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 A Russian monument to World War II soldiers on Danish island Bornholm has been painted on using the colours of the Ukrainian flag. https://www.thelocal.dk/20220509/russian-world-war-ii-monument-vandalised-on-danish-island Mon, 09 May 2022 15:02:35 +0200 russian-world-war-ii-monument-vandalised-on-danish-island Danish island Bornholm is covered in large amounts of snow this week, resulting in school closures days after Covid-19 restrictions were eased. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210210/snow-keeps-danish-children-home-from-school-days-after-reopening Wed, 10 Feb 2021 17:20:24 +0100 snow-keeps-danish-children-home-from-school-days-after-reopening Several Danish people who were interviewed in a Russian television report on Denmark say they have been severely misrepresented. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180423/russian-television-station-accused-of-manipulating-denmark-report Mon, 23 Apr 2018 13:01:06 +0200 russian-television-station-accused-of-manipulating-denmark-report Danish police officers on the island of Bornholm shot and killed a 48-year-old man who attacked them with a knife. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161215/danish-police-shoot-and-kill-man-after-music-complaint Thu, 15 Dec 2016 11:23:36 +0100 danish-police-shoot-and-kill-man-after-music-complaint A mysterious stone found by archeology students during a summer dig on the island of Bornholm might be a 5,000-year-old map showing the location of different fields in the nearby area. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161019/danish-archeologists-find-5000-year-old-map Thu, 20 Oct 2016 00:11:30 +0200 danish-archeologists-find-5000-year-old-map A leading researcher in local planning has called on the government to sell Denmark’s sparsely-populated islands to private investors who can turn them in to nature parks, luxury resorts or casinos. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150806/should-denmark-sell-its-smallest-islands Thu, 06 Aug 2015 17:17:25 +0200 should-denmark-sell-its-smallest-islands In a trend mirrored by many other regions in Denmark, the sunny vacation island's population has been decreasing rapidly as young Danes head for the cities. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150722/danish-island-bornholm-population-shrinking-rapidly Wed, 22 Jul 2015 16:17:01 +0200 danish-island-bornholm-population-shrinking-rapidly Bornholm Police said Wednesday that they suspect jealousy to be behind the shooting incident that left two killed and one seriously injured on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150304/bornholm-murder-suicide-was-jealousy-killing-police Wed, 04 Mar 2015 14:41:00 +0100 bornholm-murder-suicide-was-jealousy-killing-police Two people were shot and killed early Tuesday morning on the island of Bornholm, while a third was seriously injured. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150303/two-killed-one-injured-in-bornholm-shooting Tue, 03 Mar 2015 10:57:32 +0100 two-killed-one-injured-in-bornholm-shooting The state-funded Danish Council for Independent Research has earmarked 2.5 million kroner to a PhD project that will look into the 'under-earthlings' rumoured to inhabit the island of Bornholm https://www.thelocal.dk/20141028/denmark-funds-research-underground-trolls Tue, 28 Oct 2014 18:31:00 +0100 denmark-funds-research-underground-trolls Bornholm residents felt the quake just after midnight on Sunday. The geological institute confirmed the quake but the magnitude was unknown as of Sunday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140817/rare-earthquake-hits-bornholm Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:03:00 +0200 rare-earthquake-hits-bornholm