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 Denmark is to tighten restrictions for travel from the UK in response to the spread of the Delta variant of Covid-19, which was first detected in India, and has now become the dominant variant among samples sequenced in the UK. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210609/denmark-imposes-tighter-entry-rules-on-travellers-from-uk Wed, 09 Jun 2021 12:36:30 +0200 denmark-imposes-tighter-entry-rules-on-travellers-from-uk Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she will support the European Union if it decides to implement export restrictions on Covid-19 vaccines. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210326/danish-pm-backs-tighter-eu-export-control-on-covid-19-vaccines Fri, 26 Mar 2021 17:15:07 +0100 danish-pm-backs-tighter-eu-export-control-on-covid-19-vaccines The Danish government has introduced a requirement for all flight passengers travelling from the United Kingdom to provide a negative Covid-19 test taken within the last 24 hours prior to boarding their flights. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210104/new-residents-of-denmark-returning-from-uk-must-take-covid-19-test-taken-within-24-hours-of-travel Mon, 04 Jan 2021 13:45:22 +0100 new-residents-of-denmark-returning-from-uk-must-take-covid-19-test-taken-within-24-hours-of-travel All passenger flights from the United Kingdom to Denmark have been temporarily suspended due to the discovery of a faster-spreading variant of Covid-19. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201221/denmark-bans-flights-from-uk-over-new-covid-19-strain Mon, 21 Dec 2020 08:53:47 +0100 denmark-bans-flights-from-uk-over-new-covid-19-strain Denmark is at risk of losing its travel corridor with the UK this week, with its seven-day infection rate on Sunday hitting 30 per 100,000, far above the UK's threshold of 20 cases per 100,000 people. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200914/denmark-may-lose-uk-quarantine-free-travel-status Mon, 14 Sep 2020 13:09:37 +0200 denmark-may-lose-uk-quarantine-free-travel-status An MEP for Denmark’s ruling Liberal Party is helping front a social media campaign to push more than one million EU citizens vote for the anti-Brexit Liberal Democrats in next week’s local elections. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180425/danish-mep-campaigns-for-exit-from-brexit-in-uk-polls Wed, 25 Apr 2018 22:30:44 +0200 danish-mep-campaigns-for-exit-from-brexit-in-uk-polls Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen underlined Denmark’s support for the United Kingdom in its diplomatic feud with Russia over the poisoning of a former spy in the British town of Salisbury. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180409/danish-pm-rasmussen-states-support-for-uk-after-copenhagen-meeting Mon, 09 Apr 2018 20:00:52 +0200 danish-pm-rasmussen-states-support-for-uk-after-copenhagen-meeting The British government gave the green light on Tuesday for what it called the world's biggest offshore wind farm to be built off the English coast. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160817/dong-gets-go-ahead-for-worlds-biggest-offshore-wind-farm Wed, 17 Aug 2016 10:54:40 +0200 dong-gets-go-ahead-for-worlds-biggest-offshore-wind-farm British nationals who have been living abroad for less than 15 years will be allowed to vote in the EU referendum, while EU citizens in the UK will have no say on whether the UK stays in the European Union. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150525/brits-abroad-allowed-vote-in-eu-referendum Mon, 25 May 2015 13:08:08 +0200 brits-abroad-allowed-vote-in-eu-referendum The British Foreign office has released a list of the strangest requests it receives from Brits abroad, from a chef to make the perfect haggis to advice on how to treat a cat’s infected paw. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150227/the-strange-consular-requests-of-brits-abroad Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:25:00 +0100 the-strange-consular-requests-of-brits-abroad The Conservative party in the UK has made a bid to woo expat voters by pledging to end the controversial “15-year rule” that prevents millions of Brits abroad from being able to vote. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140902/votes-for-expats-plan-to-end-uks-15-year-rule-2 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:26:32 +0200 votes-for-expats-plan-to-end-uks-15-year-rule-2