The Nordic region should create a single public market for stocks and other securities to attract more international capital and keep its most promising companies from pursuing listings in the US, according to the Nordic Compass business alliance.

Stock exchange operator Euronext NV has joined the Nordic Compass alliance, adding Europe’s biggest stock exchange group to a consortium of about three dozen major companies and institutions pushing for closer Nordic integration.

Denmark is buying air-launched and ground-launched long-range precision missiles, giving its armed forces a greater ability to strike distant targets as the Nordic country strengthens its defenses against Russia.

Euroclear Holding NV has joined the Nordic Compass alliance pushing for closer integration of capital markets in the region, where the financial infrastructure operator ramps up plans to expand.

Denmark’s Supreme Court upheld an 18-month prison sentence for a 31-year-old man for possessing and distributing tens of thousands of AI-generated sexual images depicting children, in a closely watched test of how existing child-abuse laws apply to artificial content.

Denmark suffered a major data breach that gave unauthorized individuals access to names, addresses and personal identification numbers belonging to about 8.8 million people registered in the country’s central population database.

Nordic Compass, a competitiveness-focused business alliance, is considering branching out into critical raw materials to build up the region’s capacity to process minerals needed by European industry.

Russia summoned Denmark’s ambassador in Moscow to protest the conduct of a Danish military helicopter during an encounter with a Russian warship last month, adding to tensions between the two countries.

Denmark’s central bank more than doubled its growth forecast for this year as surging US sales and production at Novo Nordisk A/S fuel strong exports in the Nordic country’s pharmaceutical industry.

A group of the Nordic region’s largest companies and top investors are working on a proposal to create an investment fund aimed at closing a funding gap that pushes growing companies to seek financing outside of Europe.

Some of the Nordic region’s biggest companies and wealthiest investors are working on a proposal to create a single, unified stock exchange.

The founders of Danish digital bank Lunar have raised €8.2 million ($9.6 million) to start an artificial intelligence-powered audit firm, betting that AI can disrupt an industry still heavily reliant on manual work.

Danfoss A/S expects its data-center business to at least double its share of the firm’s sales this year as the artificial-intelligence boom drives spending on the cooling equipment needed to run increasingly powerful chips.

Denmark will step up its military presence around the Faroe Islands, widening Copenhagen’s push to bolster Arctic defenses as geopolitical tensions in the region continue to rise.

The European Investment Fund is committing €40 million to a Danish venture capital fund investing in early-stage climate technologies across Europe in a bid to strengthen regional energy security.

The Danish krone is trading at all-time lows against the euro, fueling speculation that the central bank has shifted its strategy for defending the peg.

Denmark’s central bank propped up the krone through interventions to defend its peg to the euro after the krone weakened to its lowest level against Europe’s common currency in more than 25 years.

Denmark’s Export and Investment Fund has committed €200 million to the €5 billion Scaleup Europe Fund, becoming the only state-backed anchor investor in a vehicle designed to help build Europe’s next generation of technology champions.

Danske Bank A/S Chief Executive Officer Carsten Egeriis says it’s time to start thinking about acquisitions, potentially ending a nearly decade-long hiatus from major deals for Denmark’s largest lender.

One of the world’s largest commodity shipping companies is planning for a scenario in which the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively shut for the rest of the year, highlighting how the Iran conflict is upending expectations across the maritime cargo industry.