Denmark and Prussia fought because of the Schleswig Holstein question, a messy dispute over who should control the duchies and whether they belonged with Denmark or the German Confederation. Ethnic ...

It is well known that European royal families tend to marry among each other to either maintain or expand their power-base. Yet the Danish King Christian ix managed to take it to a whole new level.

Even at the British Empire’s peak there were limits to its military might. When Prime Minister Lord Palmerston threatened to ...

Practicing hygge at home means slowing down, being present, and creating a warm atmosphere while enjoying simple pleasures ...

Observing the tussle for Greenland, it is hard not to recall Karl Marx’s aphorism that history repeats itself “the first time ...

The Philippines has long held a reputation as a compassionate and welcoming archipelago. Over the last century, we have ...

Princess Caroline turns 69 today, and, as the former First Lady of Monaco, she is the only member of her generation to have ...

On Jan. 14, 1954, Marilyn Monroe married baseball star Joe DiMaggio. The two would divorce less than a year later.

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

Will modern India see the rise of not one but two ideological parties, as happens in other democracies around the world?

This will be my music from now on.” That is how Charles XII of Sweden referred to the thunder of the cannons he heard during ...

Beside the railroad tracks of Copenhagen’s train station, right in the heart of the Danish capital, stands a red-brick building with an ornate façade and a copper-clad cupola still turning green over ...