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 Sweden on Sunday announced an extension to the travel ban from Denmark until February 14th, over concerns of the new variant of coronavirus spreading. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210124/coronavirus-sweden-extends-travel-ban-from-denmark Sun, 24 Jan 2021 16:49:19 +0100 coronavirus-sweden-extends-travel-ban-from-denmark The European Commission has proposed creating new "dark red zones" which would be subject to tight travel restrictions whilst Europeans have been "strongly discouraged" from all but essential travel within the EU as Covid-19 infections rise. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210122/europeans-urged-not-to-travel-as-eu-agency-demands-tighter-measures Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:24:12 +0100 europeans-urged-not-to-travel-as-eu-agency-demands-tighter-measures The UK government has announced that it is introducing new rules stating that all arrivals into the country will need to present a negative Covid test. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210108/all-arrivals-into-the-uk-will-soon-need-a-negative-covid-test-government-announced Fri, 08 Jan 2021 11:22:26 +0100 all-arrivals-into-the-uk-will-soon-need-a-negative-covid-test-government-announced Here's a reminder to Britons living around Europe of some of the rules they will have to abide by when travelling after January 1st 2021. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201209/brexit-reminder-what-brits-in-europe-need-to-know-about-travel-after-december-31st Wed, 09 Dec 2020 16:36:05 +0100 brexit-reminder-what-brits-in-europe-need-to-know-about-travel-after-december-31st Sweden on Monday announced it was barring travellers from neighbouring Denmark, over concerns of an influx of Danish Christmas shoppers amid rising numbers of coronavirus infections. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201221/sweden-blocks-travel-from-denmark-over-virus-fears Mon, 21 Dec 2020 19:53:25 +0100 sweden-blocks-travel-from-denmark-over-virus-fears The UK government's decision to end freedom of movement does not just hit Brits in the UK, but also those living around the EU who may need or simply want to move to another EU country in future. Please tell us if you are affected. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201214/landlocked-in-the-eu-are-you-affected-by-loss-of-onward-freedom-of-movement Mon, 14 Dec 2020 15:49:03 +0100 landlocked-in-the-eu-are-you-affected-by-loss-of-onward-freedom-of-movement The infection rate in Denmark is now so high that if it were a foreign country, its residents would now be banned from entering Denmark for leisure purposes. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200917/new-covid-19-cases-make-denmark-an-orange Thu, 17 Sep 2020 11:41:21 +0200 new-covid-19-cases-make-denmark-an-orange Denmark has issued new travel advice for European countries. We've updated our map with the latest information. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200624/map-where-can-you-travel-to-from-denmark Wed, 24 Jun 2020 21:12:06 +0200 map-where-can-you-travel-to-from-denmark People living in Denmark and Norway are more opposed to receiving tourists from neighbouring Sweden than they are to those from any other country in Europe -- underlining the blow Covid-19 has dealt to Scandinavian solidarity. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200709/swedish-tourists-unwelcome-in-denmark-and-norway-poll Thu, 09 Jul 2020 14:29:37 +0200 swedish-tourists-unwelcome-in-denmark-and-norway-poll Kirsten, a Dane from Copenhagen, has been spending her weekends at her wooden holiday house in the Skåne countryside throughout Denmark's lockdown -- and to the irritation of Swedes barred from travelling in the other direction, she is far from unusual. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200707/meet-one-of-the-danes-flouting-travel-advice-to-visit-their-swedish-summer-houses Tue, 07 Jul 2020 16:44:33 +0200 meet-one-of-the-danes-flouting-travel-advice-to-visit-their-swedish-summer-houses EU countries have finally agreed to reopen their external borders on July 1st to visitors from 15 countries but American tourists will still not be allowed to travel to Europe because the US is still considered a risk due to the high number of Covid-19 cases. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200629/eu-to-allow-visitors-from-14-safe-countries-but-not-the-us Mon, 29 Jun 2020 21:17:02 +0200 eu-to-allow-visitors-from-14-safe-countries-but-not-the-us 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 justice minister has signalled that the government may soon open the way for the last cross-border couples to be reunited. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200618/denmark-to-let-residents-lovers-cross-border-soon-justice-minister Thu, 18 Jun 2020 11:33:35 +0200 denmark-to-let-residents-lovers-cross-border-soon-justice-minister 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 As European countries emerge from their coronavirus lockdowns and lift travel restrictions to revive their tourist industries, the EU has been aiming to coordinate the border reopening among its 27 members. But it hasn't quite worked out like that. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200615/open-borders-europes-haphazard-route-to-ending-travel-restrictions Mon, 15 Jun 2020 12:02:25 +0200 open-borders-europes-haphazard-route-to-ending-travel-restrictions 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 The EU's external borders have been effectively closed since mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic but the European Commission is set to announce a plan for a "progressive and partial" reopening of them from July 1st. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200610/eu-proposes-progressive-and-partial-reopening-of-borders-in-july Wed, 10 Jun 2020 15:11:04 +0200 eu-proposes-progressive-and-partial-reopening-of-borders-in-july Sweden has urged Denmark not to discriminate against them in its planned border reopening, during a “very intense dialogue,” foreign minister Ann Linde told TT News. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200516/danish-parties-ready-to-reopen-border-to-germany-but-not-to-sweden Sat, 16 May 2020 18:52:52 +0200 danish-parties-ready-to-reopen-border-to-germany-but-not-to-sweden Denmark's political parties are split over opening the country's borders, with the opposition Liberals arguing that the tourism industry will be crippled until visitors know when they can enter. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200507/danish-parties-clash-over-borders-in-lockdown-talks Thu, 07 May 2020 11:52:13 +0200 danish-parties-clash-over-borders-in-lockdown-talks