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The head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service has warned that Russia is intensifying what he described as a “shadow war” against the country, saying Germany risks being drawn into a violent conflict. “No other country poses such a direct, comprehensive an
Just over seven in 10 cancer patients in Denmark are alive five years after diagnosis, according to the Danish Health Data Authority. The latest figures cover patients diagnosed from 2023 through 2025 and five-year survival was slightly above six in 10 during
Nearly 25,000 people have waited more than the statutory 30 days for a dementia assessment over the past four years, according to a new report from Denmark’s National Audit Office. The Public Accounts Committee has now issued sharp criticism of the country’s r
This year’s Danish Christmas seal features 46 children holding hands in a design focused on friendship and community. Christmas Seal Foundation board chair Anne Glad Wagner and artist Martin Jørgensen unveiled the seal Monday at Copenhagen City Hall. The desig
In this article you will find all the information you need to plan your visit at Copenhagen's biggest one-day cultural event.
Walk into any engineering studio, IT department or research unit in Denmark right now, and you will often encounter the following: Screens where generative AI models spit out code, concept descriptions and data structuring at a pace that just a few years ago l
Denmark will begin the week with mild temperatures before rain, showers and cooler conditions arrive from Wednesday, according to the Danish Meteorological Institute, the national weather service. “We will have a mild start to the week with many clouds and loc
Personal information obtained through unauthorized access to Denmark’s CPR register could help criminals create more convincing phishing attacks, a cybersecurity expert said. Names, addresses, identification numbers and birth dates can be used to make fraudule
Security surrounding a private company’s access to Denmark’s national personal information register was inadequate, Digitalization Minister Christina Egelund said Monday. Unauthorized parties used the small Danish company’s legal access to obtain records on 8.
An elk died after being struck by a car on the Helsingør Motorway near Nivå on Monday morning, North Zealand Police said. A 36-year-old woman was driving north in the inside lane when the animal suddenly appeared a few meters ahead of her, according to her sta
The exposed information includes names, addresses, CPR numbers and other data held in the system, according to the Ministry of Research, Education and Digitalisation.
“We have the strictest immigration policy ever. We must continue to have that,” said the immigration minister. The government also plans to delay the citizenship bill: even if you have passed all the tests and meet all the requirements, your case will be reope
Relocating to another country can bring couples closer together. But it can also expose cracks in the relationship that were easier to overlook at home. For international couples, counselling can help them understand what has changed and find their way back to
On Saturday, Latvians are heading to the polls for a parliamentary election, where the pro-Ukraine Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs is expected to remain in power, even though political division may make it difficult to form a government. In the Baltic states, i
A federal judge in the US on Friday issued a temporary injunction preventing President Donald Trump’s administration from constructing a border wall between the US and Mexico through Big Bend National Park in the state of Texas. The Reuters news agency reports
The governor of the US state of New York, Kathy Hochul, said on Friday that she wants to close a legal loophole that makes it harder to prosecute rape cases if the victims were voluntarily intoxicated. The announcement comes after a case concerning an alleged
British police have charged two Iranian men with planning terror against Jews in the Manchester area. The police’s counter-terrorism unit states this in a press release. In connection with the terror plans, police believe they have been in contact with a third
The Greenlandic government, Naalakkersuisut, has introduced a temporary ban on the sale and serving of alcohol in the southern Greenlandic municipality of Kujalleq. Naalakkersuisut writes this on Friday, when the ban took effect, in a press release. The ban co
Danish universities hold vast amounts of personal data while some continue to rely on ageing IT systems that may not meet modern security standards, a cybersecurity professor warns following the major attack on DTU. Old IT systems combined with large amounts o
Diesel prices in Denmark have climbed to record levels. Now the G7 countries are releasing up to 100 million barrels of diesel and crude oil from emergency reserves in an attempt to ease pressure on global energy markets. Danish motorists could see some relief
Next week, a 31-year-old man is to appear in court in a case concerning violence against a Swedish man, who later died, at a big-screen event at Islands Brygge. However, that is not the only case of violence the 31-year-old is involved in. On Friday, at the Co
Lidl plans to renovate all its supermarkets in Denmark under a new store concept, investing more than 100 million DKK over the coming business years. The German-owned supermarket chain said the redesign would improve the use of space, create a consistent appea
A suspected female wolf pup has been killed in traffic on Hessellundvej near Karup, Danish authorities said Friday. The Agency for Green Land Restructuring and Water Environment confirmed the incident to regional broadcaster TV Midtvest. The Danish Nature Agen
Universities can be attractive and vulnerable targets for cyberattacks because they store large amounts of personal information and may rely on outdated computer systems, a Danish cybersecurity expert said. Jens Myrup Pedersen, a cybersecurity professor at Aar
Four center-right parties in Copenhagen want officials to investigate whether Free Greens leader Sikandar Siddique should be reported to police over his residence registration. Venstre, the Conservative People’s Party, Liberal Alliance and the Danish People’s
Simpler paperwork, shorter waiting times and fewer legal barriers are helping make Denmark an increasingly popular wedding destination for couples from abroad.
Denmark will have periods of rain and sunshine this weekend, with Saturday expected to bring the best weather, according to the Danish Meteorological Institute, the country’s national weather service. Friday began cloudy as a slow-moving front brought scattere
Copenhagen Airport handled 3.2 million passengers in September, its highest total for that month. The number was four percent higher than in September 2025, the airport said Friday. “The peak season no longer ends with the summer vacation,” commercial director
Cars powered only by petrol now account for less than half of Denmark’s passenger vehicle fleet, according to figures from bilstatistik.dk. Petrol-only cars make up 49.98 percent of registered passenger cars, down from 65 percent at the end of 2020. The catego
The Lego Foundation will invest 200 million DKK over five years in efforts to attract and retain more teachers and educators in Denmark. The funding expands a partnership with Danske Professionshøjskoler, the association representing Denmark’s six university c