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  Valdemar IV - LoveToKnow 1911
The conquest of Gotland at once led to a war between Valdemar and Sweden allied with the Hanseatic towns; but in the spring of 1362 Valdemar repulsed from the fortress of Helsingborg a large Hanseatic fleet provided with "shooting engines" (cannon) and commanded by Johan Wittenburg, the burgomaster of Lubeck.
Valdemar's skilful diplomacy, reinforced by golden arguments, did indeed induce the dukes of Brunswick, Brandenburg and Pomerania to attack the confederates in the rear; but fortune was persistently unfriendly to the Danish king, 1 Rostock, Greifswald, Wismar and Stralsund.
and peace was finally concluded with the towns by Podbusk and the Danish Council of State at the congress of Stralsund, 1370.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Valdemar_IV   (1294 words)

  
  Danish Council of State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Council of State (Statsrådet) is the Privy Council of Denmark.
Chaired by the Sovereign, the council comprises all cabinet ministers and the Crown Prince or Hereditary Princess when he or she is of age.
The Council of State shall be presided over by the King except in the instance mentioned in section 8, and in instances where the legislature in pursuance of section 9 may have delegated the conduct of government to the Council of State.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Danish_Council_of_State   (514 words)

  
 Denmark (10/07)
Danish cultural direction differs from that of other countries with a Ministry of Culture and a stated policy in that special laws govern each cultural field--e.g., the Theater Act of 1990 (as amended) and the Music Law of 1976 (as amended).
Regional councils are responsible for health services and regional development, while the municipal councils are responsible for day care, elementary schools, care for the elderly, culture, environment and roads.
Danish forces were heavily engaged in the former Yugoslavia in the UN Protection Force (UNPROFOR), as well as in NATO's Operation Joint Endeavor/Stabilization Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina (IFOR/SFOR), and currently in the Kosovo Force (KFOR).
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3167.htm   (5494 words)

  
 Danish Council of State -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Council of State (Statsrådet) is the (An advisory council to a ruler (especially to the British crown)) Privy Council of (A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe; consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea) Denmark.
Chaired by the Sovereign, the council comprises all cabinet (A person appointed to a high office in the government) ministers and the (A male heir apparent to a throne) Crown Prince or Heriditary Princess when he or she is of age.
As a result the primary function of the Council today is to grant (additional info and facts about royal assent) royal assent, which is done by the counter-signatures of the Sovereign and a minister.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/da/danish_council_of_state.htm   (578 words)

  
 Danish Council of State - Definition, explanation
The Council of State (Statsrådet) is the Privy Council of Denmark.
Chaired by the Sovereign, the council comprises all cabinet ministers and the Crown Prince or Heriditary Princess when he or she is of age.
The Council of State shall be presided over by the King except in the instance mentioned in section 8, and in instances where the legislature in pursuance of section 9 may have delegated the conduct of government to the Council of State.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/d/da/danish_council_of_state.php   (541 words)

  
 Public Funding for Music in Denmark - DanishMusic.info
The Danish Arts Council is responsible for the visual arts, literature, music and the performing arts, as well as for the corresponding interdisciplinary art forms.
The Danish Arts Agency was established in 2003 through the merger of a number of institutions, including the secretariats of the professional arts councils and the Danish Arts Foundation as well as three information centres, including the Danish Music Information Centre (MIC).
One of the aspects of this collaboration is to present Denmark outwardly, for example in interplay with the Danish embassies and consulates and the foreign departments of the Danish Cultural Institute.
www.danishmusic.info /10d000c   (713 words)

