper the plans to open the new City Ring Metro – this country’s biggest construction project since the 17th century – on September 29. Around 150,000 Copenhageners took advantage of a free ride offer to test it out (see photos on pages 4 and 5). Hurt pride SECURITY clearance was raised as vandalism – including severed
and bent cables – was reported at all 17 stations on the line. And they could have done without a derailment on the existing Metro line on September 13 between Vanløse and Frederiksberg stations. Nobody was injured, just Metroselskabet’s pride. Holding on ... for a while IT HASN’T been all plain sailing since the opening. Due to the bankruptcy of a distributor, six of the Metro's new sleek-looking public toilets won't open until a replacement is found – and that could take over a year. And it has emerged that some of the construction companies have failed to pay 51 million kroner in tax, although 3F warns the figure could be much higher.
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THE NEW leader of Venstre is Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, the son of Uffe, the former foreign minister, who led the party from 1984 to 1998. Ellemann-Jensen, 45, the former environment and food minister, has been an MP since 2011. At last month’s Venstre summit, Inger Støjberg was picked to be his second-in-command ahead of Ellen Trane, winning a vote by a margin of 577 to 206.
A 1986 CADILLAC Armbruster Stageway Limousine, which reportedly once belonged to US President Ronald Reagan, was among the 41 US classic cars sold at auction by Kenneth Falke Thiel, the owner of Falke Cars, on Sunday. Thiel bought them 'on the blind' from a US collector.
Britta goose chase
SOME 41.8 percent of public sector workers are prescribed medication, according to FOA figures – up from 28.5 percent in 2012.
LAWYERS have so far clocked up 615 hours trying to track down the money embezzled by Britta Nielsen, who is accused of skimming away 117 million kroner over a 25-year period from various public bodies. They have looked through 80 to 90 percent of the relevant paperwork and only tracked down 5-6 million.
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Soaked September LAST MONTH was the rainiest September for 18 years. Over 130 mm fell – well in excess of the 73 mm average. The all-time record is 162 mm.
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