Denmark

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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Africa-Europe Alliance: Denmark provides €10 million for sustainable development under the EU External Investment Plan

The European Commission and Denmark signed a transfer agreement for a voluntary contribution of around €10 million (DKK 75 million) to the EU External Investment Plan. The European Investment Plan…

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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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Denmark calls for EU-wide diesel and petrol car ban by 2040

Denmark, backed by 10 other European Union countries, on Friday called for an EU-wide ban on diesel and petrol cars by 2040 to combat climate change. Euronews reports that Denmark…

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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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Danish Pm has constructive conversation with Trump

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen had a "constructive conversation" with U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, discussing cooperation on security policy, Danish news agency Ritzau reported. The leaders among other…

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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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No one injured in second explosion in a week in Copenhagen

An explosion occurred outside a local police station in Copenhagen, police said, in the second blast to hit the Danish capital in four days. No one was injured in the…

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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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142 stranded passengers, mostly children, arrive in Malta from Denmark – Air Malta suspends employee

An Air Malta employee who was also acting as a flight broker has been suspended by the airline after 142 people, mostly children, were left stranded in Denmark. Air Malta operations…

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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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Denmark’s new prime minister wants Margrethe Vestager to stay on as the country’s European commissioner

Denmark's new prime minister wants Margrethe Vestager to stay on as the country's European commissioner. Mette Frederiksen told Danish broadcaster TV 2 Wednesday “we will propose that the commissioner that we have already…

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Agreement for left-leaning government reached in Denmark

Denmark on Wednesday became the third Nordic country this year to form a leftist government after Social Democratic leader Mette Frederiksen finalised terms for a one-party minority government, making her…

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Danske Bank fires head of Danish banking activities

Danske Bank said on Monday announced it had dismissed the head of its Danish banking activities, Jesper Nielsen Nielsen was also the bank’s former interim chief executive. His dismissal…

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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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Exit polls indicate a win for the left in Danish election

Exit polls in Denmark show the Red bloc is set to win the election after polling stations closed at 8 pm. According to the CEST, Ritzau survey turnout was up…

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Corporate Dispatch End-of-Day Roundup

The British and Americans have been historic partners, they have shared values, and those values will endure for the next 75 years and beyond. That is why she was so…

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Change in government is the most likely outcome in Danish elections on Wednesday

Denmark’s general election Wednesday is likely to produce a change of government. The highest-polling party, the Social Democrats, currently averages 27 percent support, leading the second-placed Liberals by an average…

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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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Europe Votes: Denmark, the projections

This is a summary of Politico’s and FT projections of the voting today in Denmark: Denmark – The Projections If turnout of 56.32% is maintained in this vote, Politico predicts the…

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Former Danish financial regulator charged in connection with money laundering scandal

The former chair of Denmark’s financial regulator who had previously been finance director of Danske Bank has been charged and his house raided in connection with a €200bn money laundering…

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Eight European countries with ambitious strategy to tackle climate change

Eight European countries - France, Belgium, Denmark, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden - have called for an ambitious strategy to tackle climate change – and to spend a…

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Elections in Denmark set for June 5

Denmark will hold a general election on June 5, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said Tuesday. According to POLITICO's polling, the Social Democrats will come in first with four seats, one…

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SAS pilots strike enters seventh day

Scandinavian airline SAS and unions are locked in mediation talks as a pilot strike that has grounded almost 400,000 passengers entered its seventh day on Thursday. SAS has cancelled more…

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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 introduces mandatory course for couples seeking divorce

Couples seeking a divorce in Denmark will be required to take a course before their marriage can be legally ended. Denmark has a reputation as one of the happiest countries…

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Fourteen arrested, several injured after gang-related shooting in Copenhagen

Fourteen men, aged 20 to 32, were arrested after a shooting occurred in Rungsted Strandvej, Copenhagen, in Denmark, on Saturday night. Euronews reports that the Copenhagen police said that several…

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Three years from the Panama Papers leaks…Denmark’s tax agency seeks damages from firms exposed

Denmark's tax agency said on Wednesday it has launched 34 court cases seeking damages from management in firms exposed of tax evasion in the Panama Papers. The Danish government paid…

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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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The pervasive rape culture and impunity in Denmark

Even though Denmark rates highly for gender equality in many areas of life, the Scandinavian country has “a pervasive rape culture and there is endemic impunity for rapists”, according to…

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Denmark deports two Huawei workers

Denmark has deported two Huawei workers after finding they had flouted work and residence permit rules. Police said it was part of a policy of regular checks on companies with…

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Six people killed in a train accident in Denmark (Photos)

Six people were killed in train accident on bridge linking two of Denmark's islands. The passenger train was heading towards the capital when it was hit by objects or tarpaulin…

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German authorities approve tunnel linking Germany with Denmark, despite environmental objections

German authorities on Friday gave their approval to an $8 billion rail and road tunnel linking Denmark and Germany, despite environmental objections. The 19 km (11.8 mile) Fehmarnbelt link, connecting…

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Denmark accuses Iran of assassination plot on Danish soil

Denmark’s intelligence chief accused Tehran of planning to assassinate an opponent of the Iranian government on Danish soil. Iran "strongly" dismissed the claim made by Denmark Tuesday. The alleged attack had…

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Danish ferry powerless in Baltic after engine broke down

A Danish ferry operator said 294 passengers were stranded after the engine broke down on one of its ships in the Baltic Sea.The Lithuanian-flagged ferry owning company said that no…

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Bridge and ferry connections between Sweden and Denmark closed on police orders

The bridge closure was part of a search for a Swedish vehicle whose occupants are suspected of "serious crimes", according to Copenhagen Police. "In connection with an ongoing investigation, Copenhagen…

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Tuesday Morning Briefing

Good morning Your morning briefing with the latest news from around the globe, a newspaper review from Malta and a headline digest of the main news chosen in the past…

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Commissioner Jourová requests EBA to probe actions of Danish and Estonian national financial watchdogs following Danske Bank money laundering scandal

The EU’s banking watchdog is set to probe the actions of Denmark and Estonia’s national supervisors to see how they failed to pick up on Danske Bank’s massive money laundering…

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