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In this picture provided by Swedish Coast Guard, a leak from Nord Stream 2 is seen, on Sept. 28, 2022. Danish Maritime Authority said Thursday that it was removing a sailing ban in the Baltic Sea area around the leaks caused by explosions that incapacitated the Nord Stream gas pipelines last year. The government agency maintained the restriction areas where “anchoring, fishing and work on the seabed are discouraged within a distance of 1 nautical mile from the leak positions due to underwater obstacles.” (Swedish Coast Guard via AP, File)

Danes lift sailing ban in Nord Stream pipeline leak area

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Queen Margrethe attends the Danish Parliament's celebration of her 50th Regent's Anniversary at Christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen, on Jan. 14, 2022. Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II, whose half-century reign makes her Europe’s longest-serving monarch, is expected to resume most of her official duties on her 83rd birthday next month, the palace said Thursday, March 23, 2023. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)

Denmark’s aging queen to resume most duties next month

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The icon for the video sharing TikTok app is seen on a smartphone, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Danish defense ministry bans TikTok on employee work phones

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Denmark's Queen Margrethe II arrives for the New Year's levee for officers from the Norwegian Armed Forces and the National Emergency Management Agency, at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Wednesday Jan. 4, 2023. Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II, whose half-century reign makes her Europe’s longest-serving monarch, was Thursday, March 2, 2023, discharged from a Copenhagen hospital after undergoing “a successful back operation last week,” the palace said. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)

Danish queen discharged from hospital after back surgery

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FILE - Pipes at the landfall facilities of the 'Nord Stream 2' gas pipline are pictured in Lubmin, northern Germany, on Feb. 15, 2022. Russia clashed with the United States and other Western nations Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023 over the Kremlin’s call for a U.N. investigation of last September’s sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines from Russia to Western Europe. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

Russia and West clash over probe of Nord Stream sabotage

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

Queen Margrethe attends the Danish Parliament's celebration of her 50th Regent's Anniversary at Christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen, on Jan. 14, 2022. Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II, whose half-century reign makes her Europe’s longest-serving monarch, will undergo a back operation. The palace said Wednesday that the 82-year-monarch will be hospitalized afterward and undergo “a longer rehabilitation process.” (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Danish queen to undergo ‘major back surgery’

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An Imam recites from the Quran, Islam's holy book, during a demonstration outside the Swedish embassy in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Outrage over a Quran-burning by a Danish-Swedish anti-Islam politician in Stockholm on Saturday caused protests in Turkey, reflecting tensions between the two countries. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey summons Danish envoy over Quran-burning protest

By Jan M. Olsen and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Acting Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, center, is flanked by Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, of the Liberal Party, left, and Lars Lokke Rasmussen, of the Moderates as they present the new Danish government at Marienborg Castle, in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. Frederiksen said that a centrist government, the first in 44 years, came in “middle of uncertain time” as she outlined the basis for the three-party majority coalition which was a change in the political landscape, meaning the end of the two blocs that have opposed each other for decades. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Danish defense minister says women could face military draft

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

The Danish Parliament, Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen on Feb. 14, 2018. Denmark's government wants to scrap a springtime public holiday. The money saved by doing that will be used to boost defense funding. On Tuesday Jan. 24, 2023, a bill proposing the abolition of the holiday was presented to parliament. But the entire opposition, major trade unions, all of Denmark’s Lutheran bishops, thousands of voters and rank-and-file members of the government’s parties have criticized the mov (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)

Broad protest for Danish government’s plans to scrap holiday

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Former King Constantine II of Greece arrives at the Yacht Club of Greece in Piraeus, near Athens, Sept. 18, 2014. Constantine, the former and last king of Greece, has died at a private hospital in Athens, his doctors announced late Tuesday Jan. 10, 2023. He was 82. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)

Constantine, the former and last king of Greece, dies at 82

By Demetris Nellas - Associated Press

Denmark's goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel fails to block a shot by Australia's Mathew Leckie, unseen, during the World Cup group D soccer match between Australia and Denmark, at the Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Australia into last 16 of World Cup, beats Denmark 1-0

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

Australia's fans celebrate after winning the World Cup group D soccer match between Tunisia and Australia at the Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Australia plays Denmark for last 16 spot at World Cup

By Andrew Dampf - Associated Press

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark greets guests during a break at the Danish Royal Theatre to mark the 50th anniversary of Danish Queen Margrethe II's accession to the throne in Copenhagen, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. Denmark’s popular monarch, Queen Margrethe II, has said that the “strong reactions” to her decision to strip the royal titles from four of her grandchildren have affected her, sparking reports in the Danish press of tense relations within Europe’s oldest ruling monarchy. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)

Danish Queen Margrethe II refuses to backtrack on stripping royal titles

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Armed Forces of Denmark, a view the disturbance in the water above the gas leak, in the Baltic Sea, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. Following the suspected sabotage this week of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines that carry Russian natural gas to Europe, there were two leaks off Sweden, including a large one above North Stream 1, and a smaller one above North Stream 2. (Rune Dyrholm/Armed Forces of Denmark via AP)

Sweden sends special diving vessel to area of pipeline leaks

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

In this picture provided by Swedish Coast Guard, a small release from Nord Stream 2 is seen, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. The suspected sabotage this week of two gas pipelines that tied Russia and Europe together is driving home how vital yet weakly protected undersea infrastructure is vulnerable to attack, with potentially catastrophic repercussions for the global economy. (Swedish Coast Guard via AP, File)

West rejects Putin’s claim it sabotaged Baltic gas pipelines

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

The Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline and the transfer station of the OPAL gas pipeline, the Baltic Sea Pipeline Link, lit by the evening sun in Lubmin, Germany, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. The Nord Stream 1 pipeline leading from Russia to Europe has reported a drop in pressure, only hours after a leak was reported in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea off Denmark, the German economy ministry said late Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Leaks on Russian gas pipelines raise concerns about sabotage

By Monika Scislowska and Jan M. Olsen and David Keyton - Associated Press

FILE - Mink look out from a pen at a breeding farm near Naestved, Denmark, Friday Nov. 6, 2020. Denmark's government said, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022 that a temporary ban on mink breeding will expire Jan. 1, allowing mink production to resume in the country but at a ”significantly reduced&quot; level than before the coronavirus pandemic. The Danish government nearly two years ago ordered a cull of millions of minks to minimize the risk of the small mammals retransmitting the virus.(Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)

Denmark to allow ‘significantly reduced’ mink production

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

SAS planes are grounded at Oslo Gardermoen airport during pilots strikes, in Oslo, Friday, April 26, 2019. SAS has filed for bankruptcy in the United States, warning the announcement of a strike by 1,000 pilots a day earlier had put the future of the carrier at risk which added to the travel chaos across Europe as the summer vacation period begins. The group said Tuesday, July 5, 2022 it had “voluntarily filed for chapter 11 in the U.S.,&quot; and said its operations and flight schedule will be unaffected. (Ole Berg-Rusten/NTB Scanpix via AP, File)

Carrier SAS files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in US

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

People leave the Field's shopping center in Copenhagen, Denmark Sunday, July 3, 2022. A gunman opened fire inside the busy shopping mall in the Danish capital Sunday, killing a few people and critically wounding a few others, police said. (Olafur Steinar Rye Gestsson/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Denmark: Gunman acted alone, likely not terror-related; 3 dead in Copenhagen shopping mall shooting

By Jan M. Olsen and Karl Ritter - Associated Press

Emergency services at the Field's shopping center after a shooting, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sunday, July 3, 2022. Danish police say several people have been shot at a Copenhagen shopping mall. Copenhagen police said that one person has been arrested in connection with the shooting at the Field’s shopping mall on Sunday. Police tweeted that “several people have been hit” but gave no other details. (Olafur Steinar Gestsson/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Three people dead in Copenhagen shopping mall shooting

By Jan M. Olsen and Karl Ritter - Associated Press