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Commuters are seen at the Noerreport metrostation in Copenhagen on February 1, 2022.

What is ‘hybrid immunity,’ which Denmark is touting as the reason it lifted COVID curbs?

By Christian Wienberg, Morten Buttler, and others

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen addresses a press conference after a visit to the vaccination center set up at the Congress Center in Roskilde, Denmark, on April 12, 2021, during the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. – Denmark OUT (Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT (Photo by MADS CLAUS RASMUSSEN/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)

Denmark has dropped AstraZeneca from its vaccine rollout

By Morten Buttler, Christian Wienberg, and others

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (R) and mink breeder Peter Hindbo visit the closed and empty farm near Kolding, Denmark, on November 26, 2020. – Prime Minister Frederiksen’s government has acknowledged that its decision to cull more than 15 million minks had no legal basis for those not contaminated by the Covid-19 variant, infuriating breeders. A mutated version of the new coronavirus detected in Danish minks that raised concerns about the effectiveness of a future vaccine has likely been eradicated, Denmark’s health ministry said on November 19, 2020. (Photo by Mads Nissen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT (Photo by MADS NISSEN/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)

Denmark to exhume bodies of COVID-19 infected mink over contamination risk

By Morten Buttler and Bloomberg

More than 10 million minks have been slaughtered in recent days under a now retracted Danish law to cull the population to prevent the spread of a mutant strain of COVID-19. Wire photography: Ole Jensen—Getty Images

Denmark’s mink-cull law is dead—but it’s still too late for the millions sent to slaughter

By Morten Buttler and Bloomberg

BORDING, DENMARK NOVEMBER 07: A mink at farmer Stig Sørensen’s estate where all minks must be culled due to a government order on November 7, 2020 in Bording, Denmark. Like many other owners of mink farms, Stig Sørensen has been forced to cull all his 34.000 minks due to a government decision made on Wednesday. Sørensen says that he is sad but also angry because he feels that the government has made an unjustified and unfair decision. His farm is situated so only part of it is within the 7.5 KM zone from an infected farm and none of his mink have tested positive for the coronavirus. Even so, they are regarded as infected and must all be culled. He also feels that he and his colleagues have been let down by the Danish Government, both in terms of handling the culling and slow information about how they will be compensated. He and most in the industry are demanding compensation according to the rules of expropriation, but Sørensen says that so far the government has talked about compensation per culled mink to a price per skin based on farmers’ average price in 2017 and 2018, which was an all-time low. Denmark, the world’s largest mink fur producer, is to mass cull some 16 -17 million minks after mutated forms of coronavirus spread to humans. Some 215 mink farms in Jutland region are infected with this type of coronavirus, and therefore a regional lockdown has been announced to curb the infection. (Photo by Ole Jensen/Getty Images)

Denmark’s prime minister says its mink population will be culled—but she’s facing political resistance

By Christian Wienberg, Morten Buttler, and others

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EU leaders agree on $860 billion coronavirus recovery fund

By Viktoria Dendrinou, Nikos Chrysoloras, and others

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is greeted by Greenland's Premier and leader of the Siumut party Kim Kielsen, as she arrives for a two-day-visit in Nuuk in Greenland on August 18, 2109.

After Rebuffing Trump, Greenland and Denmark Tighten Relationship

By Morten Buttler and Bloomberg

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen responded Thursday after U.S. President Trump called her "nasty".

Danish PM Attempts to Smooth Over Greenland Crisis After Trump Labels Her ‘Nasty’

By Morten Buttler and Bloomberg

President Donald Trump Meets With Romanian President Klaus Iohannis At The White House

Why Would Trump Want to Buy Greenland?

By Nick Rigillio, Morten Buttler, and others

On Wednesday, President Trump cancelled his scheduled visit to Greenland over the Danish leader's refusal to consider letting him "buy" the island.

Trump Cancels State Visit After Danish PM Says Greenland ‘Isn’t For Sale’

By Morten Buttler, Nick Rigillio, and others

President Trump is expected to meet with Denmark's Queen Margrethe, but Trump now says he's unsure if he's making the trip

Amid Greenland Sale Controversy, Denmark is Expecting a Visit From Trump. But Is He Coming?

By Morten Buttler, Christian Wienberg, and others

Does Trump Want to Buy Greenland?

Does Trump Really Want to Buy Greenland?

By Christian Wienberg, Morten Buttler, and others