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Qatar 2022 World Cup: Denmark and Norway footballers criticise 'cruel' worker conditions
FC Copenhagen players say treatment of workers amounts to 'slavery'.
Denmark to become first country to exclude 'transgender' from list of mental illnesses
Shadow health minister claims mental health classification "stigmatising".
Copenhagen bar owners call for government to tackle Muslim 'Sharia patrols'
Publicans claim immigrant youth activists threaten, vandalise and extort them in broad daylight.
Danish art group reported to police over exhibit on Brussels and Paris bombers
Exhibit inspired by Tehran's martyrs' museum for victims of Islamic revolution.
UK ranks 10th among 18 European countries in a standard of living study by Glassdoor
Switzerland, Denmark and Germany bagged the top three slots.
Are you happy? The 13 happiest countries in the world revealed
If you want to be happy, move to a cold European country. That seems to be the message sent out by the 2016 World Happiness Report.
World Happiness Report: Denmark tops list while UK doesn't even reach top 20
Burundi and Syria are placed at the bottom of the rankings.
Danish rights activist prosecuted and fined thousands for giving Syrian refugee family a lift
Author Lisbeth Zornig and her husband were fined 45,000 krone (£4,700) by judges in Nykøbing Falster.
Denmark to separate 'child bride' asylum seekers from spouses
New law comes after married girls as young as 14 were found living in asylum centres.
Cara Delevingne: Model serves as muse for latest project by artist Jonathan Yeo
Yeo is a portrait artist who is known for his work with some of the world's most famous people.
London: Jewellery dumped at Danish embassy in protest against migrant 'anti-valuables' law
Members of Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants 'horrified' that valuables can now be taken from migrants.
Transparency International ranks the UK as 10th least corrupt country in the world
Denmark, Sweden, Finland, New Zealand and Norway are among other nations in the least corrupt list.
Danish teenager who pepper-sprayed sex attacker faces charges for possessing the substance
The 17-year-old girl told police the attacker only fled the scene after she sprayed him.
Zika virus: Mosquito-borne disease sends Danish man to hospital after Brazil and Mexico trip
Zika virus puts unborn babies at risk of congenital defects.
Migrant crisis: Denmark approves controversial bill to let police seize valuables from refugees
Tougher measures on refugees also include extension of family reunification to three years
Migrant crisis: Denmark's parliament votes on making country 'less attractive' to asylum-seekers
Parliament debates the 'most misunderstood bill in Denmark's history': confiscating migrants' possessions.
Denmark named world's best country for women
Denmark is consistently among the globe's happiest nations.
Refugee crisis: Germany follows Denmark and seizes jewellery and valuables from refugees
Similar policy by Denmark has been branded 'xenophobic' by the UN.
Denmark: Randers City and DPP spark 'meatball war' with mandatory pork edict for public institutions
City Council of Randers in Denmark makes it mandatory for public institutions including schools to serve pork.
Migrant crisis: Danish nightclubs bar foreign speakers after reports of sexual assaults by refugees
Buddy Holly nightclub in Denmark first to implement the language policy, which has been criticised by Amnesty.
Wind power: Denmark smashes own record with 42% of electricity generated by wind in 2015
Denmark is on track to hit its 2020 target of 50% electricity produced by wind turbines.
Refugee crisis: Switzerland seizing assets from migrants to fund their upkeep
Denmark is also amending a controversial proposal to grant authorities the power to seize migrants' assets.
Denmark: 15-year old girl who converted to Islam is charged with terror and explosives offences
The Danish girl expressed support for controversial Islamist group via a Facebook page.
Ai Weiwei: Lego u-turns on bulk buying block after row with Chinese artist
The activist and artist has won his battle with the toy manufacturer.
Denmark gets cross party support for new laws to seize valuables from refugees to pay for stay
The controversial proposal has the backing of all political parties.
Istanbul suicide attack: 9 Germans among victims of bomb blast in Turkey's Sultanahmet Square
Information on suicide attack in Turkey short as authorities prevented from releasing details.
Denmark follows Sweden by imposing border checks to stem refugee inflow
Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen says move prompted by Sweden's decision to tighten its borders.
Sweden introduces border checks amid migrant crisis
All entering the country from Denmark subjected to identity checks for first time in half a century.
Denmark defends plans to strip asylum-seekers of their jewellery and valuables
The bill has been widely condemned and has drawn comparisons to Nazi Germany.
Denmark wants police to confiscate jewellery and valuables from refugees
New law allowing police to seize refugees' valuables expected to be passed in January.