Europe Denmark A new biodiversity agreement, signed last week on UN Biodiversity Day, between the Municipality of Copenhagen and landowners calls for 40% of Copenhagen to be subject to rewilding
Europe Denmark An anti-opioid plan that includes a ban on 8 synthetic opioids, increased anti-drug police, tougher penalties for selling them and the development of more addiction and harm treatments has been organized by the Danish government
Europe Denmark Denmark is second in the World Press Freedom Index 2024, an annual ranking by Reporters Without Borders on media independence, journalist safety and freedom of expression in 180 countries; 2023 top countries are experiencing growing political issues
Europe Denmark Based on decades of extensive data, a University of Copenhagen study has established a correlation between exposure to air pollution and elementary school pupils' grades, as children have pronounced negative effects on their brains
Europe Denmark Sønderborg Culture, Leisure and Citizenship Committee has refused to remove the option of sex-segregated swimming in municipal swimming pools, despite the Minister for Integration's call for mayors to use "all means" to prevent "non-Danish" sex separation
Europe Denmark Municipalities are hesitant with the unpopular ban on wood stoves, which, despite decades of evidence on the carcinogenic effects of wood stove use, remain the only non-taxable form of energy in the country
Europe Denmark TotalEnergies' new multibillion-dollar gas project in the Danish North Sea, partly funded by the government, is denting Denmark's green reputation as a vanguard of the green transition
Europe Denmark Several hours of waiting time to access TastSelv expected tax payers over the weekend, ahead of the official opening of the tax return website on Monday; 1,4 million visits to the annual tax return website have been recorded since last Friday
Europe Denmark The Danish police have concluded their investigation into the sabotage operation that damaged the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea in 2022: there are no elements necessary to initiate legal proceedings
Europe Denmark The country will send its entire stockpile of ammunition to Kiev, announced Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, becoming the first to do so and appealing to other European nations to do more to help Ukraine
Europe Denmark In Denmark it is necessary to register as an organ donor, but the government intends to change the system so that you have to deregister as an organ donor, with the aim of getting more people to donate their organs
Europe Denmark An investigation will assess evidence of country's air force allegedly participating in NATO bombing raids in Libya in 2011, that killed 14 civilians: first time one of the countries involved is indicated as possibly involved in the killing of civilians
Europe Denmark More children between the ages of six and 11 months are enrolled in day care, after a 2022 amendment to the law led to more equal, but reduced parental leave