https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Europe in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Our column Inside Denmark looks at our most talked-about stories of the last seven days. This week, increasingly bleak prospects for the average applicant for Danish naturalisation. https://www.thelocal.com/20251213/inside-denmark-why-im-worried-ill-never-be-granted-danish-citizenship Sat, 13 Dec 2025 11:36:03 +0100 inside-denmark-why-im-worried-ill-never-be-granted-danish-citizenship Denmark has tightened citizenship rules in recent years and is set to hike the application fee. Has this resulted in more or fewer people from Anglophone countries becoming naturalised Danes? https://www.thelocal.com/20250219/in-numbers-is-denmark-granting-more-or-fewer-citizenships-to-english-speakers Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:04:38 +0100 in-numbers-is-denmark-granting-more-or-fewer-citizenships-to-english-speakers The Danish Immigration Ministry is to consider a new step to the citizenship application process which would ‘screen’ the personal views of applicants. https://www.thelocal.com/20241218/denmark-to-consider-screening-personal-views-of-prospective-citizens Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:59:12 +0100 denmark-to-consider-screening-personal-views-of-prospective-citizens Three applicants for Danish citizenship have been asked to attend an interview with the committee in parliament responsible for granting it, in an unusual move that has raised questions about its legal basis. https://www.thelocal.com/20241202/why-has-denmark-summoned-citizenship-applicants-to-interviews-in-parliament Mon, 02 Dec 2024 17:02:20 +0100 why-has-denmark-summoned-citizenship-applicants-to-interviews-in-parliament Being a citizen of your country of long-term residence brings a lot of advantages, especially when it comes to peace of mind, but some countries in Europe have far stricter rules than others. https://www.thelocal.com/20221005/compare-which-european-countries-have-the-strictest-rules-on-dual-citizenship Wed, 05 Oct 2022 10:31:42 +0200 compare-which-european-countries-have-the-strictest-rules-on-dual-citizenship A cross-party parliamentary majority has agreed to back a series of legislation changes on naturalisation of new Danish citizens, the country’s immigration ministry has announced. https://www.thelocal.com/20210420/denmark-announces-new-tightening-of-citizenship-rules Tue, 20 Apr 2021 18:40:06 +0200 denmark-announces-new-tightening-of-citizenship-rules As most Britons living in Europe were still reeling from the shock of the 2016 Brexit referendum, a small number of individuals and groups began to come together realising they faced a huge fight to protect rights that had always been taken for granted. This is their story. https://www.thelocal.com/20190103/how-a-group-of-brits-took-up-a-struggle-for-millions-of-their-co-citizens-part-two Thu, 03 Jan 2019 17:25:57 +0100 how-a-group-of-brits-took-up-a-struggle-for-millions-of-their-co-citizens-part-two