Denmark

Denmark urged to end North Sea oil and gas hunt

An independent adviser to the Danish government has recommended ending any future oil and gas exploration in the Danish North Sea, saying it would hurt Denmark's ambition as a front-runner…

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Concerns Denmark is vulnerable to a new wave

A study shows that only about one percent of Danes had contracted the coronavirus, Danish officials said Wednesday, raising concerns Denmark is vulnerable to a new wave. The report was…

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Photo Story: Covid-19 lockdown eased in Denmark

The final preparations are made before the first customers return to Kolding Storcenter, Shopping Centre, in Kolding, Denmark, ahead of the reopening after the lock-down to prevent the spread of…

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Denmark to ease coronavirus restrictions further from June 8

Danish museums, amusement parks and cinemas will be allowed to reopen from June 8, the government said on Friday, after it struck a deal with parliament on how restrictions to…

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Photo Story: WW2 German cannon in Denmark raises controversy

According to media reports, the placement of a WW2 German cannon as a decoration at a site overlooking Hanstholm Harbour, in Hanstholm, Denmark, which was under German occupation has…

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Denmark to let some small businesses reopen on Monday

Denmark will allow certain small businesses, such as hairdressers, beauty salons and driving schools, to reopen on April 20, the government said on Friday, following a lockdown ordered last month…

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Photo Story: Danish Queen Margrethe’s 80th birthday

Danish Queen Margrethe waves from the doorsteps in Fredensborg Castle, Denmark, 16 April 2020. Despite Queen Margrethe is celebrating her 80th birthday in private due to the new coronavirus pandemic…

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Some schools reopen in Denmark

Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen (L), speaking with the pupils when she participates in the reopening of Lykkebo School in Valby in Copenhagen, Denmark, 15 April 2020. Starting 15 April…

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EU approves Swedish support scheme for airlines

In what is being considered as the first major bailout of coronavirus-affected airlines, the European Commission has approved Sweden's 450 million euro support scheme for airlines, with Scandinavian Airlines (SAS),…

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Scandinavians stranded in Peru arrive in Copenhagen

A relative welcome one of the Scandinavians who were stranded in Peru due to COVID-19 upon arrival at the Copenhagen Airport, in Copenhagen, Denmark, 03 April 2020. On board the…

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Denmark offers companies $6bn in coronavirus cash hand-outs’

Denmark's finance ministry has announced plans to spend up to 40bn Danish kroner ($6bn) to help companies hit by the coronavirus crisis to cover their fixed costs until cash flow…

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Danish government will pay 75% of threatened private sector salaries

Denmark is planning to pay employees in the private sector 75% of their salary if there is no guarantee they can work because of the Coronavirus crisis. The decision comes…

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Denmark closes German border as COVID-19 safety measure

The closed checkpoint 'Padborg' from Germany to Denmark, near Flensburg, northern Germany, 14 March 2020. The Danish government is closing all Danish borders for tourists and foreigners traveling without a…

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Denmark shuts its borders for a month

Denmark announced on Friday it would shut its borders to most foreign visitors for a month from Saturday, in a move unprecedented in peacetime as part of efforts to halt…

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EU approves Danish compensation scheme for cancellations of large public events

The European Commission has found a DKK 91 million (€12 million) Danish aid scheme to compensate organisers for the damage suffered due to the cancellation of large events with more…

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Denmark in lockdown, shuts down schools and universities to fight coronavirus pandemic

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has announced that the country will close all kindergartens, schools and universities for two weeks to slow the spread of the coronavirus virus. All public…

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No new citizens in Denmark as coronavirus halts Danish naturalizations

The government in Denmark has asked mayors to suspend naturalization ceremonies, which since a law passed in 2018 require a mandatory handshake. In Denmark, which has reported 23 cases, it…

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Photo Story: Cubs first outing in Aalborg

Two new polar bear cubs explore their enclosure with their mother Malik, for the first time, at Aalborg Zoo in Aalborg, Denmark, 04 March 2020 (issued 05 March 2020). …

