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 Denmark's government is planning to open the way for limited church services over Easter, so that Christians can celebrate the resurrection, even during the coronavirus lockdown. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200401/denmark-planning-to-reopen-churches-for-easter-sunday Wed, 01 Apr 2020 21:00:34 +0200 denmark-planning-to-reopen-churches-for-easter-sunday More and more Danish churches are trying to boost attendances by inviting congregations for night-time services. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170403/denmarks-late-night-churches-try-to-bring-back-worshippers Mon, 03 Apr 2017 12:24:21 +0200 denmarks-late-night-churches-try-to-bring-back-worshippers The anti-immigration Danish People’s Party (Dansk Folkeparti, DF) is demanding that immigrants celebrate Christian festivals such as Christmas and Easter if they want to call themselves ‘Danish’. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170217/immigrants-must-celebrate-christmas-to-be-danish-dpp Fri, 17 Feb 2017 09:57:23 +0100 immigrants-must-celebrate-christmas-to-be-danish-dpp A successful campaign from the Danish Atheist Society is getting the credit – or blame – for the record number of withdrawals from the Church of Denmark. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160907/record-number-of-danes-leave-the-church Wed, 07 Sep 2016 11:30:43 +0200 record-number-of-danes-leave-the-church The Danish Atheist Society has used a new campaign to encourage members of the Church of Denmark (Folkekirken) to withdraw, leaving priests concerned about the economic consequences. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160408/atheist-society-convinces-danes-to-leave-church Fri, 08 Apr 2016 07:47:27 +0200 atheist-society-convinces-danes-to-leave-church Spanish National Police said on Monday that with the help of Danish authorities they had nabbed a man accused of snatching dozens of religious objects from Swedish churches. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150511/danes-help-spain-catch-swedish-church-plunderer Mon, 11 May 2015 19:13:41 +0200 danes-help-spain-catch-swedish-church-plunderer Although six out of ten Danes are either “not religious” or “convinced atheists”, more of them identify as religious than the Swedes or Germans. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150413/denmark-more-religious-than-neighbour-countries Mon, 13 Apr 2015 19:49:56 +0200 denmark-more-religious-than-neighbour-countries A second Danish priest has come forward to admit that she does not believe in the literal truth of either the resurrection of Jesus Christ or the biblical account of the creation. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150129/second-danish-priest-doubts-resurrection Thu, 29 Jan 2015 10:43:00 +0100 second-danish-priest-doubts-resurrection A 61-year-old Danish tourist has been banned from Ireland after his self-admitted "bad idea" – stealing money from a church collection box. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141022/danish-tourist-banned-from-ireland-for-church-theft Wed, 22 Oct 2014 17:39:00 +0200 danish-tourist-banned-from-ireland-for-church-theft