The European Commission authorised the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in 12- to 15-year-olds on Friday, following the European Medicines Agency's approval of administering the jabs to adolescents earlier in the day.
The Danish government has said it will establish a ‘taskforce’ to look at options for repatriating 19 children with Danish nationality or claims to Danish nationality from prison camps in northeastern Syria.
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has signalled for the first time that the government could act to repatriate 19 children who are Danish nationals from prison camps in northeastern Syria.
The everyday adventures of new Danish kids' TV character John Dillermand like walking the dog or going to the zoo might not look like the stuff of scandal -- if the tales didn't often revolve around his oversized penis.
Freelancers and self-employed people who stay home with children who have either tested positive for coronavirus or who are waiting for test results will be eligible for payments under the new Danish government scheme which comes into force at the start of October.
Children who live with someone ill with coronavirus-like symptoms should not attend kindergarten or school, Denmark's health minister has announced, responding to widespread concern surrounding the reopening of the country's schools.
The government is to work for tough new laws on citizens convicted of foreign militant activity, but is likely to be challenged by parties to its left.
Minister for Immigration and Integration Mattias Tesfaye has presented a draft bill on how Denmark should manage the children of its citizens who have fought for militant organizations.
Thousands of 'Viking babies' have been born in the UK thanks to samples sent from Europe's largest sperm bank in Denmark. The company's CEO tells The Local that Britain would be left with a donor sperm drought if a no-deal Brexit led to more red-tape.
Denmark, a country with one of the world's best public health systems, might be an ideal place to start a family, but that doesn't mean expats can be expected to know everything. The Local's guest columnist Melanie Haynes offers her advice.
Local Government Denmark (Kommunernes Landsforening - KL) has called for mandatory language testing of all three-year-olds as a way to combat social inequality, Politiken reported on Tuesday.
An increasing number of Danish parents are requesting that their sons be treated with growth hormone so that they will be taller adults, according to a report in Kristeligt Dagblad.
A heartbroken father in the state of Illinois released a helium balloon with a hand-written tribute to his dead son that was found this week in a Dane’s backyard.
It’s a story that sounds like every parent’s nightmare. A four-year-old girl was left alone in her daycare institution in Randers on Monday after all personnel left for the day and locked the doors.
Recently eyed as a potential 'StartUp Isle', a 70,000 square metre island off the coast of Copenhagen will instead become Youth Island after it was purchased on behalf of the Danish Guide and Scout Association.
Parents are too stressed and yell too often - both at each other and at their children - but overall they are doing a good job, according to a wide survey of Danish schoolchildren.
