New Year
Why does Denmark go so crazy for New Year's Eve fireworks?
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?
How Denmark’s New Year’s Eve traditions will be different in 2020
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.
Denmark announces harsher punishments for fireworks offences
Harsher penalties are to be introduced for people who set off fireworks at police and emergency services or at passers-by on the street.
228 injured by New Year fireworks in Denmark
228 people in Denmark were treated for injuries caused by fireworks on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
New laws: Here’s what changes in Denmark in 2020
Several new rules and regulations came into effect in Denmark on January 1st, 2020.
Why Danish PM is being criticized for 'outdated' immigration rhetoric prior to New Year speech
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.
Danish PM laments 'break-up' of peaceful world in 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.
Man takes taxi from Copenhagen to Oslo, runs from fare
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.
Pull down ghettos and relocate residents: Danish PM in New Year speech
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.
Danish man in 'critical' condition after New Year champagne bottle injury
A man has been put into an induced coma after a champagne bottle exploded between his legs on New Year’s Eve.
Final tally: 267 injured on New Year’s Eve in Denmark
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.
Europe parties ring in New Year despite terror jitters
Millions of people around the world shrugged off terror jitters to ring in 2017 in style.
How to greet 2017 like a true Dane
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.
Deadly firework found at Copenhagen daycare
Police were forced to close off the area surrounding a daycare after a worker discovered a dangerous and illegal firework.
Man jailed for selling deadly fireworks
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.
PM defends her record in New Year's speech
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.
At least four Danes die in New Year's celebrations
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.
Queen bids refugees welcome in New Year's address
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.