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Denmark bans civilian drone flights ahead of EU summit

Name: Denmark bans civilian drone flights ahead of EU summit
Start: 2025-09-28
Location: Denmark

When: 28 Sep 2025
Where: Denmark
Sources: 1 public source

Copenhagen Airport, closed by drone sightings days before the ban kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

After a week of unexplained drone sightings and airport closures, Denmark's transport ministry banned civilian drone flights from Sept. 29 to Oct. 3, 2025, for an EU summit in Copenhagen, saying it would avoid confusing legal drones with hostile ones.

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PressDenmark bans all civilian drone flights this week due to EU summit: ministry (opens in a new tab)Arab News (AFP) / 2025-09-28

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