Latest Copenhagen News

A Danish hippie oasis has fought drug sales for years. Now, locals want to tear up the whole street

Mar. 14, 2024 07:06 AM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The inhabitants of Copenhagen's freewheeling Christiania neighborhood plan to dig up the aptly named Pusher Street, in their latest attempt to stop illegal hashish sales which have led to deadly gang turf wars and sometimes violent confrontations with the police. ...

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...

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. ...

Champions League knockout stage starts with Man City and Real Madrid again looking best in Europe

Feb. 11, 2024 10:43 AM EST

The Champions League narrative is so often about Manchester City and Real Madrid. The past two champions of Europe were the only teams to sweep through the group stage with six wins. They also are first in action Tuesday when the most prized competition in club soccer resumes in the...

Sweden closes probe into explosions on Nord Stream pipelines, saying it doesn't have jurisdiction

Feb. 07, 2024 08:33 AM EST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish officials said Wednesday that they have decided to close their investigation into the September 2022 explosions on the underwater Nord Stream gas pipelines which were built to carry Russian natural gas to Germany, saying they don’t have jurisdiction. ...

A Danish appeals court upholds prison sentences for Iranian separatists convicted of terror charges

Jan. 12, 2024 10:06 AM EST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish appeals court Friday upheld the sentences of three members of an Iranian separatist group convicted of promoting terror in Iran and gathering information for an unnamed Saudi intelligence service. The three had been convicted and sentenced in a...

A Denmark terror case has 'links' to Hamas, a prosecutor tells local media

Jan. 12, 2024 09:03 AM EST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish prosecutor said Friday that an investigation that led to the arrests of three suspects in Denmark last month on suspicion of plotting to carry out “an act of terror" was linked to Hamas, according to a local media report. The case has been...

Danish appeals court upholds guilty verdicts for 3 Iranians convicted on terror charges

Jan. 09, 2024 06:00 AM EST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish appeals court on Tuesday upheld guilty verdicts for three members of an Iranian separatist group convicted of promoting terror in Iran and gathering information for an unnamed Saudi intelligence service. The three were arrested in February 2020...