Denmark

Since municipal reform increased the number of municipalities to 98 in 2007, there have never been so many women elected mayor; so far, 19 women have been chosen - an increase of five compared to 2017 and seven compared to 2013

In todays municipal and regional elections over 400.000 foreign citizens who live in Denmark are eligible to vote, accounting for 1 on 11 voters

The country has become the first to end public funding of fossil fuels abroad; the new policy furthers the country's strategy of cutting funding to black energy sources

The country again tops the Rule of Law Index published by the World Justice Project, for the sixth time in a row

Vestas has assembled the blade moulds for its turbine at Nakskov factory; the prototype will be installed next year and will be the tallest and most powerful in the world; the turbine is expected to produce first power in the fourth quarter of 2022

An auction held in Copenhagen sold a rare unreleased song by John Lennon and Yoko Ono for US$58.300; the song is on a 33-minute cassette made by four Danish teenagers months before the Beatles announced their break-up

The Danish Ministry of Defence confirmed the agreement with Great Britain to receive 23 Afghan interpreters who helped Danish forces in Afghanistan

The Supreme Court has increased to ten years in prison and deportation with a permanent ban on entry the sentence of a 32-year-old living in Denmark who had been convicted of delivering drone equipment to ISIS

Nearly half of pupils on school patrols have experienced hostility from road users; a campaign next week will raise awareness on hostility while helping their peers cross the road safely on their way to school

According to latest study, the country ranks eighth in the world with 694 burglaries per 100,000 people; in Europe, only Greece and Sweden have higher rates per capita of home burglary

Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group has been selected by NASA to 3D print "Mars Dune Alpha" at the Johnson Space Centre in Houston, a 1.700 square foot structure designed as a home for astronauts on long-duration space missions

Three years after Denmark's Social Democrats promised that no school should have more than 30% non-Western students, the proportion of schools that do is stuck at the same 5% level it was when the promise was made, sparking widespread protest

The videogame ‘Ember Sword’ is set to be released in late 2022, but developers have already sold 365 million kr (€50 million) of land in the digital world