Video: Danes protest against planned public holiday cancellation

The “Great Day of Prayer” has been celebrated in Denmark for more than 300 years on the fourth Friday after Easter. In order to cover higher military spending, the Danish government now wants to abolish the holiday. Tens of thousands of people followed a protest call by the unions in Copenhagen on Sunday.

The “Great Day of Prayer” has been celebrated in Denmark for more than 300 years on the fourth Friday after Easter. In order to cover higher military spending, the Danish government now wants to abolish the holiday. Tens of thousands of people followed a protest call by the unions in Copenhagen on Sunday.

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