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De dag dat Trump meer dan Groenland opeist | NPO Start Wat als een onverwachte geopolitieke wending de machtsverhoudingen in de Arctische regio voorgoed verandert? In deze special van VPRO Bureau Buitenland verkent Sophie Derkzen samen met journalist Maar...

Strangely weird @vpro.nl TV program works out the scenario of US invading Greenland and Iceland !

@rvkgrapevine.bsky.social @eurdraaitdoor.bsky.social @sindrieldon.bsky.social @jontrausti.bsky.social @marclanteigne.bsky.social & @eirikurbergmann.bsky.social

#iceland #trump

npo.nl/start/afspel...

Trump is ready to grab Greenland. The EU should move first – and offer it membership | Robert Habeck and Andreas Raspotnik The US president’s threats to the territory show Europe needs a new strategy for its far north: one based on cooperation, not domination, say Robert Habeck, former German vice-chancellor, and Andreas ...

🧊 Instead of reacting to US dominance, the #EU could offer #Greenland a path to membership and #cooperation that strengthens multilateralism, security and #Arctic stability ❄️🤝

🔗 Publication by Robert Habeck & Andreas Raspotnik below ⤵️
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Møde faldt på plads efter samtale med republikansk senator Den grønlandske politiker Aaja Chemnitz fra Inuit Ataqatigiit har haft kontakten til senatorerne i forbindelse forberedelserne af mødet mellem amerikanske sena...

Seems Alaska's Lisa Murkowski is involved: nyheder.tv2.dk/live/2025-01...

US Senators travel to Denmark.

#greenland #denmark #trump

@ajboekestijn.bsky.social @robdewijk.bsky.social

I did miss this one myself. Seems Björk has sparked a record store in the Danish city of Odense to remove Björk’s albums, because she is pro Greenlandic independence. See her attached post.

www.icelandreview.com/news/bjorks-...

#Björk #iceland #greenland #trump

Icelandic-owned Amaroq Attracts US Attention After Strong Results The share price of mining firm Amaroq, which operates in Greenland and has significant Icelandic ownership, has climbed steeply after comments suggesting possible interest from the United States gover...

The Iceland Review shows an example of US mineral involvement in Greenland: Amaroq

www.icelandreview.com/news/iceland...

#iceland #greenland #trump

Meeting to be held at Keflavík International Airport Icelanders need to deepen cooperation with our allied nations.

Iceland also starts moving ! Johann Wadephul (Germany’s Minister for Foreign Affairs) will meet with his Icelandic colleague (Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir) on his road to Marco Rubio:
icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/20...

#iceland #greenland #trump @svanhildur.bsky.social @stennikr.bsky.social

Jens-Frederik Nielsen, the Greenlandic leader under pressure The Arctic island’s 34-year-old prime minister is at the centre of one of the world’s most meaningful geopolitical struggles

The FT's Person In The News this week is Jens-Frederik Nielsen, the badminton-loving Greenlandic PM standing up to Trump www.ft.com/content/68a1...

Britain in talks with Nato allies over increasing presence in Arctic UK premier Keir Starmer is seeking to fend off Donald Trump’s threat to take over Greenland

FT states UK is negotiating with allies on increased arctic presence:

giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

#greenland #usa #denmark #self-determination #trump @robdewijk.bsky.social @marfusvalentin.bsky.social

Tidligere Trump-stabschef i eksklusivt interview med B.T.: Derfor vil han have Grønland Et fremtidigt selvstændigt Grønland udgør en sikkerhedsrisiko, som USA ikke vil tage chancen med, siger Trumps tidligere toprådgiver.

Danish tabloid BT interviews former Trump stafchef stating starngely the US fears Greenland to stop their 1951 treaty with Denmark (which formally gives the US a massive opportunity to increase their military presence in Greenland) when becoming independent.

#greenland

www.bt.dk/politik/tidl...

'Diplomacy will win' - Greenland opposition on US threats The leader of Greenland's opposition has told RTÉ News he does not believe the US will invade Greenland and that people have "nothing to fear".

Live interview with Pele Broberg (Greenlandic opposition party Naleraq - wants rapid independence / pro-cooperation with USA) He seems pretty cool on Trumps intentions:

www.rte.ie/news/world/2...

