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JAN M. OLSEN

JAN M. OLSEN

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Stranded luxury cruise ship MV Ocean Explorer is pulled free at high tide in Greenland

Authorities says the luxury cruise ship MV Ocean Explorer has been successfully pulled free three days after running aground in Greenland with 206 people on board

Stranded luxury cruise ship MV Ocean Explorer is pulled free at high tide in Greenland
Business|Environment|Europe|Technology

Toymaker Lego will stick to its quest to find sustainable materials despite failed recycle attempt

Denmark’s Lego says it remains committed to its quest to find sustainable materials to reduce carbon emissions, even after an experiment by the world’s largest toymaker to use recycled bottles did not work

Toymaker Lego will stick to its quest to find sustainable materials despite failed recycle attempt
Arts|Europe|News

A Danish artist who submitted empty frames as artwork is appealing court ruling to repay the cash

A Danish artist who was given a pile of cash by a museum in northern Denmark to create a piece for its exhibition on labor conditions two years ago submitted two empty canvases, causing an uproar

A Danish artist who submitted empty frames as artwork is appealing court ruling to repay the cash
Arts

Vikings had windows, another shift away from their image as barbaric Norsemen, Danish museum says

Vikings had windows — usually only associated with medieval churches and castles — meaning Norsemen dignitaries sat in rooms lit up by apertures with glass

Vikings had windows, another shift away from their image as barbaric Norsemen, Danish museum says
Europe|News

Hundreds in Scotland told to evacuate as northern Europe braces for gale-force winds and floods

Hundreds of people are being evacuated from their homes and schools have closed in parts of Scotland, as much of northern Europe braces for stormy weather, heavy rain and gale-force winds from the east

Hundreds in Scotland told to evacuate as northern Europe braces for gale-force winds and floods
Environment|Europe|News

Gale-force winds and floods strike northern Europe. At least 3 people killed in the UK

Gale-force winds and floods have struck several countries in northern Europe as the region endures more heavy rain that forecasters say will continue into the weekend

Gale-force winds and floods strike northern Europe. At least 3 people killed in the UK
Crime|Europe|News|World

Iranian-born Norwegian man is charged over deadly Oslo Pride attack in 2022

A Norwegian citizen originally from Iran has been charged with aggravated terrorism over a deadly shooting in June 2022 ahead of an LGBTQ festival in the nightlife district of the capital, Oslo

Iranian-born Norwegian man is charged over deadly Oslo Pride attack in 2022
Business|Europe|Technology

Danish union to take action against Tesla in solidarity with Swedes demanding collective bargaining

The conflict against Tesla in Sweden is spreading to neighboring Denmark

Danish union to take action against Tesla in solidarity with Swedes demanding collective bargaining
Europe|News|World

Denmark's parliament adopts a law making it illegal to burn the Quran or other religious texts

A new law has been passed in Denmark’s parliament that makes it illegal to desecrate any holy text in the country

Denmark's parliament adopts a law making it illegal to burn the Quran or other religious texts
Business|Economy|Europe|Finance

Danish EU commissioner pulls out of the race for the top job at the European Investment Bank

The European Union’s powerful antitrust chief has withdrawn as a candidate for the presidency of the European Investment Bank

Danish EU commissioner pulls out of the race for the top job at the European Investment Bank
Europe|MidEast|News|World

Denmark and Germany announce arrests of terror suspects, including suspected Hamas members

Denmark and Germany have announced arrests of several terror suspects, including alleged Hamas members suspected of plotting attacks on Jews in Europe over the ongoing Israel-Hamas war

Denmark and Germany announce arrests of terror suspects, including suspected Hamas members
Crime|Europe|News

Denmark widens terror investigation that coincides with arrests of alleged Hamas members in Germany

A prosecutor in Denmark says authorities are holding two people in custody and four others are the target of a terrorism investigation

Denmark widens terror investigation that coincides with arrests of alleged Hamas members in Germany
Europe|News|World

Finland reports a rush of migrant crossings hours before the reclosure of 2 border posts with Russia

Dozens of migrants have crossed into Finland hours before the reclosure of two southern crossing points on the border with Russia as the Nordic country experiences an influx of asylum-seekers

Finland reports a rush of migrant crossings hours before the reclosure of 2 border posts with Russia
Environment|Europe|News|Science|World

Extreme cold grips Nordic countries, Russia as floods hit western Europe

Temperatures have fallen below minus 40 degrees Celsius in the Nordic region for a second day in a row, with the coldest January temperature recorded in Swedish Lapland in 25 years

Extreme cold grips Nordic countries, Russia as floods hit western Europe
Celebrity|Europe|News

Who is Crown Prince Frederik, Denmark's soon-to-be king?

