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 French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo has declined a request by far-right Danish political party Nye Borgerlige (New Right) to publish its cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201102/danish-far-right-party-denied-permission-to-publish-mohammed-cartoons Mon, 02 Nov 2020 17:12:46 +0100 danish-far-right-party-denied-permission-to-publish-mohammed-cartoons The two civilian victims of February's terror attack in Copenhagen were given posthumous awards from France on Monday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151103/france-honours-danish-victims-of-islamist-gunman Tue, 03 Nov 2015 09:15:24 +0100 france-honours-danish-victims-of-islamist-gunman UPDATED: After Danish police determined that there were no grounds to charge controversial Swedish street artist Dan Park, he will get off with a fine for his flyers comparing refugees to terrorists. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151020/swedish-street-artist-dan-park-reported-to-danish-police Tue, 20 Oct 2015 11:57:21 +0200 swedish-street-artist-dan-park-reported-to-danish-police The head of a Danish Muslim organization says that the Koran does not forbid depicting the prophet Muhammad and even if it did the ban should only apply to Muslims themselves. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150205/danish-imam-its-fine-to-draw-muhammad Thu, 05 Feb 2015 18:17:49 +0100 danish-imam-its-fine-to-draw-muhammad Jyllands-Posten editor Flemming Rose, who made waves in 2005 by publishing Prophet Mohammed cartoons, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by a Norwegian MP. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150204/muhammad-cartoon-editor-up-for-nobel-peace-prize Wed, 04 Feb 2015 09:28:00 +0100 muhammad-cartoon-editor-up-for-nobel-peace-prize At the EU Minister meetings in Brussels, Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard said that Europe should stick to its values in the face of terror and called on the EU to work with countries in the Middle East and northern Africa. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150120/denmark-eu-must-not-cower-terror-threat Tue, 20 Jan 2015 10:09:00 +0100 denmark-eu-must-not-cower-terror-threat As Denmark raises its police preparedness to level two on a five-point scale, the chairman of the national police union says politicians need to "wake up" and look at properly staffing police forces. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150119/danish-police-raise-alert-level-for-first-time-ever Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:30:00 +0100 danish-police-raise-alert-level-for-first-time-ever So many people in Denmark have asked about the new edition of Charlie Hebdo that the magazine distribution company is trying to massively increase its order to meet demand. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150115/huge-danish-demand-for-new-charlie-hebdo-issue Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:02:00 +0100 huge-danish-demand-for-new-charlie-hebdo-issue 300 copies of the magazine's 'survivor's edition', which features a new caricature of the prophet Muhammad will be released in Denmark. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150113/charlie-hebdo-coming-to-denmark Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:42:00 +0100 charlie-hebdo-coming-to-denmark In light of last week's killing of four Jews in a kosher supermarket in Paris and an August incident in which a Jewish school in Copenhagen was vandalised, Jewish targets see themselves as "high priority" targets. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150113/danish-jews-ask-for-police-protection-after-paris-attack Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:16:00 +0100 danish-jews-ask-for-police-protection-after-paris-attack Amid heightened tensions and increased security in the aftermath of last week’s terror attack in Paris, three men were arrested for what appears to be a prank involving fake weapons near the office of Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150112/three-arrested-for-weapons-stunt-at-jyllands-posten Mon, 12 Jan 2015 21:48:00 +0100 three-arrested-for-weapons-stunt-at-jyllands-posten After walking arm-in-arm with other world leaders on the front line of the massive unity march in Paris, Danish PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt said that “solidarity is stronger than fear”. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150112/thorning-paris-rally-france-not-alone Mon, 12 Jan 2015 09:34:00 +0100 thorning-paris-rally-france-not-alone In the aftermath of the terror attacks in Paris, a French website reportedly carried a warning that Denmark and Norway would be next. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150112/terror-threat-against-denmark-and-norway-reported Mon, 12 Jan 2015 09:06:00 +0100 terror-threat-against-denmark-and-norway-reported A mass demonstration will be held in Paris on Sunday as European and world leaders unite to condemn the horrific terror attacks that gripped France this week. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150111/danish-pm-to-join-european-leaders-at-paris-rally Sun, 11 Jan 2015 11:43:00 +0100 danish-pm-to-join-european-leaders-at-paris-rally Denmark's commitment to fighting Isis jihadists will not be swayed by attacks like the Charlie Hebdo massacre, Defence Minister Nicolai Wammen said Saturday at a rally to commemorate the Paris victims. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150110/denmark-vows-to-stay-on-frontline-against-isis-jihadists Sat, 10 Jan 2015 21:52:00 +0100 denmark-vows-to-stay-on-frontline-against-isis-jihadists A drawing done by Kurt Westergaard, the man behind a Jyllands-Posten cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed that outraged Muslims, is bringing in orders from around the world. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150109/kurt-westergaard-charlie-hebdo-jyllands-posten Sat, 10 Jan 2015 00:48:00 +0100 kurt-westergaard-charlie-hebdo-jyllands-posten The 23-year-old spokesman for the organization Called to Islam (Kaldet til Islam) has been cited by police for comments made on Facebook in support of Wednesday’s terror attack at French magazine Charlie Hebdo. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150109/danish-muslim-cited-for-cheering-charlie-hebdo-attack Sat, 10 Jan 2015 00:21:00 +0100 danish-muslim-cited-for-cheering-charlie-hebdo-attack Kurt Westergaard, the Danish cartoonist behind the most infamous of Jyllands-Posten’s Muhammad caricatures, has picked up his pen in support of the victims of Wednesday’s terror attack at the offices of French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150109/muhammad-cartoonist-westergaard-charlie-hebdo Fri, 09 Jan 2015 10:22:00 +0100 muhammad-cartoonist-westergaard-charlie-hebdo As the only major Danish newspaper not to republish Charlie Hebdo content in the wake of the Paris terror attacks, the newspaper behind the Muhammad cartoon crisis 'grudgingly" puts his employees well-being first. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150108/jyllands-posten-cites-safety-in-charlie-hebdo-decision Thu, 08 Jan 2015 15:15:00 +0100 jyllands-posten-cites-safety-in-charlie-hebdo-decision Helle Thorning-Schmidt said that France has Denmark's full support and that both countries must strive to protect their values. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150107/danish-pm-condemns-brutal-attack-on-french-magazine Wed, 07 Jan 2015 15:52:00 +0100 danish-pm-condemns-brutal-attack-on-french-magazine