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Denmark's Leopard 2A7 tanks move during the Winter Camp 23 military drills near Tapa, Estonia, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. Denmark’s centrist government said Tuesday that it wants to invest some 143 billion kroner ($20.6 billion) in the Danish defense over the next decade, citing a “serious threat picture.” (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Danish government wants to spend $20.6 billion on defense over 10 years

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A virtually empty Red Square closed for security reasons prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual state of the nation address, is seen between the Historical Museum, left, and the Kremlin Wall, right, in Moscow, Feb. 21, 2023. U.S. officials say Russia is now the most sanctioned country in the world. But as the war nears its one-year mark, it's clear the sanctions didn't pack the instantaneous punch that many had hoped. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Russia expelling 10 Norwegian diplomats in tit for tat move

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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