The famous Danish statue, known from the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale leaves Copenhagen harbor for the first time in nearly 100 years. Last Thursday Denmark’s Little Mermaid started a journey to the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, were she will be the centerpiece of the Danish Pavilion.

EU’s debut at the World Expo 2010
The European Union will make its World Expo debut at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo; a change in its usual policy of not participating in Expo’s outside the union. All 27 member states of the EU will participate in the Expo. The EU’s pavilion is based around the theme of ‘Intelligent Europe’, containing four parts respectively titled ‘Building Europe’, ‘Open Europe’, ‘Green Europe’ and ‘Living Europe’. The EU is the 231^st participant in the Expo 2010, which has attracted 185 countries and 46 international organizations. The World Expo 2010 will be held from 1 May to 31 October 2010 and is expected to attract 70 million visitors.