Residents of a Copenhagen housing estate, Mjølnerparken, are highly critical of plans to ‘upgrade’ it – arguing it was only the Danish government’s ‘Ghetto Law’ that turned it into a ‘parallel society’ in the first place.
With an EU-wide LNG embargo looming in 2027, the battle over a Danish shipyard has become a test of whether Europe can close loopholes that keep Russian gas flowing.
Shaped by a childhood marked by standing up to bullies and a political career defined by pragmatic shifts, Mette Frederiksen is now using Denmark’s influence to advocate for a more assertive and self-reliant Europe.
The US is still muscling in on Greenland, posing questions on whether undefended Iceland could be next, or if Russia has designs on the demilitarised Svalbard and the Åland Islands.
Usually, Danish foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s Facebook posts earn him an endless stream of insults, cynical comments and worse. But this time it was different.