Nordic prime ministers troll Trump's viral orb photograph


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OP: The first article is from just before the U.K.'s 'Brexit' vote, which has been hailed by Europe's far right.
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Europe far-right leaders rally against Islam, EU

At meeting in Vienna, Europe's major far-right parties rant against EU, "radical Islam" and asylum seekers.
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Far-right groups from across Europe are due to hold a rally in Denmark aimed at setting up what they term an anti-Islamic alliance across the continent.

The demonstration has been organised by the English Defence League (EDL) which says it wants to halt what it calls the "Islamification of Europe ( Read more... )

A Copenhagen hotel will continue reserving a whole floor for women, despite a recent ruling that doing so is discriminatory and illegal, the hotel director said last week.

Last May, the Bella Sky Hotel in central Copenhagen opened a floor dubbed the Bella Donna with 20 specially decorated rooms for women, and no men allowed.

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The far right's 10-year grip on Denmark's government has ended as the Danes voted for their first female prime minister, handing government to a centre-left coalition.

The close general election gave victory to the social democrats, closing a decade of rightwing ascendancy during which a minority government of liberals and conservatives was kept in ( Read more... )

One person has been killed in a shooting outside a mosque in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, police have said ( Read more... )

COPENHAGEN - Ten years ago, as Denmark joined the European Union’s visa-free open travel zone, the outraged Danish People’s Party bought a decommissioned border guardhouse, vowing that one day it would be in use again.

Back then, most Danes dismissed the move as a colorful publicity stunt by the newly formed right-wing party.

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By Amy Husser and Randy Boswell, Postmedia News May 17, 2011

OTTAWA - The race to lay claim to the North Pole - in which Canada has a stake - has heated up with reports suggesting that Denmark will hoist a symbolic flag over the top of the world next month.

According to Danish media reports, Denmark will make an official claim for territorial ( Read more... )