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‘Democracy takes precedence’: Denmark moves to extend veil ban to schools, targets prayer rooms in universities
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced plans to extend the nation's ban on full-face Islamic veils to include ...
Denmark aims to extend ban on full-face veils to schools, universities
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Thursday her government planned to extend the ban on full-face Islamic veils ...
EU country echoes Reform as it takes ‘burqa ban’ further
Denmark is one of several European countries to introduce a ban. In 2010, Nicolas Sarkozy, the then-French president, introduced a ban in France. Anyone found wearing the covering in a public space ...
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Denmark's 'Efterskoles,' Where Teens Spend Year Finding Themselves
The aim is to spend a year "finding out who you are, how to live your life and how the community functions," said Mette ...
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Denmark's 'efterskoles', where teens spend a year finding themselves
About a third of all Danish 15-year-olds spend a year finding themselves at an "efterskole", a kind of boarding school where ...
Construction of the Denmark community center and library to start this year
The Denmark School Board unanimously approved the sale of the building to OneDenmark for $1 in October. The new early ...
Green Bay area high school sports results for Tuesday, June 3
GREEN BAY - The top-seeded Hornets move to 27-0 and will await the winner of the Kaukauna-Ashwaubenon matchup for the ...
Royal makes rare public appearance after sudden hospital admission
Queen Margrethe of Denmark has made a rare solo appearance just weeks after her two-night hospital stay last month. The ...
As Denmark raises its retirement age to 70, experts weigh in on whether the U.S. may follow its lead
Raising the retirement age to 70 would help Social Security’s trust fund shortfall. But experts say an across-the-board ...
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This school lets teens 'find themselves' for a year
It's a time for teens to cut ties with their parents and test out communal living, free of most constraints, often in the ...
Danish PM seeks to extend religious full-face veil ban to educational institutions
Mette Frederiksen said on Thursday she was seeking to extend the 2018 niqab ban to educational institutions and remove prayer ...
Appleton area high school sports results for Tuesday, June 3
Appleton North is now 17-3 and will play either Appleton East or Bay Port for the regional title June 7. KAUAKUNA - The 10th-seeded Owls outlasted the seventh-seeded Ghosts. With the win, Slinger ...