Denmark scraps Agriculture Minister title in favour of Nature and Animal Welfare

In a first for the EU, Denmark’s new centre-left coalition has replaced the traditional Agriculture Minister post with a Minister for Nature and Animal Welfare. Following months of coalition talks after Denmark’s March election, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Wednesday presented a new 21-member cabinet, launching her third term and signalling a move further to […]

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US Secretary of State: Greenland is “for now” part of Denmark

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has acknowledged that Greenland is “for now” part of Denmark, but made it clear that Washington is still involved in negotiations about the Arctic island’s future role in Western security, writes Politico. Testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rubio avoided a direct answer to the question of whether […]

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Frederiksen to lead Danish government for third term

Danish Social Democrat leader Mette Frederiksen said on the 1st of June that she had agreed to form a center-left coalition government, Reuters reported. The minority cabinet would allow Frederiksen to lead the government for a third consecutive term, ending three months of uncertainty following elections in March, when 12 parties won seats in parliament. […]

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Trump’s Greenland Obsession Accidentally Strengthens the EU

Donald Trump’s repeated aggression toward Greenland could soon expand the European Union’s membership.

Denizens of Greenland’s closest neighbor, Iceland, are currently weighing the possibility of joining the continental alliance, The New York Times reported Friday.

“The Greenland crisis definitely hit a nerve,” Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir told the _Times_ in February, in an interview…

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Fears carcass of Timmy the whale could explode after failed £1,200,000 rescue

The bloated body of Timmy, the humpback whale lying off the Danish island of Anholt (Marcus Golejewski/DPA/Cover Media)

Experts have warned that the carcass of a young humpback whale which washed up on a beach after a failed rescue effort could explode.

The animal, affectionately known as Timmy, gained public attention after becoming stranded in shallow waters off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast on…

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Mette Frederiksen reappointed Denmark’s caretaker prime minister by King Frederik X

Denmark’s King Frederik X has reappointed Mette Frederiksen as the country’s caretaker prime minister to lead coalition negotiations. Denmark is still struggling to form a new government after inconclusive elections in March, with coalition talks dragging on for a record 59 days. The political deadlock has forced multiple rounds of negotiations as parties try to […]

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Norm Architects Pairs Danish Heritage With Japanese Spatial Sequencing for Shoreline Studio

By reinterpreting the traditional Danish summerhouse through the lens of Japanese spatial sequencing, Norm Architects has constructed Shoreline…

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Queen Margrethe II of Denmark undergoes angioplasty procedure in hospital

The Danish palace has announced that Queen Margrethe II of Denmark has undergone an angioplasty procedure after being admitted to hospital with chest pain. Queen Margrethe II was admitted on Thursday, 14 May, to Copenhagen’s Rigshospitalet, where she underwent “a balloon dilation of a coronary artery”. According to the palace, the Queen was in “good […]

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A one-ticket rule could be about to give Europe’s train travel a makeover

There will be no more juggling multiple tickets (Picture: Getty Images)

Not only is train travel a novel way to experience new European destinations, it’s also more sustainable.

And with 73% of travellers believing it’s important to minimise their environmental impact while travelling, it’s little wonder rail experiences are being revived.

From the European Sleeper bringing back the popular…

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Police officer stabbed in Manchester city centre knife attack

A police officer was stabbed in Manchester city centre
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A police officer has been taken to hospital after being stabbed in Manchester.

Emergency services are on the scene following reports of a stabbing close to Oxford Road, near Manchester city centre.

There is a large police scene outside Denmark Road Sports Centre, behind the Whitworth Art Gallery.

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Could one of Europe's veteran leaders be on her way out?

Danish King Frederik X asked Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen, leader of the right-wing Venstre party, over the weekend to lead talks on forming a center-right government, after coalition negotiations led by incumbent Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of the center-left collapsed. Frederiksen, who has served as prime minister since 2019 and had hoped to win […]

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