The Capital Region (Denmark) The Capital Region (Denmark) The Capital Region () was the administrative name of the municipalities of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg and the counties of Frederiksborg, Copenhagen, and Roskilde. It was replaced by the Capital Region of Denmark () as an administrative region on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform. The new region includes the island of Bornholm (in the Baltic Sea 100 nautical miles from Copenhagen), and excludes the southwestern parts of Greater Copenhagen that were covered by Roskilde County. These southwestern areas are instead included in Region Zealand (). In 2007 the Capital Region had
Freedom of speech and freedom of the press in Denmark made about rape and honour killings in Muslim families in a newspaper article in connection with Hedegaard's case. In February and March 2004 three Berlingske Tidende journalists, Michael Bjerre, Jesper Larsen, and Niels Lunde, were prosecuted for "harming state security" after publishing the details of classified intelligence reports about the lack of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. In December 2006 the three were acquitted by a Copenhagen court. Freedom of speech and freedom of the press in Denmark Freedom of speech and freedom of the press in Denmark are ensured by § 77 of the constitution: There's widespread agreement