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 It was 800 years ago this Saturday that a banner sporting a white cross fell miraculously from the sky as Danish crusaders were losing a fierce battle against pagan Estonian tribes. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190615/denmarks-dannebrog-flag-fell-from-sky-800-years-ago-today Sat, 15 Jun 2019 12:27:15 +0200 denmarks-dannebrog-flag-fell-from-sky-800-years-ago-today A decision last year to raise the Danish flag at the parliament building in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, on Denmark’s Constitution Day, appeared to have been forgotten when the day rolled around earlier this week. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180607/greenland-forgets-to-raise-danish-flag-on-constitution-day Thu, 07 Jun 2018 13:32:13 +0200 greenland-forgets-to-raise-danish-flag-on-constitution-day The deposed president who has been in self-imposed exile in Belgium since October was on a visit with to the Danish capital when he was approached by a man with a Spanish flag. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180123/this-is-what-puigdemont-did-when-presented-with-a-spanish-flag-in-denmark Tue, 23 Jan 2018 16:05:03 +0100 this-is-what-puigdemont-did-when-presented-with-a-spanish-flag-in-denmark A family from the town of Kolding in southern Denmark was asked to take down the American Stars and Stripes from a flagpole in their garden. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170620/danish-family-reported-to-police-for-flying-us-flag Tue, 20 Jun 2017 11:42:18 +0200 danish-family-reported-to-police-for-flying-us-flag A Danish mayor is to complain at the lack of flagpoles at Fredensborg palace, the royal family's autumn retreat, which makes it impossible to fly the beloved Dannebrog. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161021/mayor-rues-lack-of-flag-raising-at-danish-royal-palace Fri, 21 Oct 2016 19:14:51 +0200 mayor-rues-lack-of-flag-raising-at-danish-royal-palace Danes love their flag but Monday will see more of them flying than usual. Here’s why. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160905/why-danish-flags-will-be-flying-nationwide-on-monday Mon, 05 Sep 2016 10:33:41 +0200 why-danish-flags-will-be-flying-nationwide-on-monday A move by Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen to curry favour with the Faroe Islands by granting them an official flag day has backfired spectacularly after the wrong flag was hoisted on at least two official buildings. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160729/danish-pm-makes-embarrassing-faroes-flag-blunder Fri, 29 Jul 2016 23:45:42 +0200 danish-pm-makes-embarrassing-faroes-flag-blunder