Europe

25 August 2017

Immigration is always on the agenda

In Denmark, it’s called “cucumber time,” the silly season for trivial news in the summer when nothing important is happening. In the past two weeks, however, […]
21 July 2017

Immigration in Denmark 2017

In the preceding post I sketched the process of acquiring citizenship in Denmark, alluding to the controversy about recent restrictions on immigration. This time I want […]
14 July 2017

Citizenship and cake-slinging

As in the rest of Europe, immigration and integration are the most important and contentious issues in Denmark. They flared up during the refugee and migrant […]
7 July 2017

Happiness watch resumed: It’s the little things

This blog began in early 2016 when Bernie Sanders argued in the Democratic Party’s primary campaign that the US should emulate the social policies of Denmark […]