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 Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen cited freedom of speech in Danish society as she reacted for the first time to demands by the Chinese Embassy in Denmark for an apology over a satirical drawing of the Asian country’s flag. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200128/we-have-free-speech-danish-pm-avoids-direct-response-to-china-over-flag-controversy Tue, 28 Jan 2020 14:29:12 +0100 we-have-free-speech-danish-pm-avoids-direct-response-to-china-over-flag-controversy China has objected to a satirical drawing of the Chinese flag published by a Danish newspaper on Monday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200128/china-demands-apology-over-danish-newspapers-cartoon-flag-insult Tue, 28 Jan 2020 12:50:55 +0100 china-demands-apology-over-danish-newspapers-cartoon-flag-insult The Danish ex-editor who commissioned the Mohammed cartoons that triggered deadly protests a decade ago on Friday accused the Jyllands-Posten newspaper of trying to silence him, saying it had let "the jihadists" win. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161028/danish-editor-behind-mohammed-cartoons-clashes-with-paper Fri, 28 Oct 2016 19:11:57 +0200 danish-editor-behind-mohammed-cartoons-clashes-with-paper A Pakistani man who plotted a terror attack on the offices of Jyllands-Posten was sentenced to 40 years in prison in New York. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151125/denmark-terror-plotter-sentenced-to-40-years-in-us Wed, 25 Nov 2015 11:05:32 +0100 denmark-terror-plotter-sentenced-to-40-years-in-us Flemming Rose announced on Monday that he will leave the newspaper that he put on the world map in 2005 by publishing 12 cartoons of the Islamic prophet. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151109/denmarks-mohammed-cartoons-editor-steps-down Mon, 09 Nov 2015 14:31:26 +0100 denmarks-mohammed-cartoons-editor-steps-down Ten years after a Danish newspaper published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, the shockwaves are still reverberating -- but experts are divided over how attitudes to freedom of expression have changed. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150928/denmarks-mohammed-cartoons-a-decade-in-the-news Mon, 28 Sep 2015 09:33:03 +0200 denmarks-mohammed-cartoons-a-decade-in-the-news Ten years after a Danish newspaper triggered deadly protests by publishing 12 cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, the man behind the most infamous drawing says he feels anger but no regret. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150927/ten-years-on-danish-mohammed-cartoonist-has-no-regrets Sun, 27 Sep 2015 10:21:14 +0200 ten-years-on-danish-mohammed-cartoonist-has-no-regrets Jyllands-Posten editor Flemming Rose, who was behind the controversial 2005 publication of Prophet Muhammad cartoons, is being honoured by a Norwegian free speech group. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150831/muhammed-cartoon-editor-gets-norwegian-prize Mon, 31 Aug 2015 12:47:40 +0200 muhammed-cartoon-editor-gets-norwegian-prize Jyllands-Posten's Flemming Rose, responsible for the 12 Muhammad cartoons that created global controversy, was given a coveted press award Thursday evening. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150320/muhammad-cartoons-editor-honoured-in-denmark Fri, 20 Mar 2015 08:57:10 +0100 muhammad-cartoons-editor-honoured-in-denmark The Conservatives and Danish People's Party have called on Danish schools to discuss the controversial publication of caricatures of prophet Muhammad. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150306/teach-muhammad-cartoons-in-schools-proposal Fri, 06 Mar 2015 18:46:00 +0100 teach-muhammad-cartoons-in-schools-proposal Abid Naseer faces life in American prison for plotting attacks against Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten and targets in the UK and US. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150305/jyllands-posten-plotter-found-guilty-in-new-york Thu, 05 Mar 2015 08:51:00 +0100 jyllands-posten-plotter-found-guilty-in-new-york