The Local Denmark 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 Dane becomes first foreigner elected mayor of major German city Danish businessman Claus Ruhe Madsen became the first non-German to win the mayor's office in a major German city Sunday with his election victory in Rostock. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190617/dane-becomes-first-foreigner-to-win-german-mayors-seat Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:25:56 +0200 dane-becomes-first-foreigner-to-win-german-mayors-seat The Dane who wants to be mayor of a German city – and how he plans to modernize it 46-year-old Dane Claus Ruhe Madsen has won the first round of the election to become lord mayor of the city of Rostock in northern Germany. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190528/the-dane-who-wants-to-be-mayor-of-a-german-city-and-how-he-plans-to-modernize-it Tue, 28 May 2019 12:01:06 +0200 the-dane-who-wants-to-be-mayor-of-a-german-city-and-how-he-plans-to-modernize-it Copenhagen mayor under fire for bar tab Copenhagen Mayor Frank Jensen is being asked to account for the city’s use of 12,000 kroner of public money for employees’ drinks long into the wee hours of the night. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141006/copenhagen-mayor-under-fire-for-huge-bar-bill Mon, 06 Oct 2014 10:31:00 +0200 copenhagen-mayor-under-fire-for-huge-bar-bill