Category: Denmark

3 Dead, 3 Critically Wounded in Copenhagen Mall Shooting; Suspect Arrested

COPENHAGEN, Denmark—A gunman opened fire inside a busy shopping mall in the Danish capital Sunday, killing three people and critically wounding three others, police said. A 22-year-old Danish man was arrested after the shooting, Copenhagen police inspector Søren Thomassen told reporters, adding there was no indication that anyone else was involved in the attack, though…


Several People Dead in Copenhagen Shopping Mall Shooting

COPENHAGEN, Denmark—A gunman opened fire in a Copenhagen shopping mall, one of the largest of its kind in Scandinavia, killing an unspecified number of people and wounding several others on Sunday, police said. The suspected gunman, who is in custody, is a 22-year-old Danish man who was detained near the Fields shopping mall on the…


Several Dead in Copenhagen Mall Shooting; Suspect Arrested

COPENHAGEN, Denmark—A gunman opened fire inside a busy shopping mall in the Danish capital on Sunday, killing several people and wounding several others, police said. A 22-year-old Danish man was arrested, Copenhagen police inspector Søren Thomassen told reporters, adding there was no indication that anyone else was involved in the attack, though police were still…


Google Hit With Antitrust Complaint by Danish Job Search Rival

BRUSSELS—Google faces an antitrust complaint on Monday by Danish online job-search rival Jobindex, which told European Union regulators the Alphabet-owned business had allegedly unfairly favoured its own job-search service. The complaint could reinvigorate EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager’s scrutiny of the service, Google for Jobs. Three years ago, Vestager said she was looking into the…


The Baltic Noose the Kremlin Fears

Commentary Has the Kremlin decided to fight a hot war in the Baltic Sea’s cold waters? On June 17 the Russian Navy deliberately violated Danish territorial water, specifically the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm, which lies north of Poland. During the Cold War Bornholm was a Berlin-like intelligence outpost behind enemy lines. On June 18…


‘Whisky War’ With Denmark Over Tiny Arctic Island Ends Peacefully With Deal

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly has struck a historic deal with Denmark, settling a dispute stretching back five decades over a 1.3-square-kilometre island in the Arctic. Joly and the Danish foreign affairs minister Jeppe Kofod signed an agreement Tuesday to divide Hans Island, an uninhabited rock situated between Ellesmere Island, in Nunavut, and Greenland, an…


Denmark to Suspend Countrywide COVID-19 Vaccination Program in May

Denmark has become the first country to suspend its COVID-19 vaccination program, citing a drop in new infections and high immunity among the population. The country—which in February lifted all pandemic-related restrictions—announced the decision on Tuesday, with officials stating that it was in a “good position” to scrap the program. The Danish Health Authority pointed to…


Denmark in Talks With Rwanda on Transfer of Asylum-Seekers

COPENHAGEN—Denmark is in talks with Rwanda about setting up a new procedure for transferring asylum seekers to the East African nation, mirroring a similar move by Britain announced last week. A deal with Rwanda would make Denmark the first European Union member to effectively bypass the bloc’s fragmented migration and asylum system. “Our dialogue with…


Denmark Officials See No Reason to Give More COVID-19 Vaccines

COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Health authorities in Denmark said Friday that they are considering “winding down” the country’s coronavirus vaccination program in the spring and see no reason now to administer a booster dose to children or a fourth shot to any more residents at risk of severe COVID-19. The Danish Health Authority said in a statement outlining…


Denmark’s Queen Margrethe Tests Positive for COVID-19

COPENHAGEN—Denmark’s Queen Margrethe has tested positive for coronavirus but is only showing mild symptoms, the royal court said in a statement on Wednesday. The 81-year old Queen, who has sat on the throne for half a century, had cancelled her planned winter holiday in Norway which should have started on Wednesday and was isolating in…