Tausende DĂ€nen haben in Kopenhagen gegen die von US-PrĂ€sident Donald Trump erhobenen BesitzansprĂŒche auf Grönland protestiert. Sie versammelten sich vor dem Rathaus der dĂ€nischen Hauptstadt, schwenkten dĂ€nische und grönlĂ€ndische Fahnen und riefen „Kalaallit Nunaat!“ – den Namen Grönlands in der Muttersprache.
Auch in anderen dÀnischen StÀdten sowie in der grönlÀndischen Hauptstadt Nuuk finden Proteste statt.
In Greenland‘s capital Nuuk, thousands led by Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen carried flags and similar banners as they headed for the U.S. consulate chanting „Kalaallit Nunaat“ – the island‘s name in Greenlandic.
âIâve come here today because I think itâs important to show that Greenland is not for sale. It is not a toy. This is our home,â said Naja Holm, a civil servant.
During a protest on Saturday, Danish Politician Julie Rademacher, who is also a Greenlander, spoke about President Trump‘s attempts to take over Greenland.
WASHINGTON â U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) will lead a bipartisan, bicameral congressional delegation to Copenhagen, Denmark this week to highlight more than 200 years of friendship between the United States and the Kingdom of Denmark, including enduring national security ties and decades of economic cooperation. The delegation will be in Copenhagen Friday, January 16, and Saturday, January 17.
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Senator Coons will be joined on the trip by U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and U.S. Representatives Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), Madeleine Dean (D-Penn.), Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.), and Sarah McBride (D-Del.). Additional members are expected to join the delegation as well.
Two of Scandinaviaâs busiest airports â Oslo and Copenhagen â were forced to close for several hours due to drone sightings overnight into Tuesday, disrupting the travel plans of tens of thousands of people.
The airspace over Denmarkâs Copenhagen Airport was closed for almost four hours on Monday night after two to three large âunidentifiedâ drones were spotted in the area. No flights were allowed to take off or land.
Tens of thousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators have taken to the streets in several European cities on Saturday, including London, Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen and Amsterdam, as well as elsewhere.
Marches called for allowing aid into the besieged Gaza Strip and demanded a ceasefire, as they also commemorated the 48th anniversary of Land Day.
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Later in the day, the Secretary General opened the new NATO accelerator site âDeep Tech Lab â Quantumâ together with the Danish Minister of Defence, Troels Lund Poulsen; the Minister for Industry, Business and Financial Affairs, Morten BĂždskov; and the Minister of Higher Education and Science, Christina Egelund. The Lab will help start-ups from across the Alliance commercialise quantum-enabled solutions, as part of NATOâs new Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA).
DIANA consists of a network of test centers and accelerator sites across NATO countries, where innovators develop new technologies to solve pressing security challenges. The Deep Tech Lab â Quantum in Copenhagen is one of five pilot accelerator sites launched in 2023.
Beautiful firework at radhuspladsen, Copenhagen for New Years Eve 2022.
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From Underdog up to the top
In the previous Time Out Magazine ranking from 2019, Copenhagen didnât even crack the top 48.
About 52,000 people flocked to Copenhagenâs Parken stadium a day after Denmark abolished coronavirus restrictions.
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The demonstration followed the sentencing of a woman who was found guilty of inciting violence during an anti-lockdown protest in January. Speakers who addressed the crowd during Saturdayâs march expressed solidarity with the woman, who received two years behind bars due to a controversial provision that allows Danish courts to double sentences if the crime is related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
(9.Mai) An unidentified hacker has breached Bycyklen âCopenhagen‘s city bikes networkâ and deleted the organization‘s entire database, disabling the public‘s access to bicycles over the weekend.
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