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 The government is to work for tough new laws on citizens convicted of foreign militant activity, but is likely to be challenged by parties to its left. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200116/raids-without-warrants-and-children-in-foster-care-these-are-denmarks-tough-new-anti-jihadist-proposals Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:54:11 +0100 raids-without-warrants-and-children-in-foster-care-these-are-denmarks-tough-new-anti-jihadist-proposals The government is to announce new policies clamping down on individuals who have connections to foreign militant groups. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200116/danish-government-to-announce-additional-anti-jihadist-laws Thu, 16 Jan 2020 09:56:44 +0100 danish-government-to-announce-additional-anti-jihadist-laws The Danish government has withdrawn the citizenship of a man who is wanted for suspected terrorism, applying a hotly-debated new law. https://www.thelocal.dk/20191126/denmark-strips-citizenship-from-man-under-new-anti-jihadist-law Tue, 26 Nov 2019 13:09:37 +0100 denmark-strips-citizenship-from-man-under-new-anti-jihadist-law Minister for Immigration and Integration Mattias Tesfaye has presented a draft bill on how Denmark should manage the children of its citizens who have fought for militant organizations. https://www.thelocal.dk/20191113/what-is-denmarks-policy-on-the-children-of-isis-fighters Wed, 13 Nov 2019 16:10:10 +0100 what-is-denmarks-policy-on-the-children-of-isis-fighters Turkey deported on Monday three foreign jihadists including a Danish citizen. https://www.thelocal.dk/20191112/danish-jihadist-arrested-at-copenhagen-airport-after-turkish-deportation Tue, 12 Nov 2019 12:08:28 +0100 danish-jihadist-arrested-at-copenhagen-airport-after-turkish-deportation An expedited bill, enabling the immigration minister to revoke the passports of Danes who join foreign militant groups, was passed by parliament on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20191024/denmark-passes-law-enabling-withdrawal-of-jihadists-citizenship Thu, 24 Oct 2019 14:23:25 +0200 denmark-passes-law-enabling-withdrawal-of-jihadists-citizenship Denmark's Minister for Immigration and Integration Mattias Tesfaye has said he does not want to hand the power to revoke passports to parliament. https://www.thelocal.dk/20191021/danish-immigration-minister-against-letting-parliament-revoke-passports Mon, 21 Oct 2019 17:05:52 +0200 danish-immigration-minister-against-letting-parliament-revoke-passports Denmark said Monday it planned to strip dual-national suspected jihadists of citizenship to stop them from returning to Danish soil, as Turkey's deadly offensive in Syria sends Isis members fleeing. https://www.thelocal.dk/20191015/denmark-to-strip-jihadists-of-nationality-amid-fear-of-returns Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:36:00 +0200 denmark-to-strip-jihadists-of-nationality-amid-fear-of-returns A Danish scientist followed six Danish foreign fighters to try to understand what makes people leave security and safety in Denmark to fight for an extremist cause. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190425/what-makes-someone-leave-denmark-to-fight-as-an-islamist-militant Thu, 25 Apr 2019 19:11:23 +0200 what-makes-someone-leave-denmark-to-fight-as-an-islamist-militant The government and Danish People’s Party (DF) have agreed new rules that will enable authorities to withdraw passports from individuals found to have fought for militant groups abroad. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190328/danish-government-reaches-agreement-to-revoke-passports-of-isis-fighters Thu, 28 Mar 2019 11:15:19 +0100 danish-government-reaches-agreement-to-revoke-passports-of-isis-fighters Denmark has convicted 13 people for travelling to Syria to take part in armed conflict. Nine have been sentenced to deportation from the country, according to Minister of Justice Søren Pape Poulsen. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190327/it-would-be-better-if-they-had-died-in-battle-danish-justice-minister-on-returning-syria-fighters Wed, 27 Mar 2019 16:46:16 +0100 it-would-be-better-if-they-had-died-in-battle-danish-justice-minister-on-returning-syria-fighters Danish citizens captured in Syria after fighting for the Islamic State (Isis) terror group may be sent back to Denmark, according to a report. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180216/denmark-may-have-to-accept-return-of-isis-militants-report Fri, 16 Feb 2018 17:56:12 +0100 denmark-may-have-to-accept-return-of-isis-militants-report At least 36 people who have left Denmark to fight for the terror group Isis in Syria have received unemployment benefits, tabloid Ekstra Bladet reported this week. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161223/dozens-of-danish-foreign-fighters-received-welfare-payments Fri, 23 Dec 2016 16:10:29 +0100 dozens-of-danish-foreign-fighters-received-welfare-payments A new report from the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism puts Denmark near the top of the EU when it comes to the number of foreign fighters have returned back to their home countries. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160406/dozens-of-foreign-fighters-have-returned-to-denmark Wed, 06 Apr 2016 12:13:08 +0200 dozens-of-foreign-fighters-have-returned-to-denmark Police said on Friday that a 19-year-old Danish citizen who posted an Isis video to Facebook with a text viewed as a “threat to kill infidels” was being held in police custody. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151127/danish-man-faces-terror-charges-over-isis-video-post Fri, 27 Nov 2015 15:35:28 +0100 danish-man-faces-terror-charges-over-isis-video-post When the new parliamentary season opens on Tuesday, an item at the top of the government’s agenda will be strengthening the laws related to Danes who fight alongside terror groups abroad. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151005/denmark-to-get-tough-on-foreign-fighters-treason Mon, 05 Oct 2015 10:10:01 +0200 denmark-to-get-tough-on-foreign-fighters-treason