https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Denmark's finance ministry has announced plans to spend up to 40bn Danish kroner ($6bn) to help companies hit by the coronavirus crisis to cover their fixed costs until cash flow resumes. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200318/denmark-to-cover-up-to-80-percent-of-companies-fixed-costs-through-coronavirus-crisis Wed, 18 Mar 2020 16:58:10 +0100 denmark-to-cover-up-to-80-percent-of-companies-fixed-costs-through-coronavirus-crisis A Greek court on Monday cleared three Spaniards and two Danes of trying to help illegal migrants enter Greece through the island of Lesbos while taking part in Aegean rescue missions. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180508/rescuers-from-denmark-and-spain-cleared-of-human-trafficking-by-greek-court Tue, 08 May 2018 10:42:18 +0200 rescuers-from-denmark-and-spain-cleared-of-human-trafficking-by-greek-court Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen announced on Thursday announced a significant increase in Denmark's humanitarian contributions to war-torn Syria. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160204/lkke-denmark-to-give-extra-400-million-kroner-in-syria-aid Thu, 04 Feb 2016 14:39:35 +0100 lkke-denmark-to-give-extra-400-million-kroner-in-syria-aid Nordic nations are doing well over their 'fair share' to help Syrian refugees. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160203/denmark-norway-in-top-three-syria-donors Wed, 03 Feb 2016 16:52:40 +0100 denmark-norway-in-top-three-syria-donors The United Nations has voiced alarm over moves by European countries, including Denmark, to cut development aid in a bid to free up funds to support the large influx of refugees. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151112/un-alarmed-by-denmarks-aid-cuts-to-pay-for-refugees Thu, 12 Nov 2015 14:15:37 +0100 un-alarmed-by-denmarks-aid-cuts-to-pay-for-refugees With 8,000 more people volunteering to go door-to-door, the Red Cross collected a record amount of money to help the world's neediest people. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151004/danes-donate-record-amount-to-red-cross Sun, 04 Oct 2015 23:10:28 +0200 danes-donate-record-amount-to-red-cross The ruling Venstre government released its 2016 budget proposal on Tuesday and a string of Danish NGOs have strongly condemned the “bloodbath” within development aid spending. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150929/danish-ngos-slam-development-cuts-in-new-budget Tue, 29 Sep 2015 16:39:27 +0200 danish-ngos-slam-development-cuts-in-new-budget A joint fundraiser for Syria from Denmark’s two biggest broadcasters on Sunday nights got Danes to dig deep into their pockets. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150921/danes-donate-13-million-to-syrian-refugees Mon, 21 Sep 2015 10:22:30 +0200 danes-donate-13-million-to-syrian-refugees In announcing that Denmark will contribute an additional 70 million kroner to Syrian refugees, the Foreign Ministry said that wealthy Gulf states should also increase their contributions. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150906/denmark-gulf-states-responsibility-syrian-tragedy Sun, 06 Sep 2015 22:14:41 +0200 denmark-gulf-states-responsibility-syrian-tragedy Three dozen Danes are still unaccounted for after Saturday’s earthquake in Nepal, which left over 3,500 people dead, as Denmark sends a team of experts and IT equipment to run UN communications centres. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150427/nepal-earthquake-danes-missing-un-communication-centre Mon, 27 Apr 2015 15:37:54 +0200 nepal-earthquake-danes-missing-un-communication-centre Denmark's development minister is sending funds to Katmandu with the promise of more to come as the Foreign Ministry attempts to account for the upwards of 400 Danes currently in Nepal. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150426/denmark-sends-aid-to-nepal-following-earthquake Sun, 26 Apr 2015 11:36:28 +0200 denmark-sends-aid-to-nepal-following-earthquake Denmark’s centre-left government and its two left-wing support parties came to agreement on the nation’s 2015 budget on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141113/denmarks-2015-budget-secured-see-the-highlights Thu, 13 Nov 2014 17:05:00 +0100 denmarks-2015-budget-secured-see-the-highlights The development minister was in South Sudan over the weekend and announced an immediate increase in Danish support to the famine-threatened country. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140818/denmark-gives-additional-60-million-kroner-to-south-sudan Mon, 18 Aug 2014 09:14:00 +0200 denmark-gives-additional-60-million-kroner-to-south-sudan The development ministry announced an additional two million kroner in aid, bringing its total contribution to the "deeply tragic" situation in northern Iraq up to 30 million kroner this year. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140811/denmark-sends-additional-emergency-aid-to-iraq Mon, 11 Aug 2014 18:00:00 +0200 denmark-sends-additional-emergency-aid-to-iraq