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Thousands of Danes protest cancelling of public holiday

Demonstrators take part in a protest against the government's proposal to abolish a public holiday to help finance the defence budget, in front of the Danish Parliament in Copenhagen, Denmark, February 5, 2023. The Ritzau Scanpix/Emil Helms via REUTERS.

Copenhagen, Denmark Reuters 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. The demonstration was organised by the country’s biggest labour unions which oppose abolishing the Great Prayer Day, a Christian holiday that falls on the […]