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Dramatic images capture blaze at historic bourse where spire has collapsedA huge fire has broken out at Copenhagen’s 17th-century former stock exchange, one of the Danish capital’s most famous landmarks, engulfing the historic building’s roof and toppling its distinctive spire.People were seen rushing in and out of the building carrying works of art to safety and Danish media reported an annexe of the parliament...

Plumes of black smoke rise as blaze engulfs one of Danish capital’s most famous landmarksEurope live: Copenhagen old stock exchange fire – latest updatesA huge fire has broken out at Copenhagen’s 17th-century former stock exchange, one of the Danish capital’s most famous landmarks, engulfing the historic building’s roof and toppling its distinctive spire.“We are witnessing a terrible spectacle. The Bourse is on fire,” the...

Exclusive: Territory’s government calls for visit to listen to those thought to be living with consequences of forced fitting of IUDs‘I was only a child’: women tell of trauma of forced contraceptionThe Danish health minister should “get on a plane and visit” some of the thousands of women thought to be living with the consequences of being forcibly fitted with the contraceptive coil as...

Women say being fitted with IUDs without their consent left them with pain, shame and lasting reproductive difficultiesDanish minister urged to meet Greenland coil scandal womenHedvig Frederiksen had been at her new school in Paamiut, Greenland, for only a couple of days when she was summoned from her dorm to the local hospital by a Danish caretaker.She was 14 and had no idea what...

In first such admission, previously secret document says Danish aircraft participated in attacks linked to civilian deathsDenmark’s defence ministry said it would launch a review after evidence emerged showing its air force participated in airstrikes on Libya that killed 14 civilians in 2011, the first time any of the 10 countries involved in the Nato bombing campaign has acknowledged a possible link to non-combatant...

There will be protests at the coronation in Copenhagen, but support for the royals remains high in DenmarkWhen the Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen appears on the balcony of Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen on Sunday afternoon to announce the new monarch, she is expected to be met by a sea of cheering faces.But one figure in the crowd who will not be showing support...

Arctic Ice argues its rare, pure product can be part of Greenland’s green transition and greater independenceFrozen daiquiri anyone? Drinking a cocktail on top of a Dubai skyscraper may seem decadent enough, but a Greenland entrepreneur wants to add ancient glacier ice scooped from the fjords to the glass, for the ultimate international thrill.Arctic Ice harvests ice from the fjords of Greenland, and then...

‘I cried. And then I watched it back and cried again,’ says one as nation processes shock royal broadcastIt began like any other Danish New Year’s Eve. Martin Ebmark, a hotelier from the central town of Billund, was, “like everyone”, sitting watching the queen’s annual address on the television with his family.He and his wife raised a toast to the queen, resplendent in a...

Monarch will step down on 14 January, the 52nd anniversary of her accession, and leave the throne to her son FrederikThe queen of Denmark has announced that she is to abdicate after 52 years on the throne.Announcing the surprise news to the nation in her new year speech, Queen Margrethe II said she would step down on 14 January, the 52nd anniversary of her...