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In the wake of his absurd offer to buy Greenland from Denmark, Donald Trump now knows era of treating territories as real estate deals has passed
- He returned to work on Monday after a long sick leave following two surgeries to implant pacemakers
- The king has repeatedly said he has no plans to abdicate, unlike his second cousin Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, who stepped down earlier this year
Denmark’s old stock exchange, a protected 400-year-old building located next to the country’s parliament, caught fire on Tuesday, leading police to shut down parts of the inner city.
The unnamed 57-year-old woman, was arrested by the Swedish security service in October and expelled by the government in Stockholm last week, Swedish broadcaster SVT reported.
Christiania residents, fed up with criminals and drug crime, hope the community can remain an alternative yet legal part of Copenhagen without criminals.
Finland closed the border in mid-December after nearly 1,000 migrants arrived without a visa through its border crossings with Russia since August.
Police in Finland say one of three students who were wounded in a school shooting has died, and the two others are seriously injured.
Icelandic police declared a state of emergency shortly after the latest eruption on Saturday.
The increased funding, which will run from 2024 to 2028, will be used to boost Denmark’s military capacity and provide aid to Ukraine.
Sweden set aside decades of post-World War II neutrality when it formally joined Nato last Thursday. Its neighbour Finland had joined in April last year.
Sweden became the 32nd member of Nato in the shadow of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, turning the page on two centuries of non-alignment and capping two years of tortuous diplomacy.
In January 2023, Rene Redzepi said he would close his world-famous Copenhagen dining room Noma – the five time winner of the best restaurant at the end of 2024.
Nato will kick off Monday an exercise to defend its newly expanded Nordic territory when more than 20,000 soldiers from 13 nations take part in drills.
Sweden clears the last hurdle to join Nato, ending the Nordic country’s long history of neutrality and military non-alignment.
It is the second nation to do so after Sweden closed its own inquiry earlier this month, while Germany remains interested in solving the case.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban confirmed that parliament would move next week to ratify the Nordic country’s accession to the defence alliance.
Mette Frederiksen made the announcement at the Munich Security Conference and appealed to other European nations to do more to help Ukraine in its war with Russia.
The far-right fanatic has spent 12 years in isolation so far for killing 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in 2011.
Former prime minister Alexander Stubb won Finland’s election run-off against ex-foreign minister Pekka Haavisto in a close race for the presidency.
The national carrier says passengers, who can choose to hop on a scale along with their hand luggage, will not be penalised for their weight.
The eruption site is close to Grindavík, a coastal town of about 3,800 people that was evacuated before a previous eruption on December 18.
On Monday only 51 out of 199 MPs voted on the agenda as almost all members of PM Viktor Orban’s ruling coalition stayed away. Hungary maintains close ties with Russia.
Singapore remains the only Asian country to have placed in the top 10 since the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index was first published in 1995.
Ex-prime minister Alexander Stubb wins the first round of Finland’s presidential vote to set up a run-off against former foreign minister Pekka Haavisto.
Turkey’s ruling party said Sweden’s tougher stance on Kurdish militants was key to winning approval. Hungary remains only Nato ally not to have ratified Sweden’s accession.
After 20 months of delay, the Turkish general assembly voted 287-55 to approve the application Sweden made in 2022 in response to Russia’s Ukraine invasion.
Denmark turned a page in its history on Sunday as Queen Margrethe II abdicated the throne and her son became King Frederik X.
Anders Behring Breivik, the far-right fanatic who killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in Norway in 2011, will ask a court to end his isolation in prison, saying it violates his human rights.
A rebellious teen turned ‘woke’ family man, Denmark’s future king Crown Prince Frederik is the embodiment of the country’s relaxed, liberal monarchy.
Europe’s longest-serving monarch will abdicate on January 14 and pass the baton to her son Crown Prince Frederik.
