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 continued a recent theme of talking about the threats faced by Denmark in a speech broadcast to the country on New Year’s Day. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250102/what-did-prime-minister-mette-frederiksen-say-in-her-new-years-day-2025-speech Thu, 02 Jan 2025 13:40:32 +0100 what-did-prime-minister-mette-frederiksen-say-in-her-new-years-day-2025-speech Danish New Year would not be complete without the spectacular, ear-splitting din of multiple fireworks salvos at the stroke of midnight. But why are fireworks so popular, and should restrictions be considered? https://www.thelocal.dk/20191231/why-does-denmark-go-so-crazy-for-new-years-eve-fireworks Tue, 31 Dec 2019 17:01:07 +0100 why-does-denmark-go-so-crazy-for-new-years-eve-fireworks New Year's Eve is a night for saying goodbye to the old and hello to the new, and Danes don't like to hold back on the celebrations. But they might have to in 2020. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201231/how-denmarks-new-years-eve-traditions-will-be-different-in-2020 Thu, 31 Dec 2020 11:53:49 +0100 how-denmarks-new-years-eve-traditions-will-be-different-in-2020 Harsher penalties are to be introduced for people who set off fireworks at police and emergency services or at passers-by on the street. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201215/denmark-announces-harsher-punishments-for-fireworks-offences Tue, 15 Dec 2020 12:10:26 +0100 denmark-announces-harsher-punishments-for-fireworks-offences 228 people in Denmark were treated for injuries caused by fireworks on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200103/228-injured-by-new-year-fireworks-in-denmark Fri, 03 Jan 2020 18:25:28 +0100 228-injured-by-new-year-fireworks-in-denmark Several new rules and regulations came into effect in Denmark on January 1st, 2020. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200102/new-laws-heres-what-changes-in-denmark-in-2020 Thu, 02 Jan 2020 13:16:06 +0100 new-laws-heres-what-changes-in-denmark-in-2020 Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has said prior to her first New Year’s speech as Denmark’s premier that she will seek to apply a strict approach to immigration in 2020. https://www.thelocal.dk/20191230/why-danish-pm-is-being-criticized-for-outdated-immigration-rhetoric-prior-to-new-year-speech Mon, 30 Dec 2019 13:33:57 +0100 why-danish-pm-is-being-criticized-for-outdated-immigration-rhetoric-prior-to-new-year-speech Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said in his traditional January 1st speech that the peaceful world many hoped for when the Berlin Wall fell is in danger of breaking up. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190102/danish-pm-laments-break-up-of-peaceful-world-in-new-year-speech Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:00:12 +0100 danish-pm-laments-break-up-of-peaceful-world-in-new-year-speech An inebriated man took a taxi in Copenhagen in 2017 and arrived in Oslo in 2018, but did not seem keen to pay the fare. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180102/man-takes-taxi-from-copenhagen-to-oslo-runs-from-fare Tue, 02 Jan 2018 14:13:07 +0100 man-takes-taxi-from-copenhagen-to-oslo-runs-from-fare Denmark’s Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said in his New Year’s Day speech that ‘social control’ in marginalised neighbourhoods must not overshadow Danish laws and norms. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180102/pull-down-ghettos-and-relocate-residents-danish-pm-in-new-year-speech Tue, 02 Jan 2018 13:23:13 +0100 pull-down-ghettos-and-relocate-residents-danish-pm-in-new-year-speech A man has been put into an induced coma after a champagne bottle exploded between his legs on New Year’s Eve. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180102/danish-man-in-critical-condition-after-new-year-champagne-bottle-injury Tue, 02 Jan 2018 11:02:58 +0100 danish-man-in-critical-condition-after-new-year-champagne-bottle-injury The transition from 2016 to 2017 included a trip to the hospital for 267 people in Denmark, according to an overview released by Odense University Hospital on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170103/final-tally-267-injured-on-new-years-eve-in-denmark Tue, 03 Jan 2017 10:09:01 +0100 final-tally-267-injured-on-new-years-eve-in-denmark Millions of people around the world shrugged off terror jitters to ring in 2017 in style. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170101/world-parties-to-ring-in-new-year-despite-terror-jitters Sun, 01 Jan 2017 09:58:56 +0100 world-parties-to-ring-in-new-year-despite-terror-jitters New Year’s Eve is a night for saying goodbye to the old and hello to the new and the Danes sure know how to do it in style. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161230/how-to-greet-2017-like-a-true-dane Fri, 30 Dec 2016 11:18:36 +0100 how-to-greet-2017-like-a-true-dane Police were forced to close off the area surrounding a daycare after a worker discovered a dangerous and illegal firework. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150105/deadly-firework-found-at-copenhagen-daycare Mon, 05 Jan 2015 16:07:00 +0100 deadly-firework-found-at-copenhagen-daycare A northern Jutland man will be held in remand for four weeks on charges that he sold a powerful and illegal type of firework that cost three men their lives on New Year's Eve. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150102/man-jailed-for-selling-deadly-fireworks Fri, 02 Jan 2015 16:59:00 +0100 man-jailed-for-selling-deadly-fireworks Helle Thorning-Schmidt kicked off an election year by saying that "the world's greatest country" is on the right course. But integration has failed and everyone needs to contribute in order for the welfare system to remain strong, she said. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150101/pm-uses-new-years-speech-to-defend-her-record Thu, 01 Jan 2015 21:11:00 +0100 pm-uses-new-years-speech-to-defend-her-record Two firework malfunctions and two car accidents resulted in a total of four deaths on New Year's Eve, all of them in northern Jutland. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150101/at-least-four-danes-die-in-new-years-celebrations Thu, 01 Jan 2015 11:58:26 +0100 at-least-four-danes-die-in-new-years-celebrations Queen Margrethe delivered a New Year’s Eve address that saw her gently wade in to the ongoing debate about Denmark’s response to a record number of refugees and asylum seekers. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141231/queen-greets-refugees-welcome-in-new-years-address Wed, 31 Dec 2014 20:16:00 +0100 queen-greets-refugees-welcome-in-new-years-address Are you ringing in the New Year in Denmark? Here is a quick guide on how to greet 2015 the Danish way. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141231/how-to-celebrate-new-years-eve-like-a-dane Wed, 31 Dec 2014 12:17:15 +0100 how-to-celebrate-new-years-eve-like-a-dane