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Denmark confirms first coronavirus case

Denmark has confirmed its first coronavirus infection in a man who returned from a ski holiday in northern Italy, the Danish health authority said on Thursday. The man was put…

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Photo Story: The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen vandalized

A graffiti reading ‘Free Hong Kong’ appears on The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark, 13 January 2020. The mermaid overlooking the waters at the port of Copenhagen is particularly…

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Photo Story: New Year’s Reception for diplomatic corps at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen

(L-R) Danish Queen Margrethe II, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary attend the New Year's Reception for the Diplomatic Corps at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen, Denmark, 02 January 2020.…

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Police in Denmark foil terror plot

Police in Denmark have arrested 20 people in connection with suspected preparations for an Islamist terrorist attack. They said several raids were made throughout the country on Wednesday and that…

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Denmark says Greenland is a national security concern as ‘great powers’ circle

Denmark has made Greenland a top national security priority after Donald Trump expressed an interest in buying the territory. Mr Trump raised the possibility of purchasing the vast land mass…

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Maersk to lay off staff as part of cost cutting

Danish shipping group Maersk said on Thursday it would lay off staff at its main offices in Denmark and in other countries. The company said it did not know yet…

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EU sues Denmark over misuse of term ‘feta’ on Danish cheeses

The European Commission said on Wednesday it was suing Denmark for failing to prevent local companies from making and exporting outside the EU white cheese labelled as “feta”, breaching rules…

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Photo Story: Wind turbine transport on closed highway

A slow-moving wind turbine transport is on its way to the test centre in Oesterild from Hanstholm Harbour, West Coast of Jutland, Denmark, 25 November 2019. The transport consists of…

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Danish prosecutor charges Danske Bank for overcharging customers

Danske Bank said on Thursday it has been preliminary charged by the Danish prosecutor for overcharging customers for an investment product. Denmark’s financial watchdog reported Danske Bank to the police…

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Denmark gives go-ahead for Nord Stream 2 Russian pipeline segment

Denmark's Energy Agency announced on Wednesday that it had granted Nord Stream 2, owned by Russia's Gazprom, a permit to lay the pipeline across seabed southeast of Denmark's island of…

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Denmark approves stripping ISIS fighters of citizenship

Denmark's parliament approved legislation on Thursday that allows people with dual citizenship who fought for the ISIS group in Syria and Iraq to be stripped of their Danish nationality. Lawmakers…

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Lighthouse in Denmark moved 70m on rails to save it from falling into sea

Coastal erosion threatened to topple the Denmark's Rubjerg Knude lighthouse into the sea. Now the 720-tonne structure is being saved, in an operation to lift it up onto rails and…

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New U.N. refugee data centre inaugurated in Copenhagen

A new UN refugee data centre was inaugurated in the Danish capital Copenhagen. UN chief António Guterres said will improve the way humanitarian agencies support “some of the most dramatically…

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Denmark sets up temporary border control at border with Sweden

Denmark will set up temporary border controls at the Swedish border starting next month, the country’s justice minister Nick Haekkerup said on Thursday. The move comes after two Swedes were…

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Photo Story: Diplomacy Scandinavian style

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (R) and Ireland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar (L) ride a bicycle ahead of a meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark. Varadkar is on a tour to Nordic…

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Denmark removes ‘silly’ requirement from citizenship application forms

A requirement for applicants for Danish citizenship to provide details of every single trip outside of the country for the last 12 years has been scrapped by the government. Since…

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Photo Story: Virgin Islands gifts sculpture to Denmark

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Photo Story: Queen Margrethe II of Denmark visits Schleswig-Holstein

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark (C) during her visit in at the monument Danevirke in Dannewerk, Germany, 05 September 2019. Queen Margrethe II of Denmark visits Schleswig-Holstein and the Danish…

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Photo story: The Flight of the Condor

Peter Wenzel trains the young condor Molina in the Eagle Reserve in Bindslev in northern Jutland in Denmark. Molina came to the Eagle Reserve in November 2018 as a youngster…

