Thousands of Danes protest cancelling of public holiday

Danes protest against plan to abolish public holiday

Tens of thousands of Danes protested on Sunday against the government's plan to abolish a public holiday to help fund the defence budget.

Thousands of Danes protest cancelling of public holiday

Thousands of people gathered in Copenhagen on Sunday to protest a bill put forward by the government to scrap a public holiday to help finance increased defence spending.

Thousands of Danes Protest Canceling of Public Holiday

Thousands of people gathered in Copenhagen on Sunday to protest a bill put forward by the government to scrap a public holiday to help finance increased defense spending. The demonstration was organized by the country's biggest labor unions which oppose abolishing the Great Prayer Day, a Christian holiday that falls on the fourth Friday after Easter and dates to 1686. Unions organizing the protest estimated at least 50,000 people took part, whic…

Thousands of Danes protest canceling of public holiday

Thousands of people gathered in Copenhagen on Sunday to protest a bill put forward by the government to scrap a public holiday to help finance increased defense spending. The demonstration was organized by the country's biggest labor unions which oppose abolishing the Great Prayer Day, a Christian holiday that falls…

Danes take to the streets to protest against the end of the holiday

Tens of thousands of Danes spoke out against the Government's plan to abolish a holiday to finance the defense budget during the war in Ukraine.

Danes protest against government plan to scrap public holiday to fund higher defence spending

Thousands of people gathered in Copenhagen on Sunday to protest a plan by the government to scrap a public holiday to help finance increased defence spending.