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Danmarks Fængsler, Denmark’s prison service, will review its training of Kosovar prison officers after two were charged with assaulting an inmate at Vestre Prison in Copenhagen.

The World Health Organization has asked Russian authorities for more information about two laboratory workers with pneumonia of unknown cause, including a woman who died, Reuters reports.

A leak involving nearly nine million people’s CPR numbers could increase administrative costs for Danish businesses if it leads to restrictions on access to the register, according to the Confederation of Danish Industry, known as DI.

French chemist Henri Kagan and Japanese chemist Kenso Soai have won this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry for solving what the Nobel Committee calls “chemistry’s asymmetric mystery”.

Divorce in Denmark can be simple when both spouses agree, but for internationals, residence rights, children and cross-border rules can make the process far more complicated.

The Danish government has introduced a bill that would make it a criminal offense to participate in a mediation council with the aim of preventing public prosecution of a crime.

Several Danish cinemas removed the documentary “Naza” from their Wednesday schedules on the third anniversary of Hamas’ attack in Israel, following a request from the film’s directors.

Drivers should expect heavier traffic and possible delays on Denmark’s motorways at the start and end of the autumn holiday, the Danish Road Directorate has warned.

Meny has ranked first in an annual survey of Danish grocery customers for the second year in a row, while 365discount again finished at the bottom of customers’ overall ratings.

Two prison officers from Kosovo have been charged with assaulting an inmate at Vestre Prison in Copenhagen, where they were working as part of their training in Denmark.

Denmark and several other EU countries are pushing to reduce the European Commission’s proposed 2 trillion euro budget as leaders prepare for a summit on October 15 and 16.

What if the problem with modern convenience is that it works too well?

The Danish government plans to reintroduce a citizenship bill in February covering more than 2,000 applicants whose path to citizenship was interrupted by the general election.

Danish companies and organizations should use other methods to verify people’s identities after unauthorized parties accessed information on 8.8 million people in the CPR register, authorities said Tuesday.

The European Commission wants stronger safeguards to ensure countries continue to follow EU rules and values after joining the bloc as it prepares for possible expansion beyond its current 27 members.

A 31-year-old man charged with assaulting a Swedish man at a World Cup screening at Islands Brygge will appear before Copenhagen City Court on Wednesday.

Tobias Rausch of Alternative für Deutschland, AfD, was elected speaker of the state parliament in Saxony-Anhalt on Tuesday after his party won 43.8 percent of the vote in the recent state election.

Nearly 900 schools across France have fully or partly suspended classes as students, parents, teachers and union representatives protest over conditions in the country’s education system.

People collecting prescription medicine in Denmark may be asked to show identification as pharmacies respond to unauthorized access to information on 8.8 million people in the CPR register.

Paramount and Warner Bros. are now part of a new combined film company called Skydance following the completion of Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros.

Around 687,000 people in Denmark currently owe money to the public sector, down from more than 1.1 million in 2023, according to the Danish Debt Collection Agency.

The Danish Prison Service is enlarging.

Denmark’s government wants to build a prison unit at Kærshovedgård for departure center residents who receive prison sentences.

Denmark’s government will begin the new parliamentary year by seeking approval for a Greenland defense agreement and increasing the Arne early retirement benefit.

An unusually large invoice led Danish authorities to discover that unauthorized people had accessed personal records on 8.8 million people, an official said Tuesday.

Forbrugerrådet Tænk has asked Denmark’s Consumer Ombudsman to investigate whether Red Bull’s advertising through influencer Rasmus Søndergaard violates marketing law.

In the citizenship test, foreigners who wish to obtain Danish citizenship must correctly answer 36 out of 45 questions about culture and values in Denmark to pass.

MobilePay will change its name to Vipps in Denmark from January 12, 2027, the company behind the payment app announced Tuesday.

The Folketing, Denmark’s parliament, opens its new parliamentary year Tuesday with a royal visit and a speech from Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.

The Region of Southern Denmark has delayed approval of a handbook designed to help healthcare workers provide respectful care to LGBTQ+ patients, Danish public broadcaster DR reported.

Several wastewater discharge cases cannot be completed while Denmark’s Environmental Protection Agency reviews how it approves direct releases into waterways.

In this edition of her networking column, Marianne Danling explores how Denmark’s clubs and associations build trust beyond the workplace – and why turning shared routines into belonging takes both persistence from newcomers and active invitations from th…

This week on The Danish Connection: We break down the new US-Denmark-Greenland security agreement, signed on September 22nd after nearly two years of escalating tension over Trump’s repeated interest in controlling Greenland.

On 20 October 2026, the stage of Royal Arena will welcome an artist whose name has become inseparable from the history of world opera — the legendary Plácido Domingo.

Denmark’s government will introduce legislation in spring 2027 to restore Great Prayer Day as a public holiday in 2030.

Denmark’s cyber hotline will remain open until midnight in the coming days following unauthorized access to 8.8 million records in the national CPR system.

Denmark has not decided whether people affected by unauthorized access to 8.8 million personal records will need new CPR numbers, Digitalization Minister Christina Egelund said.

More than 2,000 owner-occupied apartments are for sale in Copenhagen for the first time since early 2024, according to housing website Boligsiden.

“I kept it secret.”

The head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service has warned that Russia is intensifying what he described as a “shadow war” against the country, saying Germany risks being drawn into a violent conflict.

Just over seven in 10 cancer patients in Denmark are alive five years after diagnosis, according to the Danish Health Data Authority.

Nearly 25,000 people have waited more than the statutory 30 days for a dementia assessment over the past four years, according to a new report from Denmark’s National Audit Office.

This year’s Danish Christmas seal features 46 children holding hands in a design focused on friendship and community.

In this article you will find all the information you need to plan your visit at Copenhagen's biggest one-day cultural event.

Walk into any engineering studio, IT department or research unit in Denmark right now, and you will often encounter the following: Screens where generative AI models spit out code, concept descriptions and data structuring at a pace that just a few years…

Denmark will begin the week with mild temperatures before rain, showers and cooler conditions arrive from Wednesday, according to the Danish Meteorological Institute, the national weather service.

Personal information obtained through unauthorized access to Denmark’s CPR register could help criminals create more convincing phishing attacks, a cybersecurity expert said.

Security surrounding a private company’s access to Denmark’s national personal information register was inadequate, Digitalization Minister Christina Egelund said Monday.

An elk died after being struck by a car on the Helsingør Motorway near Nivå on Monday morning, North Zealand Police said.

The exposed information includes names, addresses, CPR numbers and other data held in the system, according to the Ministry of Research, Education and Digitalisation.