Denmark

Denmark

Denmark votes in elections too close to call

Danes are heading to the polls on Thursday in an election expected to go down to the wire. Ever since declaring elections last month, Prime Minister

18/06/2015

Denmark

What you need to know about the Danish legislative elections

17/06/2015

Denmark

Danish PM claims credit for economic recovery

Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt says she can take credit for helping the country out of the financial crisis. Facing re-election next

12/06/2015

Denmark

More than a notorious selfie: Denmark's PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Denmark's Prime Minister calls a general election Danes told they will go to the polls Denmark’s Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt announced on

10/06/2015

Denmark

Denmark calls national elections for June 18th

Denmark’s prime minister has called national elections for 18 June. Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s centre-left Social Democrats are set to face stiff

27/05/2015

Denmark

Danish radio station's rabbit execution sparks angry backlash

Radio 24syv killed a baby rabbit live on air saying it wanted to highlight hypocrisy over animal welfare and provoke a debate.

27/05/2015

Denmark

Bunny beaten to death live on Danish radio

26/05/2015

Denmark

Denmark: Tackling homelessness the Odense way

Denmark is battling homelessness. Between 2009 and 2013, the northern European country saw a 16 percent rise in the number of people lacking

10/04/2015

Denmark

Copenhagen police on terror alert make one arrest

Police in Copenhagen have made one arrest after raiding an apartment building in the area where the suspected killer from last month’s terror attack

26/03/2015

Sport

Bjarne Riis suspended

Denmark’s Bjarne Riis has been suspended from his position as team manager at the Tinkoff-Saxo team, which includes two-time Tour de France champion

24/03/2015

Cinema

Oscar-winning Danish director Susanne Bier signs new thriller

Danish thriller ““A Second Chance”“::http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3305316/ stars “Game of Thrones” actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. He plays Andreas, a

23/03/2015

My Europe Series

Drawing the line: the high price paid by Prophet Mohammed cartoonists

A life in hiding is the price two cartoonists have paid for their satirical depictions of the Prophet Mohammed. Swede Lars Vilks and Kurt Westergaard

20/03/2015

Denmark

Fending off polar bears and freezing temperatures eclipse hunters flock North

Eclipse watchers are heading to the Faroe Islands and Svalbard, Norway which will be the only places to see the rare total solar eclipse, if the weather holds out.

20/03/2015

Denmark

Swedish artist Lars Vilks receives free speech award

Swedish artist Lars Vilks has reappeared in public for the first time since narrowly avoiding death in the Copenhagen killings last month. He was

15/03/2015

Denmark

Danish human trafficking operation nets 92

Ninety-two people have been arrested in Denmark on suspicion of human trafficking and fraud. Reports say a major police operation took place on the

25/02/2015

Next Series

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23/02/2015

Denmark

Hundreds attend funeral of gunman behind Copenhagen terror attacks

Hundreds of mourners have attended the funeral of gunman Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein, who shot dead two people and wounded five others, in terror

21/02/2015

Denmark

Denmark steps up 'defence against terror'

Denmark has unveiled a 130 million euro package to step up police and intelligence services. It was announced days after deadly shooting attacks in

19/02/2015

Denmark

Hundreds mourn Jewish guard Dan Uzan at Copenhagen funeral

Hundreds of mourners in Copenhagen have turned out for the funeral of Dan Uzan, a Jewish guard gunned down during an attack at the city’s main

18/02/2015

Denmark

Danish authorities had been warned about radicalisation risk of Copenhagen gunman

A minute of silence was held in the Danish parliament on Tuesday for the two victims of shooting attacks in Copenhagen at the weekend. Denmark's domestic intelligence agency (PET) has admitted it wa

17/02/2015

Denmark

Islamist "lone wolves" plot attacks inside Western societies where they live

The latest radical Islamist terrorist attacks in Denmark fall into the ‘lone wolf’ category. The general profile finds striking similarities between

17/02/2015

Denmark

Police find no explosives in suspect package at Copenhagen cafe

Danish police say no explosives have been found in a suspect package left outside a Copenhagen cafe, the scene of a fatal shooting three days ago

17/02/2015

Denmark

Denmark holds vigils to honour shooting victims

Candles have been lit across Denmark at evening vigils to honour the victims of two deadly shooting attacks in the capital at the weekend. A gunman

16/02/2015

Denmark

Danish PM says Jews 'part of Denmark'

Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said Denmark would not be the same without its Jewish community. She was reacting to Israeli Prime

16/02/2015

Denmark

Offending radicals in Denmark "just another day at the office"

Denmark this weekend was dragged back onto a deadly stage, showing it shares a menace faced by many countries in Europe, one which involves

16/02/2015

Denmark

Danish police charge two people with aiding deadly shooting suspect

Danish police say they have charged two people with aiding the man suspected of shooting dead two people in attacks on a synagogue and an event

16/02/2015