Denmark

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.wtf/post/18784019

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/41389058

cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/67072

cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/63082

Written by u/Kaptajnknus on Reddit

Pituffik Space Base has facilities for around 7000 employees, and previously the workforce consisted of 4000 civilian employees and 6000 soldiers; today there are only 150 left.

The Americans were active in 50 places in Greenland and operated, among other things, nine airports, six radar stations, a naval base and 21 weather stations.

So when American politicians talk about Denmark failing in its responsibility in relation to Greenland's security, it is part of the story that the United States has also cut back heavily on its military presence over the years.

So security in Greenland is obviously not what plays such a big role.

America is still allowed to raise its manpower if they are so worried.

They just have to remember to take their radioactive waste home with them, this time.

Having said that, Denmark has taken on the responsibility of increasing radar surveillance in Greenland in 2021, but in the meantime war has broken out in Europe, and Denmark is the 7th largest contributor to Ukraine with 0.5% of GDP, the US is number 14 with 0.4% of GDP. Despite this, Denmark has not demanded anything back from Ukraine, why would they save their resources from one dictator just to hand them over to another dictator.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/19967587

Outgoing Greenlandic Prime Minister Mute Egede described the plan as aggressive, and said the duo had not been invited for meetings. Meanwhile, the island's likely next leader accused the US of showing a lack of respect.

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It governs its own domestic affairs, but decisions on foreign and defence policy are made in Denmark. The US has long held a security interest - and has had a military base on the island since World War Two.

It is also thought Trump is interested in the island's rare earth minerals. His son Donald Jr visited Greenland before Trump's inauguration in January.

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Trump appeared to escalate his campaign to take over the island during a conversation with Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte earlier this month.

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According to recent polls, almost 80% of Greenlanders back independence from Denmark. But an opinion survey in January suggested an even greater number rejected the idea of becoming part of the US.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27150675

The US, grappling with an egg shortage, is reaching out to Lithuania for egg exports after Finland declined. The situation has prompted ridicule online.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/58493594

I've been using their app for some time now and really like the concept: Basically it allows restaurants, bakeries, supermarkets etc to announce when they have stuff leftover that they'd usually throw away at the end of the day. You can browse those nearby shops in the app and reserve a "surprise bag" for a small amount, usually around a third of the regular price, but it varies. In the pickup timeframe (usally around 30-60min before their closing time) you go there, show that you've reserved the bag in your app, confirm that you've received it and happily walk home with a ton of surprise food for super cheap.

After using it for a while I can especially recommend looking for food stalls at farmers markets as they often have lots of stuff leftover that they don't want to take back home when packing up so they're often super generous. Bakeries are also great, I regularly get a week's supply of bread, buns, pastries and cake for like 3-5€.

EDIT: While it's made in Denmark the app works globally or at least all of EuropeAFAIK, definitely works fine with lots of participating shops in Germany.