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June 27, 2024

Against the Wind

Denmark will introduce the world’s first carbon tax on agriculture, as the European Union country is seeking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from livestock, the Independent reported. Starting in 2030, Danish livestock farmers will face a tax of $43 per ton of carbon dioxide equivalent, increasing...

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April 25, 2024

Goodbye, Utopia

In 1971, hippies began squatting on an abandoned naval base in Copenhagen, Denmark, creating a community called Freetown Christiania. Denizens of the 84-acre commune flouted drug laws, refused to pay their electricity bills, and regarded themselves as bohemians living alternative lifestyles. They adopted their own laws...

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April 17, 2024

Dragon’s Breath

A fire tore through Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange on Tuesday, causing the collapse of the structure’s iconic spire and severely damaging one of the Danish capital’s oldest buildings, the Associated Press reported. Danish officials said the fire began Tuesday morning in the 17th-century building’s copper-covered roof...

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April 02, 2024

Equal Duties

Denmark is planning to extend military conscription to women, the third European nation to adopt such a measure, as part of a strategy to strengthen the country’s military in the wake of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the BBC reported. Currently, military service is compulsory for men...

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January 15, 2024

Pomp, Danish Style

Denmark’s King Frederik X officially took the throne Sunday following the abdication of his mother, Queen Margrethe II, in a royal ceremony that diverted from tradition and underscored the country’s understated approach to its constitutional monarchy, the Guardian reported. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen proclaimed Frederik X...

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January 02, 2024

Bowing Out

Europe’s longest-serving monarch, Danish Queen Margrethe II, will abdicate the throne this month, after serving as Denmark’s beloved monarch for more than five decades, the Guardian reported. The queen made the surprise announcement during her New Year’s speech, saying she would step down on Jan. 14,...

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March 02, 2023

War and Holidays

Danish lawmakers voted this week to scrap a public holiday in order to boost defense spending prompted by the Ukraine war, a cancellation that outraged labor unions and opposition politicians, Sky News reported. The vote would scrap Denmark’s Great Prayer Day, a Christian holiday that falls...

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November 01, 2022

A Furry Election

In November 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic was still raging, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen faced an agonizing decision. Covid-19 had been detected in some of the 17 million minks in the Nordic country’s massive fur industry. As Bloomberg reported, scientists were telling her that...

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September 22, 2022

Ponying Up

Denmark will direct about $13 million to vulnerable nations that have suffered “loss and damage” from climate change, becoming the first country in the United Nations to do so, the Washington Post reported. Danish Development Minister Flemming Møller Mortensen made the announcement Tuesday as world leaders...

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June 09, 2022

All In

Two important developments in Denmark illustrate the new geopolitical landscape in Europe. Because Danish officials refused to pay for Russian gas in rubles, Russian President Vladimir Putin recently cut off natural gas supplies to the Northern European country. As the Associated Press reported, Danish Prime Minister...

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April 29, 2022

The End

Denmark became the first country in the world to halt its Covid-19 vaccination program, saying that virus infection rates are now under control, CNBC reported Thursday. The country’s National Board of Health said that vaccination rates in the country are high and that the “epidemic has...

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