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Denmark plans to expand military draft to women for the first time and extend service terms

Mar. 13, 2024 20:59 PM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark wants to increase the number of young people doing military service by extending conscription to women and increasing the time of service from 4 months to 11 months for both genders, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Wednesday. “We do...

Denmark's recently abdicated Queen Margrethe designs the costumes and set for a ballet

Mar. 11, 2024 10:50 AM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish Queen Margrethe, who surprised her country by abdicating earlier this year, is back as a ballet costume designer for Denmark’s famed Tivoli amusement park, which celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, the gardens said Monday. The...

A painting by Denmark's artistic Queen Margrethe exceeds expectations at auction

Mar. 06, 2024 05:09 AM EST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — An abstract painting by Denmark's Queen Margrethe, who surprised her country by abdicating earlier this year, has been sold at a Copenhagen auction at 160,000 kroner ($23,300) — exceeding the estimated price of 75,000-100,000 ($11,000-14,550) The...

Indigenous women in Greenland sue Denmark over involuntary contraception in the 1960s and 1970s

Mar. 04, 2024 09:26 AM EST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A group of Indigenous women in Greenland has sued Denmark for forcing them to be fitted with intrauterine contraceptive devices in the 1960s and 1970s and demanded total compensation of nearly 43 million kroner ($6.3 million), their lawyer said Monday. ...

Denmark closes probe into Nord Stream blasts saying there's not enough grounds for a criminal case

Feb. 26, 2024 07:30 AM EST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark on Monday joined Sweden in closing its investigation into the 2022 explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines, with authorities saying they concluded there was deliberate sabotage but “not the sufficient grounds" to pursue a criminal case. ...

Scandinavian storm tears a roof off a Swedish train station and leaves ferries idle but no one hurt

Feb. 23, 2024 08:53 AM EST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A storm packing strong winds in Sweden tore a roof off of the main train station in Goteborg on Friday, knocking out power and temporarily halting rail traffic in and out of the country's second largest city. There were no immediate reports of injuries. ...

Denmark records highest number of antisemitic incidents since WWII, part of a grim European trend

Feb. 22, 2024 07:16 AM EST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The number of antisemitic incidents registered in Denmark since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel that ignited the war in Gaza has reached levels not seen since World War II, the head of the Scandinavian country's small Jewish community said Thursday. “We...

Daughter of a long-detained human rights activist in Bahrain says she has cancer, urges his release

Feb. 19, 2024 21:33 PM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The daughter of a long-detained human rights activist in Bahrain said she has been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma and again called for her father's release. Maryam al-Khawaja also urged Denmark, where both al-Khawajas have citizenship, to do...

Denmark's new king and queen to visit Scandinavian monarchies on 1st foreign state tour

Feb. 09, 2024 09:07 AM EST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark's new King Frederik X who was proclaimed king on Jan. 14, and his Australian-born wife Queen Mary will travel to Sweden and Norway in May on their first foreign state tour, the palace said Friday. Danish monarchs traditionally traveled to another...

King Charles III's cancer diagnosis lays bare pressures at Buckingham Palace

Feb. 06, 2024 20:47 PM EST

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III’s cancer diagnosis heaps more pressure on the British monarchy, which is still evolving after the 70-year reign of the late Queen Elizabeth II. When he succeeded his mother 17 months ago, Charles’ task was to demonstrate that the 1,000-year-old...