Regional authorities have presented a new development plan for Copenhagen providing for the expansion and improvement of its public transport network and green spaces.
Environmental concerns are not the only motivating factor behind the ‘green city’ project; private vehicle use in...
Figures just released by the VisitDenmark national tourist board have registered a four per cent drop in overnight hotel stays in Copenhagen during 2007 compared with the previous year. The number of Chinese visitors dropped by 95 per cent and the...
The Royal Danish Academy of Music (DKDM) in Copenhagen has signed an agreement with China’s national music conservatory, the Central Conservatory of Music (CCoM) in Beijing, inaugurating a co-operation project entitled “Dialogue: East Meets West”. The scheme includes student and teacher...
Following a spate of violent crimes in the city centre, Copenhagen police authorities and the municipal government have announced plans to install closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras in high-risk areas of the Danish capital. Initially cameras are to be installed at...
Democrats Abroad Denmark are having an open house on Sunday 20 January at 14.00. To find out where, sign up at democrat.meetup.com. It is a get-together to discuss politics and voting in the upcoming Democrat Global Primary on 5 February. There...
The Democrats Global Primary, the first time in American history for a political primary to be held abroad, will take place on “Super Tuesday” 5 February. Voters in the primary will be able to cast their ballots by internet, post or...
All six United Nations’ offices in the Danish capital are to be relocated to a single address at Marble Pier at Frihavnen harbour, currently home to the Unicef global supply division. The planned consolidation of UN worksites in Copenhagen, recently approved...
Dwindling attendances and falling revenues are behind the probable closure of ten churches in the diocese of Copenhagen. The diocese’s ecclesiastical ministry still has to take the final decision but the alternative to closure would involve raising church taxes, a move...
Car-sharing clubs in Copenhagen have almost doubled their membership over the last three years according to a survey by the Jyllands-Posten newspaper. Around 4,200 people are now willing to pay the Dkk2,000 (€250) annual fee for access to a car without...
Non-profit organization Max Havelaar and the Danish Association for International Cooperation (MS) are behind the Copenhagen city council’s recent decision to apply for Fair Trade City status. In order to qualify for the title, the city council must pledge to promote...
