Ten digits printed on the front of a yellow card: your birthdate plus four other numbers. The CPR number is your pass to many services in Denmark, but how far can you get without it?
Last week, a sexually-charged video and photos emerged on social media of two Danes climbing the Great Pyramid at Giza. Egyptian journalist Farah Bahgat explains the reaction in Cairo.
Egyptian journalist Farah Bahgat recently left Denmark after a year living and studying in Aarhus and Copenhagen. Here, she reflects on her lasting impressions of the Scandinavian country.
Women who wear the niqab in Denmark said on Wednesday that the ban against the Islamic veil was oppressive and would restrict their freedom, as they took part in demonstrations against the new law.
A group of women in Aarhus say they aim to challenge preconceived views about Islamic dress, currently high on Denmark’s news agenda, by initiating dialogue.
Denmark's so-called ghetto plan, which has received broad coverage in domestic and international media, is unlikely to to have any real effect on social challenges in underprivileged areas, residents, representatives and experts told The Local.
About seven kilometers from Bording, a local station in Jutland, I cycled with two friends to Kærshovedgård, the former-prison-turned-deportation facility.
Forcing newcomers to Denmark to pay for language lessons could mean a reduction in student numbers and job losses for teachers, say administrators and students at the national Lærdansk language programme.
Crowds in Aarhus and Copenhagen protested on Friday against the Kærshovedgård deportation centre, which has seen criticism over its treatment of refused asylum seekers.
The Danish Transport Authority (Trafikstyrelsen) has decided not to approve the Aarhus Letbane light rail to begin operating at the beginning of next week.
