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Ditte Reffstrup's guide to Copenhagen: how to do Denmark's capital like a local
Evening Standard
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June 29, 2025
As a long-time local with a brand based in Copenhagen, Ditte Reffstrup knows the chicest spots and stays like no one else. This is her guide to doing the city in style. What’s your favourite destination and why? Copenhagen! It’s where all my...
Soft2Bet: Disrupting the iGaming Industry with Speed, Scale, and Gamification
FTN News
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July 25, 2025
In an industry crowded with lookalike platforms and recycled features, some companies still manage to stand out, and Soft2Bet is one of them. Spend five minutes inside Soft2Bet, and it’s clear they’re not tweaking the rules of iGaming; they’re...
A closer look at the Nordic countries’ approach to sustainable investing
Benefits Canada
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June 27, 2025
“Sustainability requirements in the law have been raised over time,” says Nadine Viel Lamare, sustainability strategist at the Swedish Fund Selection Agency, a government authority that procures and monitors investment funds for the country’s...
New Danish project to predict ice-free Arctic summers
Muser Press
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June 27, 2025
A new climate forecasting project aims to provide early warnings of ice-free Arctic summers, a phenomenon that could emerge as soon as the 2030s and trigger severe weather far beyond the polar region. “IcyAlert is designed to deliver knowledge and...
Giant trolls have message for humans
Hurriyet Daily News
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WOODSIDE, Calif. Nestled in forests around the world, a gentle army of giant wooden trolls want to show humans how to live better without destroying the planet. The Danish recycle artist Thomas Dambo and his team have created 170 troll sculptures...
Belgian region grapples with forever chemical scandal
The Hazard Herald - Kentucky
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A water contamination scandal has gripped a leafy corner of southern Belgium, causing anxious residents to queue up for blood tests to confirm potential exposure to so-called forever chemicals. On an early summer afternoon about a dozen people...
Swiss households faced 21 minutes of power outages in 2024
Swissinfo
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July 25, 2025
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Santa Maria Times - California
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Parents were given their deceased son's brain by funeral homes, lawsuit alleges Two funeral homes allegedly gave grieving parents their deceased son's brain in a box, which began to smell and leak. The parents, Lawrence and Abbey Butler,...
Regional Ban on Scrubber Wash Among Environmental Steps Adopted by OSPAR
The Maritime Executive
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Representatives from 16 countries meeting in Virgo, Spain, announced today, June 27, that they had adopted the first regional ban on the discharge of scrubber wash water among a series of new environmental actions. NGOs hailed the action, which...
Trump's trip to Scotland reopens old wounds for some of his neighbors
USA Today - Virginia
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BALMEDIE, Scotland − Long before he was the 45th and the 47th president, on a wild and windswept stretch of beach in northeast Scotland, Donald Trump the businessman, was accused of being a bad neighbor. "This place will never, ever belong to...
6 companies changing the face of sustainable beauty products
Cosmetics Design Europe
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June 27, 2025
The beauty and personal care industry is under more pressure to reduce its environmental footprint, particularly when it comes to eco-responsibility and the use of fossil-based ingredients and microplastics in formulations. Here are some of the...
Where was Washington Black season 1 filmed? Complete guide to all filming locations and other production details
Sportskeeda
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July 26, 2025
Washington Black season 1 premiered on Hulu on July 23, 2025. The series is based on Esi Edugyan's award-winning book of the same name. It tells the story of a little boy named George Washington "Wash" Black who escapes slavery in Barbados in the...
This Grande Dame Copenhagen Hotel Has A Michelin Star, Champagne Bar, And The City’s Only Indoor Pool
Forbes
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Hotel d'Angleterre Courtesy of d'Angleterre Some very special hotels allow guests to time-travel, transporting them back to a more elegant era when wearing sweatpants and slippers in first class, or showing up to a high-end restaurant in a t-shirt...
Colonial ghosts and Arctic dreams: Trump’s interest and Greenland’s hard choices
Washington Examiner
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July 25, 2025
NUUK, Greenland — President Donald Trump wants to buy Greenland again. Since returning to the White House, he has revived talk of purchasing or annexing the world’s largest island from Denmark and refused to rule out using force to “get it one way...
What Danish climate migration drama, Families Like Ours, gets wrong about rising sea levels
The Conversation
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June 27, 2025
In the Danish TV drama Families Like Ours, one melancholic line from high-school student Laura captures the emotional toll of climate displacement: “Soon we will vanish like bubbles in a creek.” This seven-part series imagines a near future in...
PowerGo adds over 300 new EV charging points in Denmark
Petrol Plaza
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June 27, 2025
Rollout in the Jutland region strengthens access to public charging ahead of peak summer travel season.PowerGo has announced the installation of more than 300 electric vehicle (EV) charging points across the Jutland region, reinforcing its...
Long Excluded in Climate Conversations, Fashion’s Suppliers Create Own Seat at Table
Sourcing Journal - New York
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June 27, 2025
“Aren’t there enough initiatives out there working on the same issues?” Matthijs Crietee, secretary general of the International Apparel Federation, asked an audience at the Conduit Club in London on Thursday. He immediately answered his own...
Sweden’s Lumibird to Equip Danish Navy With VIDAR Laser Rangefinders
The Defense Post
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June 27, 2025
Sweden-based Lumibird Photonics has secured a contract with Saab to supply 57 VIDAR laser rangefinders for the Royal Danish Navy’s frigate fleet. The systems will be delivered in 2025 and 2026 and integrated into Saab’s CEROS naval fire control...
Queen of Denmark visits APMT, engages with female operators
Punch
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June 27, 2025
As part of her official visit to Nigeria, Queen Mary of Denmark on Wednesday visited APM Terminals Apapa. The terminal operator announced this in a statement on Thursday sent to The PUNCH. According to the statement, the Queen, who was accompanied...
New center in Copenhagen to pioneer the future of protein design
Medical News
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June 27, 2025
Designed proteins are anticipated to have groundbreaking impact on a range of issues from treating disease to tackling environmental problems. With a DKK 700 million grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation and headed by Professor Dek Woolfson, a...