Greenland heads to the polls on Tuesday in snap elections which could have major consequences for international interests in the Arctic
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Denmark's socialist left needs to reverse the decline in working-class mobilization – mass-membership parties have been replaced by a professionalized media-political sphere
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The greenest countries in the world – Denmark places first out of 180 countries analysed by Yale University
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EU antitrust czar and Big Tech's fiercest opponent – Margrethe Vestager has become famous for putting up a fight against tech giants
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Building electronics that can survive under Greenland's ice sheet – meet the Cryoegg, designed to follow the melting going on beneath the ice sheet
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Lego wins design patent case against German company at EU court – critics say the firm is using its heft to crush competition
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Denmark has gone far-right on refugees – Copenhagen claims Damascus is safe enough to send nearly 100 Syrians back
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Swedish officials have joined Danish critics in registering concerns that an island-building plan, a signature test of Copenhagen's development model, could have risks
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Fyr & Flamme – Øve Os På Hinanden (2021)
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Pollution fears over mink buried after Covid culling in Denmark – signs of pollution detected at burial sites but no water contamination
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Denmark under pressure to drop plans to work with Israel on vaccines – political allies say surplus doses should be shared with Palestinians
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Arctic island finds green power can be a curse – Greenland's rare-earth elements are attracting superpowers riding a green revolution
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Denmark's “zero asylum” plan means psychological torture for refugees – over the years Danish immigration politics has become increasingly extreme
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Denmark is far from reaching its ambitious target for carbon emission reductions by 2030, the country's climate watchdog said in its annual review of climate policies
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Greenland's government called a national election after parliament threatened it with a no-confidence vote – coalition torn apart by dispute over mining project
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Bomb making equipment, shotguns and Isis flag found during police raids in Denmark and Germany – fourteen people arrested
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Denmark has committed to spending 1.5 billion Danish crowns on defence in the Arctic, utilising long-range drones to survey the area
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An artists' group, criticized as vandals for dumping the bust of an 18th-century king into Copenhagen Harbor, says it wanted to draw attention to Denmark's role in slave trading
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Pernille Harder opens up on equality in football and the time the Danish women's team took on their own national federation
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Inger Støjberg quits the Venstre party ahead of her impeachment trial – she is accused of unlawfully ordering the separation of asylum-seeking couples arriving from Syria
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Denmark's government has agreed to take a majority stake in a £25bn artificial 'energy island' which is to be built 80km offshore
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McDonald's is testing the 'McPlant' burger in Denmark and Sweden – burger features a patty made from pea and rice proteins, which was co-developed with Beyond Meat
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Denmark reached the world handball championship final with a thrilling 35-33 win over Spain – Sweden stunned France 32-26 on Friday
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Denmark sermons law could stifle free worship, warns Church of England bishop – Robert Innes says proposed translation law could affect religious freedoms across Europe
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How do you act drunk on screen – Danish film 'Another Round' features performances so convincing that it's tempting to believe the actors were tipsy
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Hitman 3 - Critical consensus
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Scottish fishermen have increasingly turned to fish auctions in Denmark to avoid having their deliveries to the EU blocked by post-Brexit red tape
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Denmark will hold its first political trial in three decades after the country's ruling party supported a vote to impeach ex-immigration minister Inger Støjberg
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Denmark launches children's TV show about man with giant penis – critics condemn idea of animated series about a man who cannot control his penis, but others have backed it
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Stig Severinsen sets new Guinness world record in Mexico – the longest distance swam underwater with one breath (in open water) now set at 202m
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Denmark will dig up millions of dead mink after a hasty cull and burial intended to stamp out a coronavirus mutation ended with a new contamination risk
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How the Faroe Islands became a footballing force – home to 52,000 people, they have long been the butt of footballing jokes
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Sex without consent is rape, but the principle is lacking in many legal frameworks in countries across Europe – Denmark is seeking to change this
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Denmark's prime minister has apologised to twenty-two children who were removed from their homes in Greenland in the 1950s in a failed social experiment
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Faroe Islands are set to open an under-sea roundabout – the underwater tunnels connect the islands of Streymoy and Eysturoy in a network some 11km long
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With growing tensions in the Arctic region, the Faroe Islands are now receiving more attention from superpowers
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The Danish climate minister closing down the oil industry – Dan Jørgensen has agreed the world's most ambitious climate goal with a promise to cut 70% of emissions by 2030
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China has accused Danish politicians of violating 'the basic norms governing international relations' in a dispute over Hong Kong opposition activist Ted Hui
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Denmark to end new oil and gas exploration in North Sea – decision is part of a plan to phase out fossil fuel extraction by 2050
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Danish murder on Bornholm island raises tension in race debate – rights groups have reacted by questioning whether potential hate crimes are being seriously investigated
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Opposition MPs in Denmark have urged the government to dig up millions of mink that were buried in mass graves amid Covid-19 fears
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Denmark's new consent law leaves sex workers out in the cold – they are becoming increasingly stigmatized within Danish society
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Denmark's Minister of Agriculture has resigned over an illegal government order to cull the country's farmed mink – Mette Frederiksen also faced opposition calls to resign
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Bankers in Denmark see surge in threats from angry clients – finance industry is struggling to regain the public's trust after a string of scandals
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Belgium has expelled five Danish far-right activists and banned them for a year over their plans to burn a Quran in a mainly-Muslim area of Brussels
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Denmark's plans to cull seventeen million mink is facing legal obstacles after the government admitted it did not have a legal basis for the order
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Following a two-year-long hiatus, an initiative by Copenhagen Municipality allowing citizens to get trees for free, has returned
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Denmark forced to U-turn on meat ban for state canteens – initiative had been part of the government's aim to achieve a 70% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030
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Denmark has lashed out against the EU's plan to establish a minimum wage, arguing it would undermine a national labor-market model that's popular with unions and employers
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Peter Madsen, convicted of murdering Kim Wall in 2017, has been recaptured after escaping from his suburban jail in Copenhagen by taking a psychologist hostage
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