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The stolen art was found by police investigating bicycle theft (File Pic)

Danish police on bike hunt find stolen art

Danish investigators tracking an alleged bicycle theft stumbled upon works of art stolen from a Copenhagen gallery in late March, police said Wednesday.

World • 12 Jun 24

Artworks, rescued from the fire at the site of the historic former stock exchange Boersen in Copenhagen, are pictured at the National Museum's warehouse in Vinge, near Hobro

Paintings damaged in Copenhagen fire can be restored

Historical paintings rescued by firefighters and the public during a huge blaze at Copenhagen's Old Stock Exchange can almost all be restored, conservators have said, as they put the damaged works on display.

World • 04 Jun 24

Police said it was a 'case of vandalism'

Russian flag painted on base of 'Little Mermaid'

A Russian flag was discovered painted onto the base of Denmark's "The Little Mermaid" statue in what police said was a "case of vandalism" at Copenhagen's most famous landmark and a popular tourist attraction.

World • 02 Mar 23

Danish bar offers Covid-19 tests on tap

A bar in Copenhagen has started offering customers a Covid-19 test and a beer while they wait for the result to help get business moving again after months of restrictions.

Business • 26 Apr 21

The passenger train was heading towards Copenhagen when the accident occurred

Eight confirmed dead in Denmark train accident

Police in Denmark have said the death toll from yesterday's train accident has risen from six to eight.

World • 03 Jan 19

Primera Air started flying in 2003 and has served 97 destinations in more than 20 countries

Budget airline Primera Air ceases operations

Nordic budget airline Primera Air has become the latest European carrier to go bust, telling staff that all flights were being halted and leaving thousands of passengers stranded.

Business • 02 Oct 18

Kim Wall went to interview Peter Madsen in August last year

Kim Wall death: What we know so far

A Swedish journalist, an eccentric Danish inventor and a grisly death aboard a homemade submarine: A Copenhagen court will rule whether Peter Madsen is guilty of murdering Kim Wall before chopping up her body and tossing it into the sea.

World • 25 Apr 18

Peter Madsen was accused of murdering the Swedish journalist aboard his homemade submarine

Danish court sentences Madsen to life for murder

A Danish court has handed down a life sentence to submarine entrepreneur Peter Madsen for the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall.

World • 25 Apr 18

Peter Madsen denies the murder and abuse of a corpse charges

Danish inventor denies abuse of corpse charge

Danish inventor Peter Madsen denies a new charge of abuse of a corpse, which police have put to the court investigating whether he killed Swedish reporter Kim Wall on board his submarine.

copenhagen • 25 Aug 17

Kim Wall had been missing since 10 August

Torso found in Denmark is Swedish journalist's

Police have identified a female torso washed ashore in Copenhagen as that of Swedish journalist Kim Wall.

World • 23 Aug 17

Kim Wall had interviewed inventor Peter Madsen

Torso found in Denmark amid search for missing reporter

A headless female torso was found in the water's edge in Copenhagen, hours after a Danish inventor charged with killing a journalist in his home-made submarine told a court she died on board, police said.

World • 22 Aug 17

Francois Hollande called for 'faster, more effective sanctions' against hate speech

Hollande vows tougher penalties for hate speech

French President Francois Hollande has vowed to introduce tougher penalties for "racist, anti-Semitic or homophobic" remarks in the wake of last month's militant attacks in Paris.

News • 24 Feb 15

Barack Obama said associating IS or Al-Qaeda with Islam would be to accept their false narratives

Obama: Terrorist groups do not represent Islam

US President Barack Obama urged Western and Muslim leaders to unite to defeat the "false promises of extremism" and reject the notion that "terrorist" groups represent Islam.

News • 18 Feb 15