  
 The Danish Language Council   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Danish Language Council cooperates with, or is represented on, a number of other Danish language-planning bodies, such as the Danish Place-Name Committee, the Ministry of Agriculture's Plant Nomenclature Committee, the Danish Standards Association, the Centre of Language Technology, and the Danish Terminology Group.
The publication of the official orthographical dictionary of the Danish language, Retskrivningsordbogen (the Orthographical Dictionary) is one of the important tasks of the Danish Language Council.
The Language Council has about 25 members, who are appointed as representatives of various institutions and associations with a special interest in Danish, such as The Prime Minister's Office; the Ministries of Education and of Justice; the Danish universities; Radio Denmark; the national associations of teachers and of journalists; and the authors' and actors' guilds.
www.dsn.dk /omdsn_en.htm   (1013 words)

  
 Please title this page. (Page 7)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
During the late Middle Ages potent Danish nobles seem to have been heavily and regularly engaged in 'entrepreneurial activities': import and export of goods far beyond their own means; from about 1520, however, the nobles abandoned such trade activities, and concentrated on large-scale production and the speculative sale of agricultural products (grain and oxen).
During the period under discussion Danish-Norwegian relations were stamped by the Norwegian state council's (rigsråd) sustained efforts to establish a 'Norway for the Norwegian aristocracy', primarily directed against the attempts of Danish nobles at obtaining lens in Norway, until in 1536 Norway became incorporated into Denmark.
Upon the expulsion of King Christiern II in 1523 the Danish state council elected his uncle Frederik (I) King of Denmark, thus disregarding the provisions of the treaty of Bergen for the joint election of the king of the union.
www.hum.ou.dk /projects/histtid/summary/12III_80.html   (1078 words)

  
 Order and rules of procedure of the Danish Disability Council
The Council’s tasks are to monitor the situation of disabled people in society and to act as an advisory body to Government and Parliament on issues relating to disability policy.
The Council can take initiatives and propose changes in areas affecting the life of disabled people and their living conditions, and all central authorities are expected to take the Council’s advice in these matters.
The members of the Council and the special experts shall be bound to observe professional secrecy in pursuance of the rules relating to tasks performed in public office.
www.dch.dk /english   (1416 words)

  
 SMK - I Governments 1814 -
Krog, Nicolai Johan Lohmann, Councillor of State and Chief of the Ministry of the Army and Chief of the Ministry of the Navy.
Councillor of State, Chief of the Ministry of Justice and Chief of the Ministry of Auditing.
Councillor of State, Chief of the Ministry of Labour and of the Ministry of Auditing.
odin.dep.no /smk/engelsk/regjeringen/tidl_regjeringer/001001-160060/dok-bu.html   (11826 words)

  
 Dissolution of the Danish-Norwegian realm - regjeringen.no
At the announcement of the Norwegian Regent, Prince Christian Frederik, of 2 March 1814, a Council of Government was established in Christiania under the presidency of the Regent.
The Constitution of 17 May 1814 decided that the Council of Government was to be named the Council of State of the Kingdom of Norway, and consist of at least five councillors of government.
In June 1814 it was decided that one of the members of the Council of State should also be member of the Committee for Church and Education, and present the committee’s proposals to the Council.
www.regjeringen.no /en/The-Government/Previous-governments/The-Structure-of-the-Registry/Governments/Dissolution-of-the-Danish-Norwegian-real.html?id=410075   (519 words)

  
 Danish
The Danish have had the freedom to choose the religion of their choice since the mid-1800.
The livestock that is raised on the farms are hogs, dairy cattle and beef cattle.
Interesting highlights of the Danish culture are that some of the Danish sailors participated in the actions of the Vikings in about the year 800.
www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/cultural/oldworld/europe/danish.html   (926 words)

  
 CFC
Some council members also include other considerations, but they all agree when considering what is most luxurious, it is difficult to differ between fur and for instance meat – if you want to maintain a logic of consistency.
The Council consists of 11 members and is chaired by Peter Sandoe, professor at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University of Denmark.
The members of the Council differ in their opinion on fur farming, from the most common being "fur farming is an animal husbandry that is to be evaluated on the same terms as any other animal husbandry" to " the purpose of the production makes a great difference to the ethical evaluation".
www.furcommission.com /news/newsF06d.htm   (1895 words)

