This Tuesday, a fire broke out in the building of the old Copenhagen Stock Exchange, from the 17th century, and its emblematic arrow (spire) collapsed in the flames. The 54-meter arrow was caught in flames due to the fire in the building, commissioned by King Christian IV and built between 1619 and 1640. It is […]
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Queen Margaret II of Denmark will abdicate the throne on January 14
Queen Margaret II of Denmark announced Sunday that he plans to abdicate after 52 years on the throne and hand it over to his son, Crown Prince Frederick. In her New Year’s speech, the 83-year-old monarch announced that she will abdicate on January 14, the anniversary of her own ascension to the throne at age […]
Denmark: Thousands of people against removing a holiday to increase defense spending
Thousands of Danes filled the area around Parliament in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Sunday to protest their government’s plans to scrap a public holiday to increase defense spending in the wake of the war in Ukrainea measure that has raised the entire opposition, the unions, the Lutheran Church and a large part of the population of […]
This is the first country in Europe to lift all its restrictions due to COVID and return “to the previous life”
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Updated on 02/01/2022 10:37 am Denmark today eliminated all the restrictions imposed by the fourth wave of coronavirus, considering its authorities that the omicron variant does not imply a “danger” for its health or its inhabitants and despite the high levels of incidence registered in the Nordic country. From this Tuesday it is no longer […]
Denmark is the first country in the European Union to authorize Merck’s COVID-19 pill
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Updated on 12/16/2021 08:55 am Denmark became the first country in the European Union (EU) to authorize the antiviral treatment molnupiravir, from the US laboratory Merck, for patients at risk with symptoms of coronavirus. The drug in pill form, marketed under the name Lagevrio, was approved in November by the EU regulator for emergency use […]
Denmark confirms first two cases of omicron variant
Updated on 11/28/2021 09:25 am Health authorities danish confirmed this Sunday the first cases of infected with the omicron variant of the coronavirus, two travelers from South Africa. “We have finished with the sequencing of the PCR tests of two travelers and we can confirm that they are two cases of the omicron variant. It […]
Once a kingdom of potatoes and pigs, Denmark is a gastronomic Mecca
Barely non-existent twenty years ago, Danish haute cuisine has made Copenhagen the new Mecca of the gastronomy, with two restaurants topping the list of best restaurants in the world and Michelin stars at the top. With just six million inhabitants, this kingdom exposed to the strong winds of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea […]