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• EAPIL Conference in Geneva from 18-20 June 2026: Registration open!

  From 18 to 20 June 2026 the

• Furia Rubel Communications Adds Legal Strategists Valerie Madamba and Meghan Warren to International Faculty

  Furia Rubel Communications, Inc., an award-winning integrated marketing and public relations agency, is excited to announce the addition of presentation strategist Valerie Madamba and law firm leader Meghan Warren to its International Faculty. Hailing from Denmark and Australia. The post Furia Rubel Communications Adds Legal Strategists Valerie Madamba and Meghan Warren to International Faculty appeared...

• Through an ICJ Lense, Legal Attacks on Denmark’s Title to Greenland Would Fail

  “You know, because a boat landed there 500 years ago and then left, that doesn’t give you title.” So said the American President upon departing for Davos. It should come as no surprise that Donald Trump challenges Denmark’s title to Greenland. A favorite tactic of real estate magnates is to strip the owner’s title to...

• European Solidarity and Union Citizens in Greenland

  On 6 January 2026, European leaders including President Macron, Chancellor Merz, and Prime Ministers Meloni, Tusk, Sánchez, Starmer, and Frederiksen issued a joint declaration reaffirming that: “Arctic security remains a key priority for Europe and is critical for international and transatlantic security.” Far from mere diplomatic formality, the declaration marked the strongest expression of European...

• ECJ rules ‘ghetto law’ in Denmark potentially constitutes ethnic discrimination

  The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Thursday that the Danish “ghetto law” may constitute both direct and indirect discrimination under Council Directive 2000/43/EC. Senior legal advisor at Amnesty International Denmark Dina Hashem commended the decision as an important step in protecting basic human rights. The ECJ noted that the law creates a disparity...

• Denmark tackles meat fraud; seizes grain held in poor conditions

  Product testing in Denmark has found traces of animal DNA that were not on the ingredient list — although the majority were in low quantities. Fødevarestyrelsen (the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration) said a new DNA method would make it easier to uncover fraud with meat and fish. More than 20 percent of samples contained...

• Scientists shine light on recurring Salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds

  An analysis of Salmonella Strathcona infections in Europe has found the majority belong to a yearly recurring outbreak. In autumn 2011, a rare serovar was identified in an outbreak affecting multiple European countries, with the most cases in Denmark. Through consumer purchase data analysis, a case-control study and traceback investigations, the vehicle was found to be...

• Denmark solves Cryptosporidium outbreak

  A Cryptosporidium outbreak in Denmark has been traced to a type of produce from Italy. During June and July, the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) registered 11 cases of Cryptosporidium parvum IIzeta. The SSI, the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (Fødevarestyrelsen), and National Food Institute investigated the outbreak and found that several patients had eaten in...

• Denmark links Campylobacter outbreaks to chicken

  Two Campylobacter outbreaks in Denmark have been traced to Danish chicken meat. Between July 14 and Sept. 13, the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) registered two outbreaks of Campylobacter jejuni with 57 patients. Sick people ranged in age from 2 to 89 years old and come from all over the country. About half of the patients...

• Denmark sees outbreaks fall in 2024

  Denmark has revealed norovirus caused the most foodborne outbreaks this past year with Salmonella and Campylobacter in joint second. In 2024, 55 foodborne outbreaks were registered with 1,126 people sick. Representatives from the National Food Institute at the Technical University of Denmark, Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (Fødevarestyrelsen), and Statens Serum Institut (SSI) said this...

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• World's "Best Restaurant" Sickens 67 Customers in One Week

  The formal review by Denmark’s food safety agency, Fødevarestyrelsen, has found that 67 diners at the tiny Noma restaurant suffered from nausea and diarrhea after they contracted norovirus at the establishment between Feb. 12 and 16. Were it not for the fact the Noma was named for each of the past...

• Recast Insolvency Regulation: 26 June 2017

  The Recast Insolvency Regulation (Regulation 2015/848) (“Recast Regulation”) will apply to all member states of the EU (with the exception of Denmark) in relation to insolvency proceedings opened on or after 26 June 2017. The Recast Regulation takes a similar approach to that of the prior EU...

• Danish figures show 25 percent death rate in 15 Listeria outbreaks over 5 years

  Nearly 50 cases of listeriosis have been recorded annually from 2015 to 2018 in Denmark, according to figures from the Statens Serum Institut (SSI). In the 2014 to 2018 period, 280 cases of invasive infection with Listeria monocytogenes were reported. About one in 4 died. All 73 of those people...

• Denmark investigates Shigella outbreak with 40 sick

  More than 40 people are sick and almost a third have needed hospital treatment as part of a foodborne Shigella outbreak in Denmark. From the end of August, 42 people have been registered with shigellosis in the country. The outbreak is being investigated to try to pinpoint the source of infection...

• Spring onions from Egypt suspected in Danish E. coli outbreak

  An E. coli outbreak in Denmark that has affected more than 60 people in less than a month has been linked to spring onions from Egypt. Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) is usually associated with travel diarrhea but the 68 patients in the outbreak have not traveled abroad. An investigation by the...

• Denmark Solves E. coli Outbreak; More Sick in Norwegian outbreak

  Danish officials have solved an E. coli outbreak linked to meat that sickened six people. Since late March, half a dozen E. coli O157:H7 patients fell sick, and one developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). HUS is a severe complication associated with E. coli infections that causes kidney failure. ...

• Through an ICJ Lense, Legal Attacks on Denmark’s Title to Greenland Would Fail

  “You know, because a boat landed there 500 years ago and then left, that doesn’t give you title.” So said the American President upon departing for Davos. It should come as no surprise that Donald Trump challenges Denmark’s title to Greenland. A favorite tactic of real...

• Hepatitis A in Berries in Europe

  At least 71 people in Europe have been sickened with Hepatitis A in an outbreak believed to be linked to frozen berries served in smoothies, according to the latest report from Eurosurveillance. That’s an increase of 15 cases since Food Safety News first reported on the outbreak April 17. There are ...

• Recalled dates linked to hepatitis A outbreak in Denmark

  According to Denmark’s State Serum Institute, an outbreak of hepatitis A linked to dates has sickened 14 people, hospitalizing all but one, since the first confirmed illness in December 2017. During the initial interviews, several of the patients indicated having eaten dates. Juicy Dates brand...

• Danish STEC cases almost double in 5 years

  The number of people infected by Shiga toxin-producing E. coli nearly doubled in Denmark from 2014 to 2018. There were 281 cases in 2014 and 495 in 2018. The largest increase was from 2017 to 2018 and highest incidence was in East and West Jutland. A high number of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STE...