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21 Mar 2025 - 9:00PMvideocam

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Denmark issues travel warning for transgender people going to US

Germany has also updated its travel advisory after several of its citizens were detained at the US border.

22 Mar 2025 - 3:57AMvideocam

The world’s happiest country keeps its crown for eighth year in a row

20 Mar 2025 - 1:20PM

US asks Denmark for eggs as prices soar: how many can you send?

15 Mar 2025 - 1:26AMvideocam

Trump on Greenland annexation: ‘I think it will happen’

Greenland’s strategic location vital to global security, US president says in meeting with Nato’s Mark Rutte.

14 Mar 2025 - 2:29PMvideocam

US President Donald Trump meeting with Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office on Thursday. Photo: EPA-EFE

Greenland picks party favouring slow independence in election surprise

Greenland independence was the key campaign theme in an election dominated by Donald Trump’s pledge to take control of the island.

12 Mar 2025 - 5:16PM

‘We don’t want to be Americans or Danes’: Greenland PM

Greenland PM’s comment comes after Trump’s speech to the US Congress on Tuesday saying the US will get the territory ‘one way or another’.

5 Mar 2025 - 7:00PMvideocam

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Denmark hopes to have air defence system in place from 2026

European allies are now talking about boosting defence investments in the face of Russian aggression and uncertain support from Washington.

28 Feb 2025 - 10:41PMvideocam

Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen (right) takes part in the Yalta European Strategy conference during his trip to Ukraine on February 24, 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE

Denmark ramps up defence spending, saying Russia is threat to all of Europe

The country’s defence budget would increase to over 3.2 per cent of GDP, as Nato nations face pressure from Trump to increase spending.

20 Feb 2025 - 4:58AM

Sweden confirms identity of gunman in nation’s worst mass shooting

Rickard Andersson, 35, killed 10 people at an education centre for young adults before apparently turning the gun on himself.

10 Feb 2025 - 8:31PMvideocam

Sweden mourns victims of deadliest shooting, gunman’s motive still unknown

Police say there was no evidence that suspect – named as Rickard Andersson, 35 – had ‘ideological motives’ for the attack that left 11 dead.

6 Feb 2025 - 4:42PMvideocam

People light candles at a makeshift vigil near Campus Risbergska in Orebro, Sweden, on Wednesday. Photo: AFP

At least 11 killed at school for adults in Sweden’s worst mass shooting

The gunman was among the dead, but damage at the scene was so extensive that investigators were unable to give a conclusive final toll.

5 Feb 2025 - 9:04PMvideocam

Emergency personnel and police officers work at Campus Risbergska after a shooting attack in Orebro, Sweden, on Tuesday. Photo: TT News Agency via Reuters

Sweden boards seized ship suspected of ‘sabotage’ of Baltic Sea cable

The Vezhen was seized in Swedish waters, where it was anchored. The ship’s Bulgarian owners claim the damage was accidental, but authorities are investigating.

27 Jan 2025 - 7:14PM

Sweden seizes vessel suspected of ‘sabotage’ of Baltic Sea cable

Undersea cable between Sweden and Latvia damaged, as attention focuses on Malta-flagged vessel that sailed from Russia.

27 Jan 2025 - 12:01PM

‘We don’t want to be Americans,’ Greenland PM says, as Trump takes office

Denmark’s foreign minister said that no country should be able to simply help themselves to another country.

22 Jan 2025 - 1:51AMvideocam

A Trump-branded plane arrives in Nuuk, Greenland, on January 7. Photo: AFP

Sweden eyes revoking citizenships amid internal security threats

This comes as the Nordic nation grapples with ‘violent extremism’ and ‘systemic and organised crime’ amid issues with asylum seekers.

15 Jan 2025 - 6:51PM

View of Stockholm’s Gotgartan. People with dual nationality who received citizenship by providing false information, bribery or threats, as well as people convicted of crimes like espionage or treason could be stripped of their Swedish passports if the law is passed. Photo: Nick Walker

Welcome to winter in Finland – dog-sledding, river floating, sauna toasting

Finland’s freezing northeast can appear inhospitable but there are still plenty of places to visit, and great views of the Northern Lights.

14 Jan 2025 - 11:15AMvideocam

Denmark says it has neglected Greenland defence for years

Donald Trump wants the US to take over Greenland, the vast semi-autonomous Arctic island controlled by Denmark.

10 Jan 2025 - 1:33PMvideocam

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Finland bars tanker suspected of cutting Baltic Sea cables from sailing

The Eagle S, thought to be part of Russia’s “shadow fleet,” was detained in December following suspected sabotage.

8 Jan 2025 - 7:26PM

An alleged Russian “shadow fleet” tanker suspected of damaging Baltic Sea cables has been found unseaworthy. Photo: AFP

Swedish navy recovers anchor of tanker suspected of Baltic Sea cable damage

An inquiry is being held into oil tanker’s possible involvement in suspected sabotage of maritime energy and communication cables.

8 Jan 2025 - 8:18AM

Finland finds drag marks on Baltic seabed after cable damage

Police said tracks drag on for dozens of kilometres where tanker carrying Russian oil is suspected of breaking power line, telecoms cables.

30 Dec 2024 - 4:26AM

Finland moves Eagle S tanker closer to land as probe intensifies

Police in Finland are transferring the tanker closer to land as they step up their investigation into damage caused to undersea cables.

28 Dec 2024 - 7:51PM

Oil tanker Eagle S (right), next to Finnish border guard ship Uisko (rear centre) and tugboat Ukko (left). Photo: AFP

3 dead, 4 injured after tourist bus veers off road, plunges into lake in Norway

Police said 58 passengers were on board from 8 countries including China, India, Malaysia and Singapore.

27 Dec 2024 - 7:51AM

Three people died and four are seriously injured after a bus went off the road and ended up partially submerged in a Norwegian lake near the Raftsundet strait on Thursday. Photo: NTB / AFP

Finland boards oil tanker after internet and power cable outages

Finland seized the vessel’s cargo and believes that the ship was believed to belong to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet of ageing tankers.

26 Dec 2024 - 10:02PMvideocam

Finland investigates outage of undersea power link to Estonia

‘The possibility of sabotage cannot be ruled out,’ Fingrid control room manager Arto Pahki said.

26 Dec 2024 - 12:20AMvideocam

Sweden says China denied request to probe ship linked to cut undersea cables

Sweden’s assertion contradicts Beijing’s earlier promise of ‘cooperation’.

23 Dec 2024 - 11:41PM

Chinese bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 is anchored in the sea of Kattegat, near the city of Grenaa in Jutland, Denmark on November 20. Photo: AP

Norway suspends deep-sea mining projects, government ally says

Oslo had plans to open large areas of its Arctic region next year for its inaugural seabed licensing round.

2 Dec 2024 - 10:40AM

Norwegian oilfield platforms in the North Sea. File photo: Reuters

On EU ‘no’ vote anniversary, more Norwegians want to join bloc

The Nordic country last said ‘no’ to joining the EU in 1994 and also voted against membership in a 1972 referendum.

27 Nov 2024 - 6:04PMvideocam

Son of Norway crown princess detained for week in rape probe

Marius Borg Hoiby, 27, remanded in investigative custody for rape accusations, as lawyer denies charges.

21 Nov 2024 - 10:55AM

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