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 Two Swedish citizens are suspected in connection with last week’s explosion at the Danish Tax Agency. One of the two is in police custody. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190814/denmark-suspects-two-swedes-over-explosions-at-tax-authority Wed, 14 Aug 2019 14:05:21 +0200 denmark-suspects-two-swedes-over-explosions-at-tax-authority The Danish Tax Agency was attacked using commercially available explosives rather than a home-made bomb, a preliminary analysis carried out by the Copenhagen Police has found. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190809/commercial-explosives-used-in-tax-agency-bombing-danish-police Fri, 09 Aug 2019 22:38:18 +0200 commercial-explosives-used-in-tax-agency-bombing-danish-police The headquarters of the Danish Tax Agency has been rocked by a major explosion which blew off its front door and shattered windows across its facade. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190807/explosion-blows-facade-off-danish-tax-agency Wed, 07 Aug 2019 10:25:14 +0200 explosion-blows-facade-off-danish-tax-agency A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to two years and six months in prison by Denmark’s High Court for making and possessing a bomb. https://www.thelocal.dk/20171116/aarhus-man-gets-prison-sentence-for-making-bomb-in-basement Thu, 16 Nov 2017 17:22:32 +0100 aarhus-man-gets-prison-sentence-for-making-bomb-in-basement A 25-year-old man of Somali nationality has been sentenced to six months in prison for making a bomb in the basement of his Aarhus apartment block. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170502/aarhus-man-sentenced-to-six-months-prison-for-making-bomb-in-basement Tue, 02 May 2017 20:48:54 +0200 aarhus-man-sentenced-to-six-months-prison-for-making-bomb-in-basement Several schools in Norway and one school in Denmark received bomb threats at around the same time on Wednesday morning. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170308/norwegian-danish-schools-receive-simultaneous-bomb-threats Wed, 08 Mar 2017 16:31:17 +0100 norwegian-danish-schools-receive-simultaneous-bomb-threats Two schools in Jutland were evacuated on Monday after an English-speaking woman phoned in bomb threats, police said. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170109/two-danish-schools-evacuated-after-bomb-threats Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:19:59 +0100 two-danish-schools-evacuated-after-bomb-threats A 24-year-old man was arrested in a large-scale police action in Aarhus over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161031/man-pleads-not-guilty-after-explosives-found-in-aarhus Mon, 31 Oct 2016 09:47:31 +0100 man-pleads-not-guilty-after-explosives-found-in-aarhus A 22-year-old man who threatened to blow himself up at an asylum centre on the island of Funen has been arrested, police have announced. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160810/man-threatens-to-blow-himself-up-at-danish-asylum-centre Wed, 10 Aug 2016 14:47:03 +0200 man-threatens-to-blow-himself-up-at-danish-asylum-centre Funen Police said on Tuesday that nothing dangerous was found following a threat that targeted the business college Tietgen Handelsgymnasium in Odense. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160329/bomb-threat-shuts-danish-school Tue, 29 Mar 2016 12:11:56 +0200 bomb-threat-shuts-danish-school UPDATED: Copenhagen Police arrested a man wearing a "suspicious belt bag" at Christiansborg on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160303/suspicious-man-stopped-at-danish-parliament-building Thu, 03 Mar 2016 14:18:07 +0100 suspicious-man-stopped-at-danish-parliament-building The town hall and police station in the southern Danish town of Aabenraa were evacuated on Wednesday afternoon after a woman called in a bomb threat. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160127/bomb-threat-clears-town-hall-and-police-station-in-denmark Wed, 27 Jan 2016 17:38:47 +0100 bomb-threat-clears-town-hall-and-police-station-in-denmark A Sunday afternoon flight bound for Paris was delayed after the captain had a man removed over comments he made on board. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151206/suspicious-man-removed-from-copenhagen-flight Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:36:09 +0100 suspicious-man-removed-from-copenhagen-flight Two Greek businessmen who caused an evacuation of Copenhagen Airport last month by joking about a bomb have been told that they can’t leave the country. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151203/cph-airport-bomb-jokesters-must-stay-in-denmark Thu, 03 Dec 2015 10:02:08 +0100 cph-airport-bomb-jokesters-must-stay-in-denmark The two Greek men behind Wednesday's evacuation of a Copenhagen Airport terminal face charges of inciting fear and may also be hit with charges related to flight delays. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151119/copenhagen-airport-bomb-jokesters-jailed Thu, 19 Nov 2015 16:20:27 +0100 copenhagen-airport-bomb-jokesters-jailed A 15-year-old Norwegian has been sentenced to 30 days in prison, deportation, and a six-year ban from Denmark after he made a prank bomb threat at Copenhagen airport for a YouTube video. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150826/norway-boy-gets-month-in-danish-jail-for-bomb-prank Thu, 27 Aug 2015 00:04:00 +0200 norway-boy-gets-month-in-danish-jail-for-bomb-prank An employee of rail company DSB was attacked and tied up in the early hours of Friday, causing traffic chaos and a large police operation. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150807/assault-and-suspicious-item-shut-down-cph-train-traffic Fri, 07 Aug 2015 10:37:44 +0200 assault-and-suspicious-item-shut-down-cph-train-traffic A university, a hospital and a public school were the targets of three bomb threats delivered within a span of less than four hours on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150505/denmark-faces-three-bomb-threats-in-one-day Tue, 05 May 2015 18:04:40 +0200 denmark-faces-three-bomb-threats-in-one-day In a nearly identical repeat of a 2013 incident, a bomb threat at Odense Station shut down train traffic across Denmark for hours on the year's busiest travel day. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141219/false-bomb-alarm-disrupts-danish-christmas-train-travel Fri, 19 Dec 2014 20:42:00 +0100 false-bomb-alarm-disrupts-danish-christmas-train-travel One of the arrestees is reportedly a lance corporal in the Danish army, but police are remaining tight-lipped on details and a possible motive. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141024/two-arrested-in-copenhagen-with-a-kilo-of-explosives Fri, 24 Oct 2014 13:26:00 +0200 two-arrested-in-copenhagen-with-a-kilo-of-explosives