Copenhagen - Danish brewer Carlsberg's first-quarter 2008 operating profit dropped slightly despite a 6-per-cent increase in beer sales, the group said Wednesday.

Copenhagen  - Danish brewer Carlsberg said Wednesday it has bought a 16 per cent stake in state-owned Vietnamese brewery Habeco for some 115 million dollars.

Copenhagen - Denmark has relocated its embassy staff to other offices from current embassy buildings in Algeria and Afghanistan against the backdrop of recent terrorist threats, a Foreign Ministry

Copenhagen - The Danish Union of Journalists said Thursday it wanted damages from two Danish anti-Islam groups that used a newspaper cartoonist's work without his permission.

Acting on behalf of newspaper cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, the union said it wanted 200,000 kroner (42.000 dollars) in damages for the illegal use of the cartoon that depicted the prophet Mohammed with a bomb in his turban.

It was published on websites and placards in connection with a protest in March, despite a court order.

Copenhagen  - Danish police have issued a nationwide alert after a 5-year-old

Copenhagen  -  A strike by some 100,000 Danish nurses and other health care workers Wednesday impacted scores of hospitals, kindergartens and nursing homes across Denmark.