  
 Curriculum Vitae for Ulrik Federspiel - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
Permanent Secretary of State, Prime Minister’s Office, and Secretary to Her Majesty the Queen in the Council of Ministers
Deputy Chief of Mission, Royal Danish Embassy in Washington DC Private Secretary to the Permanent Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Danish Co-chairman of the Danish-Russian Intergovernmental Council on Economic
www.um.dk /en/menu/AboutUs/Organisation/SeniorManagement/CurriculumVitaeForUlrikFederspiel.htm?wbc_purpose=Basic&WBCMODE=Presentation   (175 words)

  
 Conditional Consent, Dynastic Rights and the Danish Law of Succession
The demand for consent "in the Council of State" for the marriage of dynasts (other than the monarch) was introduced with the present Law of Succession in 1953 and its reintroduction of female succession to the throne, which expanded the number of possible individuals with succession rights.
It was, indeed, the stated purpose by Constitutional Commission (of 1946) in its justification of the suggestion on Pg.
The Folketing, i.e., the Danish parliament, was informed of the conditional consent given by the Council of State in a letter from the Prime Minister, Jens Otto Krag, dated June 3rd 1967 (Folketingets Forhandlinger 1967-68, sp.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Crete/2122/dk-suc-law.html   (1571 words)

  
 Arctic Council | Minutes of the Senior Arctic Officials Meeting   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The U.S. stated that it was aware of the desire of a number of Council members to have more frequent meetings, but that the United States would evaluate its success as Chair not by the frequency of meetings but by progress on the Council's program of work.
Council Members were pleased with AMAP's participation in an Assessment Steering Committee (ASC) that involves CAFF, IASC and IPCC in the monitoring of Climate Change and UV-B in the Arctic, as it sets a good pattern for future Working Group cooperative activity within the Council.
The Saami Council stated that this may be the last Council meeting it would be able to attend, and requested the Chair to formally ask member countries to answer in writing what they were doing to help Permanent Participants participate in the Council.
www.arctic-council.org /en/main/infopage/150   (7176 words)

  
 Daily Excelsior.........State
A spokesman of the Federation said the decision to boycott goods from outside the state was taken at a meeting of KTMF held under the chairmanship of its president Ghulam Mohiuddin Makaya.
A resolution was unanimously passed that the State and the Central governments may take up with the government of Pakistan to allow Mirpuris to see their birthplace Mirpur which is now in POK as a part of ongoing peace process between two countries.
Minister of State for Sheep and Annual Husbandry, in his remarks called for massive awareness and greater coordination between sheep breeders and the extension agencies for taking research at the doorsteps of the farmers.
www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/05apr25/state.htm   (6342 words)

  
 Articles 19980911   (Site not responding. Last check: )
IN A PRESS STATEMENT issued in Accra, the Council of State, which is perceived by many Ghanaians as one of President Rawlings' tools, announced that it had discussed at its recent meeting, among other things, the causes of political violence during political campaigns.
Mensah, one of the most criticised ministers of state claimed that Dr. Apraku was brought down from the United States by the government of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and given a lucrative post at the Agriculture Ministry and should be grateful to the hand that fed him.
Judgement is to be given in the case in which the masses are entangled in a lawsuit with the state; with the State Managers serving as the defendants, and the Masses, the plaintiffs, the "Justice and Accountability Hall" is full to capacity.
www.newsrunner.com /newsbot/CHR.19980911.html   (10614 words)

  
 Danish Green Transport Week
The Green Transport Week was initiated by the Danish Ministry of Environment and Energy in cooperation with the Ministry of Transport, thus contributing to the European "In town, without my car!" day in the same week, on September 22.
The Green Transport Week Secretariat and the Danish Society for Nature Conservation have launched a campaign to encourage the 2,400 Danish schools to put traffic and environment on the timetable during week 38, using the motto "Hop and Run".
The Federation of Danish Motorists FDM is engaged in the debate on environment and traffic.
www.ecoplan.org /carfreeday/EarthCFD/general/denmark.htm   (1788 words)

