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 The Ministry of Justice has announced that it will introduce stricter rules on travel from regions bordering Denmark. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210216/denmark-tightens-rules-on-travel-from-border-regions Tue, 16 Feb 2021 17:07:53 +0100 denmark-tightens-rules-on-travel-from-border-regions Over 100 people have been refused entry to Denmark in recent days due to rules requiring documentation of a negative Covid-19 test. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210111/denmark-turns-away-at-least-100-at-german-border-over-new-covid-19-rule Mon, 11 Jan 2021 15:26:09 +0100 denmark-turns-away-at-least-100-at-german-border-over-new-covid-19-rule Denmark is at risk of losing its travel corridor with the UK this week, with its seven-day infection rate on Sunday hitting 30 per 100,000, far above the UK's threshold of 20 cases per 100,000 people. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200914/denmark-may-lose-uk-quarantine-free-travel-status Mon, 14 Sep 2020 13:09:37 +0200 denmark-may-lose-uk-quarantine-free-travel-status Denmark will from next Saturday open its borders to every country in Europe except Sweden and Portugal, and will also put in place a 'Nordic mechanism' allowing travel to and from regions with low infection rates, such as Skåne. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200618/denmark-opens-to-tourists-from-every-eu-country-but-sweden Thu, 18 Jun 2020 15:23:52 +0200 denmark-opens-to-tourists-from-every-eu-country-but-sweden Denmark's government is ready to open its borders to tourists from any country in Europe where the coronavirus pandemic is under control, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200616/denmark-ready-to-open-to-all-safe-european-countries Tue, 16 Jun 2020 16:56:00 +0200 denmark-ready-to-open-to-all-safe-european-countries There were queues of traffic as long as 8km at Denmark's southern border on Monday, as German holidaymakers streamed in to spend weeks at summer houses in the country. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200615/queues-of-8km-as-denmark-opens-up-to-german-tourists Mon, 15 Jun 2020 12:35:43 +0200 queues-of-8km-as-denmark-opens-up-to-german-tourists Germany has opened its border to travellers from Denmark, four days ahead of the planned lifting of border controls on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200612/germany-opens-borders-to-danish-residents Fri, 12 Jun 2020 18:43:08 +0200 germany-opens-borders-to-danish-residents Finland's government has announced that it will open its borders to residents of Norway and Denmark from Monday next week, as part of a wider reopening to Nordic and Baltic nations. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200611/finland-to-open-border-to-norway-and-denmarkbut-not-sweden Thu, 11 Jun 2020 18:39:37 +0200 finland-to-open-border-to-norway-and-denmarkbut-not-sweden Many foreigners are curious about how easy it is to cross the border into Denmark. The Local's acting editor Richard Orange made the trip from Malmö to Copenhagen. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200520/what-is-it-like-cross-the-border-between-sweden-and-denmark Wed, 20 May 2020 11:02:38 +0200 what-is-it-like-cross-the-border-between-sweden-and-denmark Germany is willing to reopen its border with Denmark, but is waiting for a decision from the Danish authorities, the country's interior minister said in a press conference on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200513/germany-willing-to-reopen-danish-border-home-minister Wed, 13 May 2020 13:57:01 +0200 germany-willing-to-reopen-danish-border-home-minister Germany on Monday introduced border controls with Denmark in a bid to limit the progress of the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200316/germany-is-closing-border-with-denmark-on-monday Mon, 16 Mar 2020 07:18:30 +0100 germany-is-closing-border-with-denmark-on-monday A fence erected by Denmark along its border with Germany as a measure against swine flu must now be partially rebuilt. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200218/denmark-to-rebuild-border-fence-due-to-wild-animal-deaths Tue, 18 Feb 2020 14:50:20 +0100 denmark-to-rebuild-border-fence-due-to-wild-animal-deaths The border area between Denmark and Germany should be included on the Unesco Intangible Cultural Heritage List, according to Danish Minister for Culture Mette Bock. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190205/denmark-germany-border-could-be-added-to-unesco-heritage-list Tue, 05 Feb 2019 13:10:29 +0100 denmark-germany-border-could-be-added-to-unesco-heritage-list In a bid to protect its pork industry, Denmark began building a fence on Monday along its border with Germany to keep out wild boar infected with the African swine fever virus. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190128/denmark-raises-fence-on-german-border-to-prevent-swine-fever Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:13:33 +0100 denmark-raises-fence-on-german-border-to-prevent-swine-fever The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is to go to the EU Commission in an attempt to prevent authorities in Denmark from erecting a 68 kilometre-long fence to keep wild boar out of the country. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180828/wwf-to-take-denmark-to-court-over-swine-flu-fence Tue, 28 Aug 2018 16:49:26 +0200 wwf-to-take-denmark-to-court-over-swine-flu-fence The Danish Nature Agency is to supplement a fence along the border with Germany with a floating barrier in an effort to keep wild boar from crossing into the country. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180716/denmark-to-add-floating-barriers-to-anti-swine-flu-border-fence Mon, 16 Jul 2018 11:47:29 +0200 denmark-to-add-floating-barriers-to-anti-swine-flu-border-fence Parliament will vote on Monday over whether to build a 70km long, 1.5 metre-high fence along Denmark’s border with Germany. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180604/danish-government-to-vote-on-swine-flu-border-fence Mon, 04 Jun 2018 10:27:06 +0200 danish-government-to-vote-on-swine-flu-border-fence A proposed 70 kilometre-long fence on Denmark’s southern border with Germany, which the government says will help prevent swine flu spreading into the country, will not be effective, an experienced Danish hunter has said. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180404/denmarks-border-fence-would-be-no-use-wild-boar-can-swim-across-hunter Wed, 04 Apr 2018 15:01:19 +0200 denmarks-border-fence-would-be-no-use-wild-boar-can-swim-across-hunter Denmark’s conservative parties have backed a motion to erect a 70-kilometre-long fence along the country’s border with Germany in a measure to protect pork exports. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180322/denmark-to-build-70km-fence-to-keep-out-swine-virus Thu, 22 Mar 2018 12:52:22 +0100 denmark-to-build-70km-fence-to-keep-out-swine-virus Danish soldiers who have been assigned to help the police with border control and guarding potential terror targets have said they are losing motivation for the work. https://www.thelocal.dk/20171214/danish-soldiers-losing-motivation-over-border-anti-terror-tasks Thu, 14 Dec 2017 14:53:41 +0100 danish-soldiers-losing-motivation-over-border-anti-terror-tasks