Events from the year 2010 in Denmark. Incumbents Monarch – Margrethe II Prime minister – Lars Løkke Rasmussen Events January 1 January – A Somali man is charged with trying to kill Kurt Westergaard, whose drawing of the Prophet Mohammed has sparked riots around the world. February 5 February – Danish special forces storm a ship captured by armed Somali pirates and free the 25 crew on board. 13 February – Three people die and others are seriously injured after a Danish bus en route from Berlin to Munich hits a barrier and flips over on the Bundesautobahn 9 near Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt. The Autobahn is closed in both directions. March 19 March – For the second year in a row Denmark is revealed as the most wasteful nation in the European Union. 29 March – Ministers from the Arctic countries – Russia, Denmark, Norway, Canada and the United States – meet in Chelsea, Quebec, to form a working cooperation over the North Pole region. April 15 April – The Foreign Ministry decides to shut its embassies in Jordan, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Nicaragua, as well as the general consulate in Hong Kong. May 3 May – Nearly ten years after its opening, the 50 millionth vehicle roars over the Øresund Bridge. 4 May – The army announces that 11 Danish soldiers were wounded when their patrol base in Afghanistan came under attack. Two local interpreters were also injured in the incident. 9 May – Danish chef Rasmus Kofoed wins Bocuse d'Or. 28 May – Denmark gets a fourth place in Eurovision 2010 in Oslo, Norway. June 16 June – Sweden agrees to fund study looking into whether a bridge between Helsingør and Helsingborg would be viable. 22 June – Parliament overwhelmingly approves the establishment of Anholt Offshore Wind Park, which will supply some 400,000 homes with green energy. 25 June – According to the Indonesian authorities, Sonata planned to bomb the Danish embassy in revenge for allowing the Mohammed cartoons to be printed in 2005. 25 June – Denmark loses to Japan in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. 29 June – Denmark has the highest prices for food and non-alcoholic drinks in the European Union, according to the latest survey from Eurostat. 30 June – Despite lowering its tax to GDP ratio over the past few years, Denmark still has the EU's highest rate. July 13 July – A