As a teenager, Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik felt uncomfortable being in the spotlight and wondered whether there was any way he could avoid becoming king

Who is Crown Prince Frederik, Denmark's soon-to-be king?
Europe|News

What to know about the abdication of Denmark's Queen Margrethe II

Queen Margrethe II, Denmark’s monarch for more than half a century, stunned her country when she announced on New Year’s Eve that she will hand over the throne to her eldest son, Crown Prince Frederik

What to know about the abdication of Denmark's Queen Margrethe II
Europe|News|World

Frederik X is proclaimed the new king of Denmark after his mother Queen Margrethe II abdicates

Denmark’s prime minister has proclaimed Frederik X as king after his mother Queen Margrethe II formally signed her abdication

Frederik X is proclaimed the new king of Denmark after his mother Queen Margrethe II abdicates
Europe|News|Political|World

King Frederik X visits Danish parliament on his first formal work day as Denmark's new monarch

Denmark’s new King Frederik X has visited the Danish parliament on his first formal day on the job

King Frederik X visits Danish parliament on his first formal work day as Denmark's new monarch
Europe|News|World

Denmark records highest number of antisemitic incidents since WWII, part of a grim European trend

The head of the Jewish Community in Denmark says the number of antisemitic incidents registered since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel that ignited the war in Gaza has reached levels not seen since World War II

Denmark records highest number of antisemitic incidents since WWII, part of a grim European trend
Europe|News|World

Norway's King Harald V is in the hospital on a Malaysian island after falling ill on vacation

Europe’s oldest monarch, King Harald V of Norway, remains hospitalized in Malaysia, in the country’s northern resort island of Langkawi, after falling ill while on vacation

Norway's King Harald V is in the hospital on a Malaysian island after falling ill on vacation
Europe|Health

Indigenous women in Greenland sue Denmark over involuntary contraception in the 1960s and 1970s

A group of Indigenous women in Greenland has sued Denmark for forcing them to be fitted with intrauterine contraceptive devices in the 1960s and 1970s and demanded total compensation of nearly $6.3 million)

Indigenous women in Greenland sue Denmark over involuntary contraception in the 1960s and 1970s
Europe|News|World

Denmark plans to expand military draft to women for the first time and extend service terms

Denmark's government wants to increase the number of Danes doing military service by making conscription mandatory for women and by increasing the time of service to 11 months for both genders

Denmark plans to expand military draft to women for the first time and extend service terms
Crime|Europe|News

A Danish hippie oasis has fought drug sales for years. Now, locals want to tear up the whole street

The inhabitants of Copenhagen’s freewheeling Christiania neighborhood are planning to dig up the aptly named Pusher Street, in their latest attempt to stop illegal hashish sales which have led to deadly gang turf wars and sometimes violent confrontations with the police

A Danish hippie oasis has fought drug sales for years. Now, locals want to tear up the whole street
Crime|Europe

Christiania, Copenhagen’s hippie oasis, wants to rebuild without its illegal hashish market

The now-aging hippies who took over a derelict naval base in Copenhagen more than 50 years ago and turned it into a freewheeling community known as Christiania want to boot out criminals who control the community’s lucrative market for hashish by ripping up the cobblestoned street where it openly changes hands

Christiania, Copenhagen’s hippie oasis, wants to rebuild without its illegal hashish market
Election|News|Opinion|Political|World

Study finds voters skeptical about fairness of elections. Many favor a strong, undemocratic leader

A new study has found that voters in 19 countries, including in three of the world’s largest democracies, are widely skeptical about whether their political elections are free and fair

Study finds voters skeptical about fairness of elections. Many favor a strong, undemocratic leader

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