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Denmark uses the krone as its currency and does not use the euro, having negotiated the right to opt out from participation under the Maastricht Treaty of 1992. In 2000, the government held a referendum on introducing the euro, which was defeated with 53.2% voting no and 46.8% voting yes.
Many Canadian merchants close to the border, as well as large stores in big cities and major tourist hotspots in Peru also accept U.S. dollars, though usually at a value that favours the merchant. In Cambodia, US notes circulate freely and are preferred over the Cambodian riel for large purchases, [27] [28] with the riel used for change to ...
The transition dates are according to the European Union rules, except for the Pituffik Space Base, which uses United States transition dates and for which the following description does not apply. DST starts at 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday in March and ends same time on the last Sunday in October each year in all affected areas.
The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, and a few Caribbean islands. [1]In parts of that zone (20 states in the US, three provinces or territories in Canada, and several border municipalities in Mexico), the Central Time Zone is affected by two time designations yearly: Central Standard Time (CST) is observed from ...
United States: 12 October 1801 [371] See Denmark–United States relations. Denmark recognized the United States in 1792. [372] Denmark has an embassy in Washington D.C. [373] and consulates-general in Chicago, Houston, New York City and Palo Alto. [374] United States has an embassy in Copenhagen and a consulate in Nuuk, Greenland. [375] Uruguay
Such designations can be ambiguous; for example, "CST" can mean China Standard Time (UTC+08:00), Cuba Standard Time (UTC−05:00), and (North American) Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00), and it is also a widely used variant of ACST (Australian Central Standard Time, UTC+9:30). Such designations predate both ISO 8601 and the internet era; in ...
Copenhagen, Denmark May 2000 () 2003 2–3 years [8] (n/a) Charles Stuart Chargé d'affaires: 2003 2003 0 years 12: Matthew Peek Ambassador of Australia to Denmark A D: 2003 2006 2–3 years [9] 13: Sharyn Minahan: A D: 2006 2010 3–4 years [10] 14: James Choi A D: 2010 2013 2–3 years [11] 15: Damien Miller: A D: 2013 () 11 April 2017 () 3 ...
DR was founded on 1 April 1925 under the name of Radioordningen, which was changed to Statsradiofonien in 1926, then to Danmarks Radio in 1959, [5] and to DR in 1996. [6]During the German occupation of Denmark in World War II, radio broadcasts were censored – under particularly harsh conditions from August 1943 – leading many Danes to turn to Danish-language broadcasts from the BBC or the ...