Walls collapse at Copenhagen’s blaze-hit Old Stock Exchange
Copenhagen, Denmark Reuters Large parts of the outer walls of Denmark’s landmark 400-year-old stock exchange building collapsed on Thursday afternoon, two days after a fire ripped through the historic structure. There was a loud bang as the brickwork came down and a cloud of ash enveloped the building. “The thing we feared has happened,” Copenhagen […]
Owner says Denmark’s treasured stock exchange will be rebuilt after fire
Copenhagen, Denmark Reuters Denmark‘s Old Stock Exchange will be rebuilt after a devastating fire destroyed half the building and damaged much of the rest, the owner of the Copenhagen landmark said on Wednesday. The blaze ripped through the 400-year-old structure on Tuesday, toppling its spire and also triggering the collapse of a large roof section, […]
Spire collapses as fire engulfs Copenhagen’s historic stock exchange
Last updated: 7:30am, 17th April, 2024 (AEST) Copenhagen, Denmark Reuters A fire that ripped through Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange, one of the Danish capital’s most famous landmarks, was brought under control on Tuesday after the flames toppled its spire. The fire broke out in the 17th century Dutch Renaissance-style building on Tuesday morning. It was […]
Denmark shuts down cannabis street in Christiania hippie enclave
Copenhagen, Denmark Reuters Residents in Copenhagen’s famous hippie enclave Christiania began digging up its main street known for its cannabis trade on Saturday, hoping to free the area of criminal gangs following multiple deadly shootings. After tolerating the illegal sale of cannabis for more than 50 years in the former army barracks claimed by hippies […]
Thousands of Danes protest cancelling of public holiday
Copenhagen, DenmarkReuters Thousands of people gathered in Copenhagen on Sunday to protest a bill put forward by the government to scrap a public holiday to help finance increased defence spending. The demonstration was organised by the country’s biggest labour unions which oppose abolishing the Great Prayer Day, a Christian holiday that falls on the fourth […]
No indication Danish mall shooting was ‘act of terror’ – police
Copenhagen, Denmark Reuters Danish police said on Monday four people were in critical condition after being hit by gunshots in a shooting at a shopping centre in Copenhagen on Sunday in which three people were killed. Chief Police Inspector Soren Thomassen told reporters there was no indication the shooting had been an “act of terror” […]
Updated: Denmark in shock as gunman kills three at Copenhagen shopping mall
Updated: 11am (AEST)Copenhagen, DenmarkReuters Three people were killed and several more were wounded in a shooting at a shopping centre in Copenhagen on Sunday, Danish police said, adding they had arrested a 22-year-old Danish man and charged him with manslaughter. The attack rocked Denmark at the end of an otherwise joyful week, just after it […]
Bangladeshi veteran of UN climate talks fears COP26 will fail the world’s poorest
Glasgow, UKThomson Reuters Foundation For top Bangladeshi scientist Saleemul Huq, the inequities of climate change are hard to avoid – even at the COP26 UN talks in Glasgow. Since arriving for the crunch negotiations, he’s made a long daily commute to the conference venue by train from his hotel in Edinburgh – the nearest place […]
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CLIMATE CHANGE: CYCLING CITY COPENHAGEN SPRINTS TO BECOME FIRST CARBON NEUTRAL CAPITAL
LIN TAYLOR, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how officials in Copenhagen are behind an ambitious effort to make the Danish city the world’s first carbon-neutral capital city…