Section: Denmark
Consorting with the kings and tsars for nearly a millennium
This year marks the 523rd anniversary of the start of official diplomatic relations between Russia and Denmark, which began with the signing of the Love and Brotherhood Treaty in 1493. However, strong ties between the kingdom of Denmark and the Moscow Tsardom had existed long before, dating back to the 1116 union of Knud Lavard and Ingeborg of...
Danish ash trees facing extinction
The noble ancient Danish ash trees are being severely threatened by an aggressive fungus that causes ash dieback, a chronic fungal disease characterised by leaf loss and crown dieback. Stig Egede Hansen, a forester from Stiftelsen Sorø Akademi in Funen, estimates that the vast majority of ash trees have disappeared in Denmark in recent years. “I...
Russian market blights Ecco’s 2015 results
The Danish shoe company Ecco saw progress in 2015, but its financial results revealed that it had a difficult time on the Russian market. Ecco enjoyed a turnover of almost 10 billion kroner and profit of about 850 million kroner despite sales in Russia being halved. “2015 was characterised by Ecco successfully launching innovative collections and...
This Week’s TV: Terror at the top
The SummitSVT2, Mon 22:15 or SVT1, Wed 23:30Nick Ryan’s acclaimed 2012 documentary The Summit combines footage, interviews and recreations to retell the 2008 K2 disaster that claimed the lives of 11 mountaineers on the second-highest mountain on Earth. “The Summit does an amazing job of putting you on the mountain, making it one of the most...
Foreign minister heading to Washington
The foreign minister, Kristian Jensen, will travel to Washington today to meet the US secretary of state, John Kerry, and other officials. The agenda of the meetings will be the Danish-US co-operation on issues such as Ukraine, Syria, the Arctic region, tackling Islamic State and trade. “The timing of the meeting is optimal – Europe and the world...
Foreign Ministry selecting areas for budget cuts
The Foreign Ministry has selected 25 areas within the development assistance framework that will be affected by the billion kroner budget cuts announced by the Danish government last year. According to an internal document obtained by Politiken, the ministry will, for instance, down-prioritise its involvement in global disarmament initiatives,...
This Week’s TV: Super likeable but super bad
Pick of the Week: Super Fun NightZulu, Fri 00:55Netflix gave Aziz Ansari a trillion dollars and the rest is history: Master of None, a sitcom that nobody under the age of 19 has a bad word to say about. But they weren’t the first. In 2013, ABC handed a blank check to plus-size stand-up turned actress Rebel Wilson (Bridesmaids – impossible...
