{"id":458862,"date":"2025-09-28T22:05:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T22:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/458862\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T22:05:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T22:05:13","slug":"denmark-bans-drone-flights-as-eu-leaders-prepare-to-descend-on-copenhagen-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/458862\/","title":{"rendered":"Denmark bans drone flights as EU leaders prepare to descend on Copenhagen \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In addition, a German frigate \u2014 the FSG Hamburg \u2014 has arrived in Copenhagen to assist with airspace surveillance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/denmark-closes-airports-after-wave-drone-sightings-across-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Denmark has been plagued by drones<\/a> of unidentified origin for the last week, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/europe-hybrid-war-danish-prime-minister-says-russia-drones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen declaring that Europe is \u201cat hybrid war.\u201d<\/a> Many signs point to Russian involvement.<\/p>\n<p>The Danish Defense Ministry confirmed that drones were spotted at several of its premises overnight on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are currently in a difficult security situation,\u201d said Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen in a statement announcing the drone ban. \u201cWe must ensure the best possible working conditions for the Armed Forces and the Police when they are responsible for security during the EU summit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russian drones and aircraft, respectively, have also violated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/after-testing-drone-defenses-russia-tested-nato-disinformation-response\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polish<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/russian-fighter-jets-breach-estonian-airspace-near-tallinn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Estonian<\/a> airspace in recent weeks. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/poland-closes-airspace-after-russian-attack-on-kyiv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poland scrambled jets<\/a> and closed some of its airspace Sunday during an attack by Russia on neighboring Ukraine, in anticipation of further incursions that did not occur.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2234283903-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7235964\"  \/>\u201cWe cannot accept that foreign drones create uncertainty and disruption in society as we have experienced recently,\u201d Transport Minister Thomas Danielsen said in a statement. | Martin Bertrand and Hans Lucas\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Companies will be able to apply for exemptions from the ban \u201cin very special cases\u201d by contacting the Transport Ministry, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trm.dk\/nyheder\/2025\/luftrummet-lukkes-for-al-civil-droneflyvning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a statement on its website<\/a> said. Flying drones between Monday and Friday will be punishable by a fine or up to two years in prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In addition, a German frigate \u2014 the FSG Hamburg \u2014 has arrived in Copenhagen to assist with airspace&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[4328,18992,2437,473,365,2595,2000,85516,299,5187,1699,2597,770,332,5549,811,2322,1263,657,771],"class_list":{"0":"post-458862","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-airports","9":"tag-airspace","10":"tag-companies","11":"tag-defense","12":"tag-denmark","13":"tag-drones","14":"tag-eu","15":"tag-eu-summit","16":"tag-europe","17":"tag-european","18":"tag-european-union","19":"tag-military","20":"tag-poland","21":"tag-russia","22":"tag-safety","23":"tag-security","24":"tag-surveillance","25":"tag-transport","26":"tag-ukraine","27":"tag-war"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115284196767593742","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}