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Shane Woodford
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Freelance Journalist. Father. A Canadian living in Denmark. News, travel, and culture.

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Hi, new here, so I will introduce myself. My name is Shane and I am a Canadian from Vancouver who lives in Denmark. I live in a super pretty town called Faaborg on the Danish island of Fyn. Expect news (mostly from the Nordics), pictures of my travels, and lots of 🇩🇰 content.
Joint statement from the Presidents of th EU Council & Commission along with the heads of state in Germany France, the UK, Italy, Spain, Finland, Netherlands, Ireland, Norway, Canada, and Japan on the US ‘peace’ proposal for Ukraine negotiated with Russia with neither Ukraine or the EU at the table.
November 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
#Poland’s Prime Minister says it was sabotage after an explosive device damaged a section of railway track on a busy rail corridor. There were no injuries. Poland has been a major target of Russian hybrid warfare and sabotage efforts.
November 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
#Denmark continues to be targeted by Russian cyber attacks with websites for various municipalities and high profile infrastructure being targeted. This has been happening for most of the last week and continues today as #Russia continues its cyber warfare against countries that support #Ukraine.
November 14, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Reposted by Shane Woodford
Mission accomplished: Ukraine’s strikes on Novorossiysk forced the port to suspend oil exports, and Transneft has temporarily halted crude deliveries to the site, according to Reuters. A major blow to Russia’s Black Sea logistics and energy infrastructure.
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Breaking - The world famous #Louvre museum in #Paris says it is closed today “for exceptional reasons.” The #BBC is reporting the closure is due to a robbery discovered this morning. What has been stolen and how is currently unknown.
October 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Reposted by Shane Woodford
Former MI5 head Eliza Manningham-Buller says Britain may already be at war with Russia, not in the traditional sense, but through constant cyber-attacks, sabotage, and covert operations carried out by Moscow. She warned that Russia’s hostility has only deepened since the invasion of Ukraine.
September 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
#Denmark’s Defense Command is confirming that there were “several incidents” related to drone incursions at a number of military sites overnight. Among them were Jydske Dragoon Regiment barracks in Holstebro and Skrydstrup Air Base in mid-Jutland, where Denmark’s F-35 fleet is based.
September 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Reposted by Shane Woodford
The EU is moving to launch its own Patriot production. MBDA will open a plant in Germany to manufacture both missiles and launchers, Reuters reports.
September 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Breaking - In a video address to the nation #Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen points the finger at #Russia for hybrid attacks like the recent drone incursions across 🇩🇰. “There is primarily one country that poses a threat to #Europe’s security, and that is Russia.”
September 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
In the aftermath of multiple drone intrusions across 🇩🇰, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is speaking bluntly “What we are experiencing in Denmark at the moment is a hybrid war. It is part of a pattern that we are also observing in other European countries.” She addsk “It is far from over.”
September 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
#Denmark, already spending historic amounts on defense, announced what Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called a “A paradigm shift in Danish defense policy.” Denmark will now procure long range precision weapons in drones and missiles. Frederiksen “#Russia is a real danger to #NATO.”
September 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
NATO will strenghten its military forces, both land & air, along its Eastern flank in the after Russian drones violating Polish air space. According to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte Denmark, Germany, France, Great Britain, and other allies will contribute soldiers, equipment, & fighter jets
September 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Citing the Russian drone incursion into Poland, #Denmark’s Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen says it is “a reminder” of the deteriorating security situation in Europe. Poulsen said Denmark is “strengthening our combat power”with the purchase of 8 medium to long range ground to air missile systems
September 12, 2025 at 6:55 AM
#Denmark’s PM Mette Frederiksen is calling the violation of Polish airspace by Russian drones a very serious situation. “There must be a very clear response from #NATO. This is unacceptable. I believe #Russia is in the process of testing us, just as they have done for many years in Ukraine.”
Breaking - After Russian attack drone incursions #Poland has asked #NATO to activate Article 4 of the treaty. This is a request for an immediate meeting of the North Atlantic Council for NATO member nations to assess a threat and potentially make a decision to address it, possibly militarily.
September 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Breaking - After Russian attack drone incursions #Poland has asked #NATO to activate Article 4 of the treaty. This is a request for an immediate meeting of the North Atlantic Council for NATO member nations to assess a threat and potentially make a decision to address it, possibly militarily.
September 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
#Denmark will host a Ukrainian company Fire Point who will set up a factory beside Skrydstrup Air Base, home of Denmark’s F-35 fleet, to produce rocket fuel for #Ukraine’s new Flamingo cruise missiles, among “other things.” The factory will begin production on Dec 1.
September 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a press conference in Denmark alongside Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen today. Zelensky told reporters that sanctions are working to weaken Russia. He says now is the time to turn up the pressure. “The Russian economy is already in a bad state.”
September 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Huge issue with global ramifications. Massively concerning.
August 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
#Denmark’s national broadcaster DR is reporting that three unnamed men close to US President Donald #Trump and the White House are conducting influence operations in #Greenland seeking to “infiltrate” 🇬🇱 society, locate US allies, and fuel a separatist movement designed to allow for a US takeover.
August 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Hours before the Trump/Putin meeting, #Canada makes it absolutely clear that it stands with #Ukraine and against “any attempt to redraw borders through violence.”
August 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is concerned about grocery store prices naming the price of butter, coffee, chocolate, and beef has having significantly increased. She is hinting at measures to come to tackle the problem in a draft budget to be tabled later this month. #Denmark #food #prices
August 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Joint statement from the Nordic Baltic Eight (#Denmark, #Sweden, #Norway, #Finland, #Iceland, #Estonia, #Lithuania, and #Latvia) supporting #Ukraine and its territorial sovereignty ahead of the Trump/Putin meeting.

The statement was released by the Office of the Danish Prime Minister.
August 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Back home visiting for a bit and took some time to walk around the seawall in #Vancouver.
Such a beautiful meander between lovely #StanleyPark and the raw natural wonder of the Burrard inlet. This is the Lions Gate Bridge connecting the City of Vancouver with North and West Vancouver.
July 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The amazing #Hallgrímskirkja in #Reykjavik, #Iceland. I have been wanting to see this church for a long time and it did not disappoint! Built out of basalt columns as a nod to Iceland’s volcanic landscapes it is one of the tallest buildings in the country.
July 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Egeskov Slot (Castle) as the sun sets this evening. You can find this dazzling castle on the island of #Fyn in #Denmark.
June 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM