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 China on Tuesday blasted a democracy conference in Copenhagen attended by Taiwan's president and a Hong Kong activist alongside Danish government officials this week, qualifying it a "political farce". https://www.thelocal.dk/20210511/china-derides-copenhagen-democracy-summit-as-political-farce Tue, 11 May 2021 15:30:48 +0200 china-derides-copenhagen-democracy-summit-as-political-farce Romanian Narcis George Matache is bidding to become only the second ever non-national elected official in Denmark in upcoming regional council elections in North Jutland. https://www.thelocal.dk/20171013/eu-citizens-dont-realise-they-have-a-vote-romanian-candidate-in-danish-election Fri, 13 Oct 2017 17:45:09 +0200 eu-citizens-dont-realise-they-have-a-vote-romanian-candidate-in-danish-election There is broad political support to allow Danish residents to send proposals directly to parliament if they can recruit enough fellow Danes to their cause but the plan to give citizens a direct voice in Christiansborg likely faces an uphill battle. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160519/plan-to-give-danes-direct-say-in-parliament-hits-roadblock Thu, 19 May 2016 11:14:05 +0200 plan-to-give-danes-direct-say-in-parliament-hits-roadblock There is broad political support to allow Danish residents to send proposals directly to parliament if they can recruit enough fellow Danes to their cause. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160411/majority-supports-giving-danes-direct-voice-in-parliament Mon, 11 Apr 2016 10:52:58 +0200 majority-supports-giving-danes-direct-voice-in-parliament Denmark has come out on top of the pile in a new report ranking the standard of elections held worldwide between 2012 and 2015. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160317/denmark-elections-best-in-the-world Thu, 17 Mar 2016 12:23:41 +0100 denmark-elections-best-in-the-world