Saturday, January 14, 2012
CNN has made a half hour long interview with HM Queen Margrethe. The interview with her majesty the queen is on CNN International on the actual anniversary day, 14th in January, at 10:30 pm (CET) on CNN International.  Please click on the link below for further details.
http://www.ambwashington.um.dk/en/menu/TheEmbassy/News/HMQueenMargrethe2ndOfDenmarks40thJubileeAsReign.htm?printmode=True

Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Earlier this week, the President of the European Commission José Manuel Durão Barrosso officially handed over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union to Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt in Bella Center in Copenhagen. The Danish government must give priority to a more dynamic, open, secure and greener Europe, said Barroso. He's confident that the Danish Presidency will bring the EU closer to its citizens. It's the 7th time that Denmark holds the EU Presidency. 

Further reading & details:

Programme: Meeting of the Danish Government and European Commission  (2012.01.11-12)

Photos: from the EU Commission's visit to Denmark  (2012.01.11-12)

The Presidency, the EU and Denmark (eu2012.dk)

Brussels Report: WCO Secretary General addresses EU customs representatives  (2012.01.11)

11 January 2012 report by the World Customs Organization.
At the invitation of the Danish Presidency of the European Union, the Secretary General of the WCO, Kunio Mikuriya, addressed the EU Customs Union Group (CUG) in Brussels on Wednesday, 11 January 2012.
Denmark which has responsibility for guiding the EU for a six months period from 1 January to 30 June 2012 continued the practice of inviting the WCO Secretary General and the Director General of the European Commission's DG Taxud to outline their principal objectives for the coming year at the first meeting of the CUG during Denmark's term at the helm of the EU.