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JAN M. OLSEN

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Europe|News

Copenhagen fights the last pockets of a fire that destroyed a 400-year-old landmark

Danish firefighters were still at work extinguishing the last pockets of a fire that destroyed a 400-year-old Copenhagen landmark a day after the blaze began

Copenhagen fights the last pockets of a fire that destroyed a 400-year-old landmark
Europe|News

Copenhagen and Paris mayors exchange lessons learned after huge fires destroy landmarks

Copenhagen's mayor says she has been in touch with her Paris counterpart to see what could be learned from the reconstruction of the Notre Dame cathedral in the French capital, after a fire devastated the Danish city’s 400-year-old stock exchange building

Copenhagen and Paris mayors exchange lessons learned after huge fires destroy landmarks
Crime|Europe|News|Sports

Father of Olympic champion Ingebrigtsen charged with abusing one of his other children, lawyer says

Norwegian police say the father and former coach of Olympic champion runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen has been charged with abusing one of his other children

Father of Olympic champion Ingebrigtsen charged with abusing one of his other children, lawyer says
Arts|Entertainment|Europe

Organizers of Eurovision Song Contest ready to remove Palestinian flags or symbols

Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest say they reserve the right to remove any Palestinian flags and pro-Palestinian symbols at the show next week in Sweden

Organizers of Eurovision Song Contest ready to remove Palestinian flags or symbols
Europe|Health|News|World

Denmark to liberalize its abortion law to allow the procedure until 18th week of pregnancy

Denmark’s government says it is relaxing its restrictions on abortion for the first time in 50 years to make it legal for women to terminate pregnancies up to the 18th week from the previous 12th week

Crime|Entertainment|Europe|News

Dutch artist expelled from Eurovision Song Contest is likely to face charges, Swedish police say

Swedish police say the Dutch contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest who was dramatically expelled from the competition hours before the finale will likely be charged for making illegal threats

Dutch artist expelled from Eurovision Song Contest is likely to face charges, Swedish police say
Entertainment|Europe

ABBA get a prestigious Swedish knighthood for their pop career that started at Eurovision

Members of ABBA, the Swedish pop quartet that triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, have received one of the most prestigious knighthoods in Sweden

ABBA get a prestigious Swedish knighthood for their pop career that started at Eurovision
Crime|Europe|News

Danish prime minister suffers minor whiplash after a man assaulted her in central Copenhagen

The Danish prime minister's office says the premier is suffering minor whiplash but is otherwise fine after a man assaulted her in central Copenhagen

Danish prime minister suffers minor whiplash after a man assaulted her in central Copenhagen
Crime|Europe|News

A man who reportedly assaulted the Danish prime minister to appear in a pre-trial custody hearing

Authorities say a man who reportedly assaulted the Danish Prime Minister in central Copenhagen will appear in a pre-trial custody hearing

A man who reportedly assaulted the Danish prime minister to appear in a pre-trial custody hearing
Europe|News

Swedish officials say weak replacement parts caused a fatal roller coaster derailment last year

Swedish accident investigators say the country’s oldest amusement park did not properly test new parts for a roller coaster that derailed last year

Swedish officials say weak replacement parts caused a fatal roller coaster derailment last year
News|Political|Science|World

Nuclear-armed nations are deepening their reliance on their nuclear weapons, watchdog finds

A Stockholm-based watchdog says the world's nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernize their nuclear weapons as the countries deepened their reliance on nuclear deterrence in 2023

Nuclear-armed nations are deepening their reliance on their nuclear weapons, watchdog finds
Europe|News|World

Norway tightens controls over adoptions from abroad but won't ban practice as investigation unfolds

Norway's government says it has tightened controls over adoptions from abroad but will allow the practice to continue as it conducts an investigation into the legality and ethics of past adoptions

Norway tightens controls over adoptions from abroad but won't ban practice as investigation unfolds
News|World

Swedish court acquits former Syrian army general accused of role in war crimes

A Swedish court has acquitted a former Syrian army general accused of playing a role in war crimes in his home country more than a decade ago

Europe|Health|News|World

Norway starts stockpiling grain again, citing the pandemic, war and climate change

The Norwegian government has signed a deal to start stockpiling grain, saying the COVID-19 pandemic, a war in Europe and climate change have made it necessary

Norway starts stockpiling grain again, citing the pandemic, war and climate change
Environment|Europe|News|Science

Gassy cows and pigs will face a carbon tax in Denmark, a world first

Denmark will tax livestock farmers for the greenhouse gases emitted by their cows, sheep and pigs from 2030, the first country to do so as it targets a major source of methane emissions, one of the most potent gases contributing to global warming

Gassy cows and pigs will face a carbon tax in Denmark, a world first
Business|Europe|Lifestyle|News|World

Swedes take a new step in parental leave. Grandparents can now get paid to take care of grandkids

Sweden is launching a groundbreaking new law that allows grandparents to care for their grandchild and get paid

Swedes take a new step in parental leave. Grandparents can now get paid to take care of grandkids
Asia|Crime|Europe|News|World

A Norwegian citizen has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to spy for China

Intelligence officials in Norway says that a Norwegian citizen has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to spy for China

Crime|Europe|MidEast|News|World

Iranian-born Norwegian man found guilty in 2022 Oslo LGBT+ festival attack, sentenced to 30 years

An Iranian-born Norwegian man has been found guilty of terrorism in a 2022 attack on an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo and sentenced to 30 years in prison

Iranian-born Norwegian man found guilty in 2022 Oslo LGBT+ festival attack, sentenced to 30 years
Europe|News|Science|World

A 19th-century shipwreck is filled with Champagne bottles and Sweden won't allow anyone a sip

Swedish officials say no one will be allowed to fish out any of the nearly 100 bottles of 19th-century Champagne and mineral water nestled in a shipwreck off southern Sweden without proper authorization

A 19th-century shipwreck is filled with Champagne bottles and Sweden won't allow anyone a sip
Celebrity|Europe|News|World

She's a Norwegian princess. He's an American self-professed shaman. Their wedding is this weekend

The Norwegian king’s eldest child will marry an American self-professed shaman in a picturesque corner of southern Norway on Saturday

She's a Norwegian princess. He's an American self-professed shaman. Their wedding is this weekend
Environment|Europe|News|Uncategorized|World

A Greenland court extends an anti-whaling activist's custody as Japan seeks his extradition

A court in Greenland has again extended the time in custody for a prominent anti-whaling activist as Denmark considers an extradition request from Japan

Environment|Europe|Science|World

Mushrooms foraged in Sweden could help research Chernobyl fallout

Sweden’s strong foraging culture could help determine how much radioactive fallout remains in the Scandinavian country, 38 years after the Chernobyl nuclear explosion

Mushrooms foraged in Sweden could help research Chernobyl fallout
Europe|News|World

A young golden eagle attacks a toddler in Norway, its fourth such assault on humans

A young golden eagle attacked a toddler in Norway in what an ornithologist says is likely the same bird’s fourth such attack on humans in the past week

A young golden eagle attacks a toddler in Norway, its fourth such assault on humans
Crime|Europe

Man in Denmark faces preliminary terrorism charges over arson at a Jewish woman's home

A 21-year-old man in Denmark has been arrested for arson after allegedly setting a fire at a Jewish woman’s home in Copenhagen, and he faced preliminary court charges under the country’s terrorism laws that could lead to a life sentence

News|Opinion|World

Democracy declined for 8th straight year around the globe, institute finds

An organization promoting democracy says last year had the worst decline in credible elections and parliamentary oversight in almost a half-century

Democracy declined for 8th straight year around the globe, institute finds

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