  
 CNN.com - Agreement reached at racially torn Penn State - May 2, 2001
STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Protesting students reached an agreement with Penn State University President Graham Spanier on a "plan to enhance diversity" at the school, where fl students have a reported receiving scores of racist and threatening letters and e-mails in recent weeks.
Penn State announced last week it will add faculty to the African and African-American Studies Department and put $1 million toward the Africana center.
The situation brought hundreds of Penn State students to a packed town hall meeting on race relations Tuesday night, with fl leaders saying they feared for their lives.
archives.cnn.com /2001/US/05/02/penn.state.02   (892 words)

  
 NATO may not have enough troops for Iraq: Powell   (Site not responding. Last check: )
He also expressed the hope that a new UN Security Council resolution on Iraq, which could accompany a US handover to a sovereign Iraqi government on June 30, would encourage countries to send more troops to the country.
The United States has in recent weeks faced a resurgence of violence in Iraq at a time when some members of the military coalition have decided to withdraw their troops, including Spain, Honduras and the Dominican Republic.
Moeller meanwhile said no political decision had been taken to increase the Danish contingent in Iraq, but stressed that "technical" contacts were underway to expand the mission of the Danish soldiers, who are under British command.
www.spacewar.com /2004/040429132635.l4mrw0ii.html   (267 words)

  
 US State Department Road Safety Overseas
The Department of State is engaged in outreach efforts to education-related organizations to publicize road safety risks in other countries.
The Department of State is aware that IDPs are being sold over the Internet and in person by persons not authorized by the Department of State pursuant to the requirements of the U.N. Convention of 1949.
Communication from the Commission to the Council, The European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Priorities in EU Road Safety, Progress Report and Ranking of Actions, Brussels, March 17, 2000
travel.state.gov /travel/abroad_roadsafety.html   (2501 words)

  
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The resignation of the Danish government was linked to its refusal to instore martial law.
(4) This was soon followed by the establishment, in London, of a Danish Council, acting as a representative of the Free Danish.
Head of the Allied Military Administration (6) 1945 Robert E. Dewing (UK) 1891 - 1981 Danish representative 1945 G. Rasmussen (6) For the whole of Denmark except Bornholm island, which was occupied by Soviet troops Commander of the Soviet troops and Military Governor of Bornholm 1945 - 1946...
www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/Rotunda/2209/Denmark.html   (1294 words)

  
 Remarks With Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller After the Foreign Ministers Meeting on Sudan
We’ve just concluded a meeting of the Security Council and several other interested states and parties concerning the Darfur conflict.
I think it’s fair to say that there is an understanding of the urgency of this matter.
They of course mean something in Khartoum; otherwise, they will know that stands side by side (inaudible) other measures (inaudible) the people of Darfur though military means, then we will have to have new ways again.
www.state.gov /secretary/rm/2006/73027.htm   (768 words)

  
 UNHCR - Search UNHCR
The Government confirmed that the Danish newspaper J yllandsposten had published 12 cartoons...
Development, Republic of China (Taiwan) Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Royal Norwegian Ministry...
Nigeria: Divorce law and practice among Muslims, including grounds, procedures, length of process, property disposition, child custody and consequences for the woman and her family (March 2006)
www.unhcr.org /cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home?id=search&results=refworld&sort=fulldate&skip=150&query=danish   (325 words)

  
 OSAC - Overseas Security Advisory Council   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This month's Country Council Focus is on the redeveloping Port-au-Prince Country Council in Haiti.
Today - Europe Greece The United States Embassy wishes to alert American citizens in Greece of the potential for large demonstrations throughout Greece on Thursday, November 17.
Demonstrations are expected to take place in Athens in the afternoon and evening in the vicinity of the U.S. Embassy, and in Thessaloniki in the area of the U.S. Consulate, as well as other places.
www.ds-osac.org   (393 words)

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