Denmark

Business

Denmark withdraws 1,000-crown note from circulation

The Scandinavian nation is set to remove the note, its largest denomination, as legal tender in 18 months time.

30/11/2023

Economy

Why is Denmark being tasked with blocking Russian oil tankers?

Copenhagen's mission will be backed by laws that allow states to inspect ships suspected of posing an environmental threat.

15/11/2023

Denmark

Denmark to restrict sale of alcohol to young people

A 2019 study estimated that 40% of young Danes aged 15-16 had been drunk in the previous 30 days, the highest proportion in Europe, where the average is 13%.

14/11/2023

Business

Maersk to slash 10,000 jobs over difficult container trade environment

Maersk, the world’s biggest shipping company, plans to eliminate 10,000 jobs due to what it described as a challenging environment for container trade and logistics services.

03/11/2023

Markets

Ørsted shares dive after throwing out US wind projects

Danish renewable energy group Ørsted plummeted on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange on Wednesday, following the cancellation of a huge offshore wind farm project in the US and €3.8 billion in write-downs.

01/11/2023

Culture news

How scientists recreated the smell of an ancient Egyptian mummy

What if you could smell history? Well researchers at Germany's Max Planck Institute have unraveled the ancient scent of mummification used on a prominent Egyptian woman, Senetnay, around 1,450 BC.

23/10/2023

Smart Health

Biosimilars: a cheaper and efficient alternative to name-brand drugs

In partnership with The European Commission

The European Commission's pharmaceutical reform would improve access to cheaper biosimilar medicines and speed up the time it takes to access the market.

19/10/2023

Smart Health

What is medical interchangeability?

In partnership with The European Commission

Have you ever heard of the concept of 'interchangeability' in the medical field? We went to the European Medicines Agency to understand what it is and what it means for EU patients and health systems.

19/10/2023

Culture news

Viking Age windows challenge Hollywood's portrayal of Norsemen

Danish researchers say fragments of glass found across Northern Europe suggest Vikings were more sophisticated than pop culture would have us believe.

11/10/2023

Work

High schools in Denmark are embracing ChatGPT as a teaching tool

The boom of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots prompted one teacher to start incorporating it into the classroom, rather than blocking it.

09/10/2023

Denmark

Euroviews. Cities are leading a cycling revolution. Will the EU follow suit?

My colleagues and I are convinced that cycling is the future. We need the EU and its member states to step to the challenge and recognise cycling as a phenomenal tool with immense transformative power, Line Barfod writes.

29/09/2023

Eco-Innovation

Why has Lego abandoned plans to make recycled plastic bricks?

After two years of testing, the world's largest toymaker has failed to make bricks that reduce carbon emissions.

25/09/2023

Economy

Central Bank of Denmark urges caution over economic future

Denmark's Nationalbank has called for economic caution with regard to future policy making, also predicting hovering inflation to come.

20/09/2023

Business

Denmark's Novo Nordisk and South Africa's Aspen to produce insulin for African patients

Last year, the World Health Organization estimated that there are 24 million adults living with diabetes in Africa, saying the number is expected to rise to 55 million by 2045.

20/09/2023

Culture news

Danish artist ordered to repay €67,000 for empty frame artworks

58-year-old Danish artist Jens Haaning has been ordered by a Danish court to repay the Kunsten Museum after he delivered blank canvasses to them in 2021.

19/09/2023

Eco-Innovation

World’s ‘first green container ship’ christened in Denmark

Denmark launches the world’s ‘first green container ship’ but clean methanol still has cost and safety issues.

14/09/2023

Economy

Denmark's economy boosted by anti-obesity treatments

Over the first six months of the year, Danish GDP rose by 1.7% year-on-year, according to national statistics, but without the contribution of the pharmaceutical industry, it would have fallen by 0.3%.

06/09/2023

Culture news

Barking dogs star in Mozart symphony with Danish Chamber Orchestra

Three furry superstars joined the Danish Chamber Orchestra for a very special performance of Mozart's "Hunting Symphony" at this year's Haydn Festival.

04/09/2023

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Here’s why you should get a tech job in Copenhagen

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Denmark is a happy place to be. At least, that’s according to the 2023 World Happiness Report, which ranked the Nordic nation as the second-happiest country in the world.

31/08/2023

Denmark

'Tax beef' - Denmark finds ways to tackle climate change

Applying taxes to beef products could be one way to reduce CO2 emissions, says the Danish Government

29/08/2023

Denmark

Christiana: Denmark’s hippie paradise asks to shut down Pusher Street

The residents of the neighbourhood of Christiana, traditionally a hippie paradise where the cannabis trade has flourished despite bans, asked authorities for help shutting down its Pusher Street after a slew of recent gang-related murders.

28/08/2023

Denmark

Desecration of holy books could become a crime in Denmark

The government is proposing legislation that would outlaw the actions of provocateurs who have burned copies of the quran in the name of free speech.

25/08/2023

Denmark

Danish government will introduce new law to ban burning the Quran

The move follows angry demonstrations against public burnings in Denmark and other countries.

25/08/2023

Lifestyle

International Beer Day: Would you have the bottle to try "beer yoga"?

Can you do tree pose in yoga whilst balancing a beer can on your head? These participants at a yoga session at Copenhagen Beer Week seem to have mastered it.

04/08/2023

Denmark

Denmark considers banning Quran-burning protests

The government says desecrating Islam's holy book can fuel extremism and have negative geopolitical impacts.

31/07/2023

Destinations

Campaigners urge boycott of Faroe Islands over controversial hunts

A cruise ship recently stumbled upon the spectacle, with horrified tourists seeing seas turned crimson with blood.

29/07/2023