Europe Denmark New data from Danmarks Statistik showed that 12.900 couples divorced in 2021 - an 18% decrease from the previous year and 19% lower than the average of the last ten years; there was also a 3% decrease from 2021 in marriages
Europe Denmark The trade surplus declined to Danish kroner 14,1 billion in December as exports fell by 2,1% and imports rose by 1%, according to Statistics Denmark data
Europe Denmark The government has outlined 15 initiatives to combat the rise of anti-Semitism in the country; among those, the Holocaust will be compulsory as study topic for children and countermeasures will be intensified where hatred is particularly present
Europe Denmark Today the country celebrates 50 years since Queen Margrethe’s accession to the throne; three coins have been released to commemorate the event, while live celebrations with public have been postponed to 10 and 11 September
Europe Denmark Greenlanders living in the country will soon be able to listen to news and important local information in their own language thanks to a new radio service that will receive funding for DKK 7 million (about €940.000)
Europe Denmark Improving wastewater cleanliness, reducing nitrogen and phosphorus emissions and restoring lakes and waterways are among the initiatives the country is funding for the local ailing of water environment
Europe Denmark Former Danish minister Inger Stojberg was sentenced to prison guilty of a 'deliberate violation' of the Ministerial Responsibility Act for separating couples of asylum seekers
Europe Denmark A snow storm in the north of the country forced about 30 people to sleep at an IKEA store on bedroom furniture on display as 30 cm of snow trapped them inside right before closing time
Europe 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
Europe Denmark 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
Europe Denmark 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
Europe Denmark The country again tops the Rule of Law Index published by the World Justice Project, for the sixth time in a row
Europe Denmark 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