COPENHAGEN, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Denmark's parliament on Tuesday passed a much-debated bill put forward by the new government to scrap a public holiday to help finance increased defence spending.

School vacations vary slightly by municipality. Besides official public holidays and school vacations, Denmark has several special observance days that are widely recognized but not official days off ...

On the fourth Friday after Easter, Denmark typically observes a religious festival known as Store Bededag, or Great Prayer Day. The national holiday has existed for over three centuries ...

Workers in Denmark currently have up to 11 public holidays; the figure is lower in years where Christmas and New Years fall on weekends. A bill proposing the abolition of the Store Bededag holiday ...

A proposal by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen would eliminate one public day off from work in an effort to increase spending on defense. By Jasmina Nielsen Reporting from Copenhagen. Just as ...

Workers in Denmark currently have up to 11 public holidays; the figure is lower in years where Christmas and New Year fall on weekends. The loss of the holiday - created more than 300 years ago ...

Denmark's parliament has voted to abolish a springtime public holiday to boost spending on the military. Lawmakers voted 95-68 to scrap Great Prayer Day, a religious holiday observed since the ...

Denmark has scrapped a public holiday in order to help pay for its NATO defence spending commitments. The newly formed government says the move will help raise tax revenues for money to boost the ...

Denmark itself is a little fuzzy on the origins ... making handcrafted ornaments to hang on trees and decorate homes remains a beloved holiday tradition. Any Dane will tell you about their country ...

The reality: 16° and raining. So when my wife and I broke tradition this year and booked a holiday outside Denmark in July some friends were outraged. “Why would you leave Denmark?!” they cried “It’s ...