CATEGORIESDenmark’s global climate leadership masks weakened national ambitions
The launch of the P4G initiative at the UN last month reasserts Denmark's international leadership in fighting climate change and championing sustainability. But at home, Denmark's climate ambitions are starting to falter
Copenhagen: becoming unrecognisable, or just growing up?
Looking at the glass towers and expensive apartments that are popping up around Copenhagen, it's easy to be pessimistic about Copenhagen's urban development. But architect Helle Søholt believes that the city is constantly learning from its mistakes to ensure that it maintains its character even when developers profit
Copenhagen: is the future taller, denser, and darker?
As house and apartment prices skyrocket, housing minister Ole Birk Olesen proposes slashing regulations to ensure a more varied and affordable housing market. But weakening requirements placed on developers could make Danish cities antisocial, segregated and unattractive
Circus of the Uncanny
Michael Kvium's work walks a delicate tightrope between baroque beauty and the grotesque. He invites us to join the circus at his latest exhibition, 'Circus Europa', this month at Arken
“I love the scientific search for the one rational answer. I just hope we don’t find it”
Artist Eske Kath and singer Oh Land have created a container ship inside a church that asks questions about humanity's relationship with nature, what the future holds, and whether we can ever really change course
Give up booze, give up school
Universities are being asked to be more mindful of students who do not drink alcohol, after new research shows they are at higher risk of dropping out
End the gang war by setting cannabis free
While parliament is divided over whether to legalise cannabis, Copenhagen City Hall is in favour, arguing that it could undermine the violent gangs that control the lucrative billion-kroner industry
Green is the New Black
Copenhagen's latest landmark recycling initiative promises to help the city accomplish its sustainability goals – if they can collect enough organic waste to make it profitable
Make gangs illegal – starting with the Hell’s Angels
It's been a violent summer in Nørrebro with more than 26 shootings. But this increase in gang activity arrives as gang membership and youth crime is dropping. Sociologist Aydin Soei argues that earlier intervention is a better tool than tougher penalties
Hard time made harder
As violence against prison guards sharply increases, the Justice Minister Søren Pape Poulsen has warned that the Danish prison model may need a rethink. While he wants more focus on the prison's role as punishment, experts and the Danish Prison Officers Union warn that violence will only escalate if guards are discouraged from forming relationships with inmates.
How Danes fell out of love with the HPV vaccine
A massive public information campaign has been launched in Denmark to rebuild confidence in the HPV vaccine after widespread – but unfounded – concerns about its safety
I don’t want to decide how many immigrants come to Denmark. I just want the government to follow the law
Asrin Mesbah and her team of legal aid volunteers work for free to secure the rights of refugees and immigrants with limited resources. She was shocked to find out how many cases are mismanaged and worries that it demonstrates the government's willingness to go to any length to limit immigration – even if it undermines core democratic principles