Tag: Denmark

• Saturday, March 20th 2021 - 08:58 UTC

  Despite the pandemic, Finland ranks for the fourth year running as the world's happiest country, UN report

  

  Covid-19 has done little to alter the ranking of the world's happiest countries, with Finland at the top for a fourth year running, an annual UN-sponsored report said on Friday.

• Monday, December 21st 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Denmark faces the challenge of incinerating millions of minks which were hastily buried

  

  Millions of minks will be dug up from mass graves in Denmark after some had resurfaced, prompting complaints from residents about possible health risks, the country's government said on Sunday.

• Tuesday, November 17th 2020 - 08:56 UTC

  Europe bird flu outbreak extends to France and Denmark; thousands of chickens culled

  

  France and Denmark confirmed bird flu cases on Monday days after an outbreak in the Netherlands triggered a massive cull. Hundreds of hens were killed after the virus was detected in a garden centre on the French island of Corsica, and the Danes said more than 25,000 birds would be slaughtered after the virus emerged in the west of the country.

• Thursday, November 5th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Denmark will cull 15 million mink following detection of a mutated coronavirus

  

  Denmark, the world’s biggest producer of mink fur, said on Wednesday it would cull all of the country’s minks after a mutated version of the new coronavirus was detected at mink farms and had spread to people.

• Thursday, July 16th 2020 - 08:03 UTC

  Danish ice cream maker removes the brand “Eskimo” from one of its products

  

  A Danish ice cream maker said on Wednesday it would remove the name “Eskimo” from one of its products in case it offended Inuit and other Arctic people. Hansens Is said it had opposed changing the name of its Eskimo ice lolly but after careful consideration had decided to choose a more suitable name.

• Saturday, July 4th 2020 - 07:30 UTC

  Monuments vandalizing spree: Copenhagen's Little Mermaid described as a “racist fish”

  

  Denmark woke up on Friday to the words “racist fish” scrawled across the base of the Little Mermaid, the bronze statue honoring Hans Christian Andersen's famous fairy tale that perches on a rock in the sea off a pier in Copenhagen.

• Wednesday, February 12th 2020 - 09:25 UTC

  The Danish central bank experience with record negative interest rate could be coming to an end

  

  Denmark and Switzerland have long shared the world record in negative interest rates, at minus 0.75%. But that may be about to change. Economists at some of the biggest Nordic banks say Denmark, which pegs the krone to the euro, is likely to raise its key rate in the coming months.

• Monday, October 14th 2019 - 09:28 UTC

  Denmark sets up internal border checks with Sweden

  

  Denmark’s Justice Minister Nick Haekkerup announced in Copenhagen that the country will set up temporary internal border checks at the border with Sweden starting next month.

• Saturday, August 17th 2019 - 07:40 UTC

  Trump's attempt to purchase Greenland, puts the Arctic in the geostrategic global map

  

  President Donald Trump's reported wish to buy Greenland may have been rejected by Denmark, but it underscores the rapidly rising value of the massive, ice-covered island due to global warming and to China's drive for an Arctic presence.

• Tuesday, March 19th 2019 - 08:30 UTC

  Danish Royals visit Argentina with a delegation to promete business and trade

  

  Denmark's Queen Margrethe II and Crown Prince Frederik are spearheading an official state visit to Argentina which started this Monday ahead of a larger business delegation which seeks to make inroads in the country.