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Berlingske
Berlingske, previously known as Berlingske Tidende (, "Berling's Times"), is a Danish national daily newspaper based in Copenhagen.
First published on 3 January 1749,
"Berlingske" is Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, and among the oldest newspapers in the world.
History and profile.
"Berlingske" was founded by Denmark's Royal Book Printer Ernst Henrich Berling and originally titled "Kjøbenhavnske Danske Post-Tidender", then the "Berlingskes Politiske og Avertissements Tidende." The paper
hate speech for comments he made about rape and honour killings in Muslim families in a newspaper article in connection with Hedegaard's case.
State security.
In February and March 2004 three Berlingske Tidende journalists, Michael Bjerre, Jesper Larsen, and Niels Lunde, were prosecuted for "harming state security" after publishing the details of classified intelligence reports about the lack of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. In December 2006 the three were acquitted by a Copenhagen court.
See also.
- Freedom of speech by country