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 Find out what's going on in Denmark today with The Local's short roundup of the news in less than five minutes. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210607/today-in-denmark-a-round-up-of-the-latest-news-on-monday-15 Mon, 07 Jun 2021 11:55:39 +0200 today-in-denmark-a-round-up-of-the-latest-news-on-monday-15 Find out what's going on in Denmark today with The Local's short roundup of the news in less than five minutes. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210603/today-in-denmark-a-round-up-of-the-latest-news-on-thursday-15 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 11:22:07 +0200 today-in-denmark-a-round-up-of-the-latest-news-on-thursday-15 Find out what's going on in Denmark today with The Local's short roundup of the news in less than five minutes. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210601/today-in-denmark-a-round-up-of-the-latest-news-on-tuesday-16 Tue, 01 Jun 2021 11:55:44 +0200 today-in-denmark-a-round-up-of-the-latest-news-on-tuesday-16 Austria and Denmark’s leaders were in Jerusalem on Thursday to present an agreement with Israel for the development and production of future generation coronavirus vaccines. We look at the responses in Vienna and Copenhagen. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210305/how-denmark-and-austria-saw-differing-reactions-to-vaccine-deal-with-israel Fri, 05 Mar 2021 18:47:13 +0100 how-denmark-and-austria-saw-differing-reactions-to-vaccine-deal-with-israel The new year will bring about a series of changes for those living in Denmark. Here's a roundup of the big ones to look out for. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201228/what-changes-about-life-in-denmark-in-2021 Mon, 28 Dec 2020 12:47:47 +0100 what-changes-about-life-in-denmark-in-2021 A top German court on Tuesday approved the construction of the world's longest combined rail and road tunnel that is expected to slash journey times from northern Germany to Denmark. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201103/german-court-okays-tunnel-to-denmark-under-baltic-sea Tue, 03 Nov 2020 17:28:00 +0100 german-court-okays-tunnel-to-denmark-under-baltic-sea A Danish chef on a sickness pension spent ten years infiltrating and secretly filming North Korea's foreign influence operation for a documentary, even winning a contract to manufacture military equipment in a third country. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201011/danish-cook-spent-ten-years-infiltrating-north-korea Sun, 11 Oct 2020 12:44:07 +0200 danish-cook-spent-ten-years-infiltrating-north-korea Norwegians have rushed to snap up ferry tickets over to Denmark, after the country dropped its demand that Nordic tourists book at least six days of accommodation. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200703/norwegians-flock-to-denmark-after-hotel-rule-scrapped Fri, 03 Jul 2020 15:55:35 +0200 norwegians-flock-to-denmark-after-hotel-rule-scrapped Denmark's parties have forced the government to significantly toughen the climate plan it put forward in May, with a new plan agreed on Sunday night increasing the amount of projected greenhouse gas reductions from 2m to 3.4m tonnes, and committing the government to developing a carbon tax. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200622/danish-parties-agree-to-develop-carbon-tax-system Mon, 22 Jun 2020 10:01:32 +0200 danish-parties-agree-to-develop-carbon-tax-system Denmark's justice minister has signalled that the government may soon open the way for the last cross-border couples to be reunited. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200618/denmark-to-let-residents-lovers-cross-border-soon-justice-minister Thu, 18 Jun 2020 11:33:35 +0200 denmark-to-let-residents-lovers-cross-border-soon-justice-minister Finland's government has announced that it will open its borders to residents of Norway and Denmark from Monday next week, as part of a wider reopening to Nordic and Baltic nations. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200611/finland-to-open-border-to-norway-and-denmarkbut-not-sweden Thu, 11 Jun 2020 18:39:37 +0200 finland-to-open-border-to-norway-and-denmarkbut-not-sweden Denmark was the first country in Europe to reopen day care and primary schools after the strict coronavirus lockdown. Emma Firth takes a look at how Denmark did it and what lessons there are for other countries. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200528/how-denmark-got-its-children-back-to-school Thu, 28 May 2020 11:05:40 +0200 how-denmark-got-its-children-back-to-school Copenhagen's water utility has been asked to postpone a plan to dump 290,000 cubic meters of untreated raw sewage into the Øresund Strait in the face of outrage from citizens and politicians in both Sweden and Denmark. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200526/swedish-mp-slams-denmarks-shit-sandwich-sewage-plan Tue, 26 May 2020 12:35:24 +0200 swedish-mp-slams-denmarks-shit-sandwich-sewage-plan Museums and zoos began reopening in Denmark on Thursday, as the country decided to accelerate its exit from lockdown and health officials said the spread of the new coronavirus was slowing. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200522/danish-museums-and-zoos-reopen-after-political-deal Fri, 22 May 2020 15:07:08 +0200 danish-museums-and-zoos-reopen-after-political-deal Denmark's political parties are split over opening the country's borders, with the opposition Liberals arguing that the tourism industry will be crippled until visitors know when they can enter. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200507/danish-parties-clash-over-borders-in-lockdown-talks Thu, 07 May 2020 11:52:13 +0200 danish-parties-clash-over-borders-in-lockdown-talks As Denmark and Norway start lifting restrictions after a month of lockdown, are their coronavirus strategies shifting to the less restrictive approach their neighbour Sweden has had from the start? https://www.thelocal.dk/20200421/explained-are-denmark-and-norways-restrictions-still-tougher-than-swedens Tue, 21 Apr 2020 19:03:28 +0200 explained-are-denmark-and-norways-restrictions-still-tougher-than-swedens For the parents among you, how did you find the opening of schools and kindergartens on Wednesday? https://www.thelocal.dk/20200415/tell-us-how-did-denmarks-opening-of-schools-and-kindergartens-go-for-you Wed, 15 Apr 2020 13:52:00 +0200 tell-us-how-did-denmarks-opening-of-schools-and-kindergartens-go-for-you Looking at the front pages of some news sites in Norway and Denmark, it almost seems as if they are willing the coronavirus outbreak in Sweden to worsen. Will the coming weeks prove Denmark and Norway were right to impose tougher restrictions on the country? https://www.thelocal.dk/20200331/the-nordic-divide-is-denmark-norway-sweden-right-or-wrong-on-coronavirus Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:33:18 +0200 the-nordic-divide-is-denmark-norway-sweden-right-or-wrong-on-coronavirus This map shows the number of coronavirus patients in hospital in each of Denmark's five regions. As of midnight on Saturday, Denmark had recorded 1,395 confirmed coronavirus cases and 13 deaths due to the virus. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200320/map-where-are-denmarks-coronavirus-patients Fri, 20 Mar 2020 13:20:01 +0100 map-where-are-denmarks-coronavirus-patients Danes donated around 2.4 million euro (£2.6 million) on Saturday for the planting of trees, in a telethon event described as the world's first to focus on the climate. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190915/danish-telethon-raises-cash-to-plant-a-million-trees Sun, 15 Sep 2019 12:02:20 +0200 danish-telethon-raises-cash-to-plant-a-million-trees