Miscommunication costs Norwegian his life
Tragedy struck a young Norwegian university student who was staying in Copenhagen when he was severely injured in a bar fight and was misunderstood at...
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Danish visa delays hurting tourism industry
Unusually long response times from Denmark’s Immigration Service for applications for tourist visas are apparently hindering the nation’s tourism indu...
Denmark’s heroin clinics running short on stash
Denmark’s new state-financed heroin clinics have just enough political backing and plenty of funding, but they can’t find enough heroin. Five city cou...
Norway, Denmark: concern over EU seal product ban
The European Parliament has passed a measure banning the import of all products made from seals into its 27 member countries. Special exceptions are a...
Copenhagen street party comes undone
A city centre ‘party’ involving Copenhagen’s Hyskenstraede, a side street of the pedestrian street Stroget, turned insane as hundreds of people sporad...
Danes choosing green when it comes to electricity
One indication that Danes are serious about tackling climate change involves the country’s electricity providers. The Politiken newspaper reports that...
Eurovision: Norway and Turkey neck to neck according to Google
Google is predicting Norway or Turkey to win the Eurovision Song Contest next weekend. Google opened a page that predicts the Eurovision winner this y...
Greenland lands its first native whale in 37 years
It’s been 37 years coming, but a Greenlandic bowhead whale has been hunted and caught near the town of Qeqertarsuaq, thus finally filling its special ...