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Denmark’s Local and Regional Elections: What Changed, and Why It...

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Meet the Internationals standing for election: Vivian Xinwei Guan

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Denmark’s Local and Regional Elections: What Changed, and Why It Matters for Internationals

Additional reporting by Carly Spring Denmark’s recent local elections have shown some of the most dramatic political shifts in Danish history. From historic upsets in...

Meet the Internationals standing for election: Vivian Xinwei Guan

Party: Det Konservative Folkeparti (The Conservative People’s Party ) Candidate for: Local council: Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality Vivian’s  Journey Vivian Xinwei Guan is originally from China, and she moved...

Meet the candidates standing for election: Susanne Mathiesen, Monika Lillelund & Rie Køppen

Party: The Green Party/Socialistisk Folkeparti (SF) Candidates for: Billund Municipality, Southern Denmark About Susanne and Monika Both Susanne and Monika, two of SF’s three candidates in Billund...

Meet the Internationals standing for election: Hari Neupane

Party: Social Democrats (Social Demokratiet) Candidate for:  City council: Copenhagen Municipality Regional Council: Region Østdanmark (East Denmark) I had a chance to communicate with Hari Neupane...

Meet the Internationals Standing for Election: Elena Markova

Party: The Conservative People’s Party/Det Konservative Folkeparti Candidate for: Local council: Rudersdal Municipality Elena’s Journey Elena Markova was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. She received a Master of...