Insightful local updates, immigration policy reforms, Nordic energy grids, and community news from Denmark.
DenmarkM. John Harrison, 81, has won the 2026 Booker Prize for The End of Everything, becoming the oldest winner in the prize's history at a ceremony at Old Billingsgate in London.
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DenmarkThe Nordic countries are expanding joint procurement of medicines, with Finland and Sweden joining Denmark, Iceland and Norway to secure antibiotic supplies.
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DenmarkAlchemist placed third and Kadeau eighth in The 50 Best Restaurants 2026, unveiled in Lima on 4 November, giving Copenhagen two restaurants in the world's top ten.
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DenmarkTwo Danish opposition parties want 487 citizenship applicants granted Danish citizenship before a new screening system is introduced, after their cases were put on hold.
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DenmarkAround 40,000 Danish students from 57 schools went on strike on 4 November 2026 against planned cuts to student grants, with up to 13,000 marching through Copenhagen.
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DenmarkGreenland's parliament voted 16-0, with seven abstentions, to approve the security agreement with the United States and Denmark; the Danish parliament votes on 19 November.
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DenmarkElectric cars made up 88.4% of Denmark's new car registrations in October 2026, with private buyers choosing electric in 97.6% of cases, ahead of a January tax rise.
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DenmarkThe Nordic countries have signed the Marienborg Manifesto, a joint declaration for tougher tech regulation, social media age limits and schools free of private smart devices.
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DenmarkTokyo's National Art Center has opened 'Shojo Manga Infinity', the first large-scale shojo manga exhibition at a national museum in Japan, honouring Moto Hagio, Ryoko Yamagishi and Waki Yamato.
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DenmarkNorway's prime minister has defended his 90-minute phone call with Vladimir Putin after Denmark and Sweden criticised the Finnish-Norwegian initiative, exposing a Nordic split over engaging Moscow.
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DenmarkCopenhagen-based Bavarian Nordic will donate 75,000 doses of its MVA-BN vaccine to a new global mpox emergency stockpile, on top of a contract to supply 150,000 doses.
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DenmarkDenmark’s Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI) has confirmed a new Collective Agreement Scheme starting 1 January 2027, letting employers hire workers from 16 countries at a minimum salary of DKK 322,000 a year.
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