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The measures focus on capping electricity prices and boosting fuel subsidies for farmers

The US has scaled back its childhood vaccination guidelines, inspired by the Danes

Washington says the tanker belongs to a ‘shadow fleet’ used to evade US sanctions

Prague will continue to coordinate the scheme but will not draw on its own strained budget

Experts warn, for example, that emergency generators are only a temporary solution because they run on diesel

Easing of EU rules meant stores never reached the 90% safety level ahead of a winter that has turned bitterly cold

A 1952 law orders Danish forces to engage immediately against an attack, even if there was no formal declaration of war

A Dutch court ruled a couple’s marriage invalid after their AI-written wedding vows omitted the legally required declaration

An incoming strategy looks set to target support at European open source projects to scale into commercial alternatives to US tech

Belgium's biggest hub, Brussels Airport, also confirmed 40 flight cancellations on Wednesday

Consumer price rises in Germany and France, the EU's biggest economies, also slowed in December

After US President Donald Trump reiterated his threats to take over Greenland, several European leaders have voiced opposition to the move. "It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland," reads a joint statement by Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Spain, the UK and Denmark. Commentators discuss how Europe can respond.

The Slovakian parliament passed a new law in December that makes criticism of the Beneš decrees a criminal offence. In the post-war period, these decrees led to the expatriation and expropriation of the German and Hungarian minorities in Czechoslovakia. In Hungary, there have been protests against the law, but only by the opposition, while Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has remained silent on the issue.