Artist given $84,000 to create artwork submits blank canvases titled ‘Take the Money and Run’
- 02-Oct-2021
COPENHAGEN: A Danish museum was in for a shock after an artist who was given wads of banknotes to create a piece of artwork with submitted empty canvases with the title “Take the Money and Run”. The Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg gave Jens Haaning Danish krone and euro bank notes, equivalent of […]
Malaysia convicts first person under fake news law
- 30-Apr-2018
A Malaysian court handed a Danish man a one-week jail term for breaking a law against "fake news", the first person to be punished under the controversial legislation.
Boy unearths legendary Danish king’s trove in Germany
- 16-Apr-2018
A 13-year-old boy and an amateur archaeologist have unearthed a "significant" treasure trove in Germany which may have belonged to the legendary Danish king Harald Bluetooth who brought Christianity to Denmark.
Danish police arrest Syrian over planned ‘terrorist’ attack
- 22-Dec-2017
STOCKHOLM: Danish police on Friday said they had arrested a Syrian asylum seeker from Sweden for “attempting to commit a terrorist act” in Copenhagen. The Copenhagen police said they arrested the 30-year-old man jointly with the Danish Security and Intelligence Service on Thursday over a failed attack which he plotted with another 21-year-old man in […]
Danish artist unveils giant waterfall that ‘holds up the sky’ in Versailles
- 07-Jun-2016
VERSAILLES: It is so big he claimed it "almost holds up the sky". But Danish artist Olafur Eliasson refused to reveal just how tall the giant waterfall he has created at France's Palace of Versailles actually is.
13-year-old boy falls into kiln after tortured by bakery owner
- 17-Sep-2015
KARACHI: A 13-year-old boy named Nadeem received burn injuries after falling into the kiln following brutal torture by the owner of a bakery, ARY News reported.
Danish nurse charged with fourth patient murder
- 11-Aug-2015
COPENHAGEN: A 30-year-old nurse in Denmark was charged with a fourth count of murder on Tuesday following a series of suspicious patient deaths on her ward, a court heard on Tuesday.