Tag: Denmark
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Danish warship sunk by Nelson’s British fleet discovered after 225 years
More than 200 years after being sunk by Adm. Horatio Nelson and the British fleet, a Danish warship has been discovered on the seabed of Copenhagen ... -
Trump’s Greenland threats reveal no-win dilemma at the heart of European security strategy
In the days since a fractious World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzeland, ended, some of Europe’s main players have pushed a narrative of continental togetherness. “Trump makes ... -
Neil Young’s gift to Greenland: Free access to his entire music catalog
Neil Young is giving the people of Greenland the gift of song — his songs, that is. The veteran rocker announced this week on his blog ... -
Denmark says its sovereignty is not negotiable after Trump’s about-turn
Denmark’s prime minister insisted that her country can’t negotiate on its sovereignty yesterday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he agreed a “framework of a future ... -
Trump arrives in Switzerland, in his quest to own Greenland
President Donald Trump has landed in Switzerland following hours of delay after a minor electrical issue aboard Air Force forced a return to Washington to switch ... -
Power cut caused by technical fault affects the Danish Baltic Sea island of Bornholm
Electricity to the Danish island of Bornholm was cut off yesterday due to a technical fault that caused an undersea cable to be disconnected, authorities said. ... -
Danish prime minister says a US takeover would mark the end of NATO
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said yesterday [Macau time] an American takeover of Greenland would amount to the end of the NATO military alliance. Her comments ... -
Copenhagen plans to severely restrict social media use for young people
As Australia began enforcing a world-first social media ban for children under 16 years old this week, Denmark is planning to follow its lead and severely ... -
A joke petition seeks to help Denmark buy California as Trump eyes Greenland
Is California for sale? A lighthearted petition to buy the state of California for Denmark prompted more than 200,000 signatures by Wednesday in response to President ... -
A rare discovery In Denmark, fifty well-preserved Viking Age skeletons have been unearthed
In a village in central Denmark, archeologists made a landmark discovery that could hold important clues to the Viking era: a burial ground, containing some 50 ... -
A Danish hippie oasis has fought drug sales for years, but locals want to tear up the street
The inhabitants of Copenhagen’s freewheeling Christiania neighborhood plan to dig up the aptly named Pusher Street, in their latest attempt to stop illegal hashish sales which ... -
People celebrate Australian-born queen of Denmark with cocktails, picnics and ‘Danish Fiesta’
A day after an Australian became queen of Denmark, her native land yesterday celebrated the unlikely fairy tale with cocktails, picnics and a “Danish Fiesta.” Mary ... -
A royal first: Australia celebrates Princess Mary’s historic rise to be queen consort in Denmark
For the first time, Australians find themselves on the brink of witnessing one of their own, Princess Mary of Denmark, rise to the rank of queen ... -
Denmark’s queen makes one last public appearance before stepping down in rare abdication
Europe’s longest reigning monarch Queen Margrethe rode through Denmark’s capital yesterday in a gilded, horse-drawn coach as she concluded her last New Year celebrations before her ... -
Protesters try to storm Baghdad’s Green Zone over the burning of Quran and Iraqi flag
Tensions flared again in Iraq on Saturday over a series of recent protests in Europe involving the desecration of the Quran, Islam’s holy book, which sparked ...
