COPENHAGEN: Thousands of people gathered in Copenhagen on Sunday (Feb 5) 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,
COPENHAGEN (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 fourth Friday after Easter.