Denmark

According to the newly-published 2022 World Air Quality Report, Denmark’s air quality is the worst of the Nordics and fine particle concentrations are rated one to two times higher than WHO guidelines

For the first time in the country, an electric ambulance left Falck's headquarters in Sydhavn, Copenhagen, described as "a milestone in the green transition"

Claus Hjort Frederiksen, defence minister from 2016 to 2019, was again charged with sharing state secrets; the 75-year-old retired member of Venstre has pleaded not guilty and trial could be behind closed doors

Over 12.000 people left the Church in 2022, a 42% increase on previous year, with young people leading the way, according to data from Danmarks Statistik

Since 1995, the non-governmental organisation Transparency International has published its annual Corruption Perception Index: this year, the country ranked as the first least corrupt country in the world, with a score of 90 out of 100

The country's coal imports have registered a 146% increase in 2022 over 2021 according to new figures from the energy authority Energistyrelsen

Some 1.382 pets were abandoned by their owners in 2022, according to Dyrenes Beskyttelse, the organisation that goes by the name Animal Protection Denmark, a number that has set a sad new record

A 2022 new study of ethnically-Danish people’s attitudes towards immigrants suggests that while young Danes (18-30), generally sympathetic to the plight of refugees, wouldn't like them, or immigrants, to be educated at the same schools as theirs

Confirmed influenza cases have shot up in recent weeks according to new figures from the State Serum Institute; the sharp increase has been registered in all five regions of the country and has led to an surge in hospitalisation in the Capital Region

The Baltic Sea island of Bornholm - close to the recent Nord Stream gas leaks - experienced a complete blackout Monday morning as an underwater cable that provides electricity from Sweden went out; Denmark has intensified security in the area

From 15 January, public transport prices will rise sharply, with bus, train and metro tickets rising by an average of 4,9%, according to Din Offentlige Transport, which oversees the transport companies DSB, Metroselskabet and Movia