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 Danish PM Lars Løkke Rasmussen extended his congratulations to Donald Trump on Wednesday morning after the Republican shocked the world by being elected president. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161109/danish-pm-congratulates-trump-on-hard-and-confrontational-win Wed, 09 Nov 2016 11:01:12 +0100 danish-pm-congratulates-trump-on-hard-and-confrontational-win In a US presidential election that shocked the world, American voters and Danish onlookers looked on in stunned silence as Donald Trump inched toward a victory that few saw coming. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161109/we-have-a-very-damaged-society-in-the-united-states Wed, 09 Nov 2016 09:45:43 +0100 we-have-a-very-damaged-society-in-the-united-states What a long, strange trip it's been. Americans go to the polls on Tuesday in the culmination of what has inarguably been one of the weirdest, ugliest and most divisive presidential elections in modern history. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161108/ten-times-denmark-took-the-spotlight-in-the-us-election Tue, 08 Nov 2016 12:57:48 +0100 ten-times-denmark-took-the-spotlight-in-the-us-election A newly-released YouGov survey shows that the vast majority of Danes are vehemently opposed to a Donald Trump presidency. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161104/three-of-four-danes-say-trump-would-be-terrible-president Fri, 04 Nov 2016 14:32:49 +0100 three-of-four-danes-say-trump-would-be-terrible-president If you're an American in Europe, don't let high-minded queasiness stop you using your vote - there's too much at stake, says Laura Shields of Democrats Abroad. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160926/americans-abroad-use-your-vote-to-stop-trump Mon, 26 Sep 2016 20:00:21 +0200 americans-abroad-use-your-vote-to-stop-trump Media outlet CNN was recently in Copenhagen to see why American presidential candidates keep making a big deal out of a tiny Nordic country. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160218/cnn-tries-to-feel-the-bern-in-denmark Thu, 18 Feb 2016 11:33:54 +0100 cnn-tries-to-feel-the-bern-in-denmark After seeing his country held up as an example in the US presidential debate, Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen used an address at Harvard to explain the Nordic model to a US audience suddenly very interested in Denmark. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151101/danish-pm-in-us-denmark-is-not-socialist Sun, 01 Nov 2015 10:38:52 +0100 danish-pm-in-us-denmark-is-not-socialist As Democratic candidates squared off for their first debate of the US presidential campaign, Denmark took a central role in the opening minutes. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151014/clinton-sanders-denmark-us-presidential-debate Wed, 14 Oct 2015 10:44:40 +0200 clinton-sanders-denmark-us-presidential-debate