Queen Margrethe II of Denmark announces abdication

1 January 202431 December 2023

Queen Margrethe II smiles as she delivers her New Year's speech and announces her abdication, Copenhagen, Denmark 31 December 2023. (Dinamarca, Copenhague) EFE/EPA/Keld Navntoft DENMARK OUT

Copenhagen, Dec 31 (EFE). – Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, 83, and the longest reigning living monarch, announced Sunday that she will abdicate on January 14 in favor of her son, Crown Prince Frederik, after 52 years as head of state. In her traditional televised New Year’s Eve address, Margrethe II, currently the world’s only … Read more

Russian flag colors sprayed on Denmark’s Little Mermaid statue

2 March 20232 March 2023

The Russian flag is painted on the stone where the Little Mermaid sits on, in Copenhagen, Denmark, 02 March 2023. The Little Mermaid was created by the sculptor Edvard Eriksen and modeled after his wife, Eline. EFE/EPA/IDA MARIE ODGAARD

Copenhagen, Mar 2 (EFE).- The colors of the Russian flag were daubed onto the base of the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, one of the most popular tourist spots in the Danish capital. Danish police on Thursday opened an investigation into the act of vandalism against the statue, which is located near the Langelinie port … Read more