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Photo Story: Traffic lights in Denmark to symbolize Viking history

A technician replaces one of many pedestrian signals for Vikings in Aarhus, Denmark, 26 August 2019. The traffic lights in Aarhus are getting new symbols with Vikings figures for the…

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Trump calls Denmark ‘nasty’over cancelled visit and Greenland controversy

US President Donald Trump has called the Danish Prime Minister "nasty" after she rebuffed his idea of buying Greenland. Trump made the comments after Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said…

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Trump cancels Danish state visit over Greenland sale controversy

US President Donald Trump has cancelled a state visit to Denmark after the nation's prime minister said Greenland was not for sale to the US. The president was scheduled to…

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Danish PM insists Greenland is not for sale as Trump confirms the interest

Greenland is not for sale and the idea of selling it to the United States is absurd, Denmark’s prime minister Mette Frederiksen told the newspaper Sermitsiaq during a visit to…

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Greenland informs Trump: ‘We’re not for sale’

The government of Greenland says its territory is not for sale following reports that US President Donald Trump was looking into purchasing the massive, ice-covered island. The statement follows reports…

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Trump mulled buying Greenland

U.S. President Donald Trump has privately discussed with aides and advisers the idea of the United States purchasing the island of Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, to expand U.S. territory,…

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Denmark to tighten Swedish border controls

The Danish prime minister has pledged to tighten controls at the Swedish border after two bomb blasts in Copenhagen this week. Two Swedish men have been charged over the attacks.…

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Photo Story: Pink in concert in Denmark

US singer Pink performs in concert during her 'Beautiful Trauma World Tour 2019' at the CASA Arena in Horsens, Denmark. Earlier this week a private aircraft carrying members of Pink’s…

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Explosion in front of the Danish Tax Agency

Danish police are investigating an explosion that ripped through the country’s national tax agency late on Tuesday night. The explosion rocked the building and caused a large amount of damage…

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Photo: The Tall Ships Races in Aarhus

The Mexican school ship Cuauhtemoc, participating in the Tall Ships Races, en route to the dock in Aarhus Port, Denmark. The Mexican sailing ship is one of the largest and…

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Denmark plans regulation of influencers

Denmark announced it is to regulate popular influencers after an Instagram star posted a suicide note online. The influencer, Fie Laursen, posted the note on Instagram, where she has more…

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Huge operation in Denmark against crime group from the Western Balkans

The Copenhagen Special Investigation Unit of the Danish Police (Dansk Politi), arrested 31 individuals of a large, poly-criminal organisation, which smuggled, sold and distributed firearms and drugs throughout the EU. They…

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New political landscape takes shape in Denmark

Denmark’s nationalists had their worst drubbing in Wednesday’s election, leading to a new political landscape with a left-leaning government led by the country’s youngest prime minister. Mette Frederiksen,…

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Danske Bank selling Estonian private loans unit

Danske Bank, which has been embroiled in a major money laundering scandal, has agreed to sell its portfolio of Estonian private loans to LHV Pank in a deal worth $410…

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More SAS flight cancellations for Monday, Tuesday due to pilot strike

Scandinavian airline SAS has canceled a further 1,213 flights for Monday and Tuesday after pilots began their strike on Friday. Mediators say there are no signs of fresh negotiations and…

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EBA ends probe of Estonian, Danish regulators over Danske Bank

The European Banking Authority (EBA), the EU banking watchdog, terminated an investigation of financial regulators in Estonia and Denmark in relation to suspected money laundering activities by Danske Bank after…

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Denmark to deprive jihadists’ children of their citizenship

The Danish Immigration Ministry in a statement announced that children born abroad to Danish citizens who fought alongside Islamic militants will no longer receive Danish citizenship. "As their parents have…

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Denmark bans Burqa and Niqab

Denmark has joined Austria, France and Belgium in banning garments that cover the face, including Islamic veils such as the niqab and burqa. In a 75-30 vote with 74 absentees on Thursday,…

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