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Thorbjørn Jagland is also one of the five members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Photo: Berit Roald / NTB scanpix US President Donald Trump is "no longer the moral leader of his country or the world", human rights watchdog the Council of Europe said Wednesday amid global outrage over the White House's policy of separating migrant children from their parents. "What is happening at the (US-Mexico) border where he (Trump) is separating children from their parents is a sign that he is no longer the moral leader of his country or the world," the Council of Europe's secretary general, Thorbjørn Jagland, told Norwegian broadcaster TV2.  "Everything he does excludes him from the role American presidents have always had," Jagland said during a trip to Moscow. "He cannot speak on behalf of the so-called free world." The Council of Europe is a Strasbourg-based international human rights organisation with 47 signatory states. Jagland is also one of the five members of … [Read more...] about Trump ‘cannot speak on behalf of the so-called free world’: Jagland

A file photo of an elk. Photo: adogslifephoto/Depositphotos A wild elk has been observed in Denmark for the first time in almost 20 years, the Danish Nature Agency has confirmed. A local resident spotted the animal near the town of Helsinge in northern Zealand last week, the agency said in a press statement. “The citizen took some photographs and a video and based on that we can conclude that it is an elk. It is probably a heifer, in other words a female elk around two years old,” nature consultant Niels Worm said. Following the sighting, the Nature Agency was later able to confirm that it was in fact a two-year-old elk that had been spotted. Though it is uncertain how the animal reached Denmark, Worm said that it was conceivable that it could have swum across the Øresund strait from Sweden. The last sighting of an elk in Denmark was as long ago as 1999, although there were several unconfirmed sightings, particularly in 2001, 2010 and 2012, all in the … [Read more...] about Wild elk spotted in Denmark for first time since 1999

Consumer goods and services in Denmark cost 142 percent of the EU average, according to figures published by the European Union’s statistics agency Eurostat. According to data collected by the agency, price levels for consumer goods and services differed widely across EU member countries in 2017, but Denmark, at 142 percent of the EU average, had the highest price levels. Denmark was followed by Luxembourg (127 percent), Ireland and Sweden (both 125 percent), Finland (122 percent) and the United Kingdom (117 percent). At the opposite end of the scale, the lowest price level was found in Bulgaria (48 percent), while Romania (52 percent) and Poland (56 percent) were just above 50 percent of the average. That means that price levels for consumer goods and services in the EU varied by almost one to three between the cheapest and the most expensive member state. It is also interesting to note that three non-EU counties that are part of the European Free Trade Association -- … [Read more...] about Denmark is most expensive EU country for consumer goods

This article is available to Members of The Local. Read more Membership Exclusives here. Trosa This picture-perfect Swedish town has a lot to offer visitors, and you can spend an afternoon strolling along the river, ducking down charming lanes of wooden houses and into shops, and following the pier to the spot known as 'World's End'. Families can hop aboard the free 'Blå (Blue Train) for a leisurely tour of the small centre. In the summer, it's possible to go rafting or sailing along the stream and out in the archipelago, while in winter there's the opportunity to ice-skate or ski, either cross-country or at the volunteer-run ski slope. Hikers won't be disappointed either: Trosa is a good base for exploring the Sörmlandsleden trail, for example by taking a 20-kilometre route from the town centre to pass ruins and shoreline to reach Tullgarn Castle. Trosa harbour. Photo: Catherine Edwards How to get there: Take the Trosabussen from Liljeholmen south of Stockholm … [Read more...] about Five of the best day trips to do from Stockholm

LGBT activists in Rome. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP A property confiscated from a Naples mafia boss is to be put to better use as a shelter for LGBT people fleeing persecution in Italy and overseas. A gay rights group won permission this month to turn a lakeside villa in the town of Castel Volturno, north of Naples, into a regional refuge for people suffering discrimination for their sexuality or identity, both Italian nationals and migrants arriving on Italy's southern shores. "It was very emotional," said Bernardo Diana, head of the Rain Arcigay Caserta group that has spent nearly three years seeking authorization to use the premises and is seeking crowdfunding to complete the project. The three-storey building, unused since police seized it from the commander of a local Camorra clan in the 1990s, will be renovated to include housing, a public kitchen and dining room, co-working area, events space and roof terrace. Photo: Rain Arcigay Caserta Once it's completed, the … [Read more...] about Villa seized from Italian mafia to be turned into LGBT centre