Jan M. Olsen
The Associated Press
Denmark
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Europe Faces Growing Risk of Mosquito-Borne Diseases Due to Climate Change
“If this continues, we can expect to see more cases and possibly deaths from diseases such as dengue, chikungunya and West Nile fever,” ECDC director Andrea Ammon said. → Read More
US aircraft carrier arrives in NATO member Norway, to take part in drills
A U_S_ aircraft carrier has arrived in Oslo with the Norwegian armed forces saying it gives them “a unique opportunity to further develop cooperation and work more closely with our most important ally, the United States.” → Read More
Norway takes over presidency of Arctic Council from Russia
Norway has taken over the Arctic Council’s rotating presidency from Russia → Read More
Hungarian delegation backs Sweden’s NATO application
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A parliamentary delegation from Hungary said Tuesday that it supports Sweden’s NATO membership bid after meeting the speaker of the Swedish parliament to iron out what Hu… → Read More
Danish former minister charged with revealing state secrets
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish former defense minister who had publicly claimed that Denmark's secret service helped U.S. intelligence spy on several European leaders said Tuesday he has been charged with divulging state secrets. → Read More
Finland's top diplomat hints at joining NATO without Sweden
Finland’s top diplomat appears to have suggested that the country may have to join NATO without Sweden, after Turkey’s president cast doubt on expansion of the military alliance → Read More
Norway archaeologists find 2,000-year-old runestone, thought to be world's oldest
Archaeologists in Norway said Tuesday that have found a runestone which they claim is the world's oldest, saying the inscriptions are up to 2,000 years old. → Read More
Norway archaeologists find 'world's oldest runestone'
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Archaeologists in Norway said Tuesday that have found a runestone which they claim is the world’s oldest, saying the inscriptions are up to 2,000 years old and date back to... → Read More
Norway archaeologists find 'world's oldest runestone'
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Archaeologists in Norway said Tuesday that have found a runestone which they claim is the world’s oldest, saying the inscriptions are up to 2,000 years old and date back to the earliest days of the enigmatic history of runic writing. → Read More
Norway archaeologists find 'world's oldest runestone'
Archaeologists in Norway have found a runestone which they claim is the world’s oldest → Read More
Swedish court: Man wanted by Turkey cannot be extradited
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden's top court on Monday rejected a request to extradite a man wanted by Turkey, saying the crime the person is alleged to have committed is “not criminalized" in the Scandinavian country. → Read More
Nobel laureate: No lasting peace in Ukraine without justice
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — There will be no lasting peace in Ukraine until there is justice and human rights, the head of the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties said Thursday as she arrived in Oslo... → Read More
Iran-born brothers charged in Sweden with spying for Russia
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Two Iranian-born brothers were charged in Sweden with aggravated espionage for allegedly spying for Russia and its military intelligence service GRU for around a decade, prosecutors said Friday. → Read More
Climate activists arrested trying to glue themselves to 'The Scream'
The stunt is similar to one earlier this year when members of the same group threw soup at a Van Gogh painting. → Read More
Norway: Princess gives up royal duties amid fiancé questions
The daughter of Norway’s King Harald says she no longer will officially represent the Norwegian royal house following questions about her and her American fiancé’s activities → Read More
Sweden seizes evidence at Baltic Sea pipeline leak site
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Sweden’s domestic security agency said Thursday that its preliminary investigation of leaks from two Russian gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea “has strengthened the suspicions of serious sabotage” as the cause and a prosecutor said evidence at the site has been seized. The Swedish Security Service said the probe confirmed that “detonations” […] → Read More
Danish queen refuses to backtrack on stripping royal titles
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s popular monarch, Queen Margrethe II, has apologized for upsetting members of her family with a decision to strip the royal titles from four of her grandchildren… → Read More
Sweden sends special diving vessel to area of pipeline leaks
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden has sent a vessel capable of “advanced diving missions” to the Baltic Sea area where ruptured undersea pipelines leaked natural gas for days, the Swedish navy said… → Read More
Sweden sends special diving vessel to area of pipeline leaks
Sweden's navy says it has sent a vessel capable of “advanced diving missions” to the Baltic Sea area where ruptured undersea pipelines leaked natural gas for days → Read More
Huge blasts preceded methane pipeline leaks in Baltic Sea
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The explosions that rocked natural gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea ahead of huge methane leaks “probably corresponded to an explosive load of several hundred kilos (pounds),” Denmark and Sweden wrote Friday in a letter to the United Nations. Norwegian researchers published a map Friday projecting a huge plume of methane released […] → Read More