@marfusvalentin.bsky.social @ajboekestijn.bsky.social @robdewijk.bsky.social

#greenland #trump #eu

Tryggast við sjálvstýri Tað tryggasta fyri okkum og Grønland hevði verið um vit vóru sjálvstøðug lond og ikki hjálond, sigur Erling Eidesgaard, varatingmaður fyri Tjóðveldi

Situation in Greenland also reignites discussions on independence in Faroe Islands:

kvf.fo/greinar/2026...

kvf.fo/greinar/2026...

@ajboekestijn.bsky.social @bobdeen.bsky.social

Germany to Pitch Arctic NATO Mission to Ease Greenland Rift NATO’s “Baltic Sentry” mission — kicked off a year ago to shield critical infrastructure in the Baltic Sea — could serve as blueprint for a new “Arctic Sentry” mission, which would include Greenland, ...

Germany to pitch arctic NATO mission to Ease Greenland rift (Yahoo / Bloomberg):

finance.yahoo.com/news/germany...

#greenland #usa #trump #nato #eu #denmark #self-determination

Greenlandic oublication Sermitsiaq states Sweden is open to sending troops to Greenland:
www.sermitsiaq.ag/samfund/live...

Picture translated to English

#greenland #usa #trump #eu #self-determination

Politicoloog Arend Lijphart: ‘De VS waren nooit echt democratisch’ Politicologie: Arend Lijphart (89) is de belangrijkste Nederlandse politicoloog aller tijden. Hij werd bekend door zijn werk over de verzuiling, maar vanuit zijn huis in San Francisco volgt hij nu voo...

Fantastic, my favourite newspaper @nrc.nl has an interview with my favourite political scientist Arend Lijphart! By Milo van Bokkum.

#democracy #usa #politicalscience #politics #freedom

‘De VS waren nooit echt democratisch’ www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

And another one on the doormat: "De Gruyter Handbook of Citizens' Assemblies" from Min Reuchamps, @welpita.bsky.social & Julien Vrydagh. Can't wait.

@tegenverkiezingen.bsky.social @nicolecurato.bsky.social @antolw.bsky.social @dannicafleuss.bsky.social #democracy #lottocracy #citizenassemblies

New book in !!! "Sikh Nationalism" of Gurharpal Singh and Giorgio Shani.

#sikh #india #self-determination

@karlobasta.bsky.social @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social @andrefazi.bsky.social @danicetra.bsky.social

That’s a weird list Oman and Turkmenistan?

As long as one of them or both end up in Europe. I am fine with any result. I am a fan of the periphery.

It's already a delightful page-turner ! Will update you when finished !

Somehow missed this paper from Microstate heroes Jack Corbett and Wouter Veenendaal (buth still not on Bluesky - Why not !!) together with Roannie Ng Shiu and @marlenejugl.bsky.social . With nice detail on Samoa.

#microstate #microstates

scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%...

Sorry for my little AI fantasy ! But the Akureyri derby between Þór Akureyri and KA Akureyri is really back on the highest Icelandic level. Last time was in 2002 on that level.

#iceland #akureyri @vikingur.is @svanhildur.bsky.social @ruvenglish-mirror.bsky.social @bestaenglish.bsky.social

Yes I cannot really find the votes Utsira Bygdeliste & Utsiralista seperately got.

No worries ! I had lots of start-up questions about the island, but lots of them have been discussed in the article. But I am still in search of the historical official election results on the island.

#utsira #islands #smallislands #island

What a joy, one of my favourite scientists on the doormat: @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social ! So "The Disunited States" will 100% be next after I finnish my Caribbean @gracecarrington.bsky.social book

@andrefazi.bsky.social @stephenmarche.bsky.social @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social @karlobasta.bsky.social

Little, strong Utsira – life in Norway’s smallest municipality - Nordic Labour Journal When a young Julie Faldt Faurholt moved from Denmark’s smallest municipality – the island of Læsø – she was determined she would never live in such a small place again. But the island she lives on now...

It's from some time ago (early 2025) but the @nordicjournal.bsky.social has an all-encompassing article on Norway's smallest island municipality (and the 12th smallest of Europe): @utsira-kommune.bsky.social

@atgrims.bsky.social #islands #island #utsira

www.nordiclabourjournal.org/little-stron...

Thanks for this very interesting !

In principle agreed, but would you then also lower the size of divisions or increase the Promotion / Relegation amounts? To get some matches back where there is all to play for.

Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?

Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.

Here are the key take-aways 🧵

arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417

One question for the Hallig-expert ( @sandra-halligliebe.bsky.social ! The boat did not leave for Hallig Gröde this weekend (called the captain, he said storm). But would there have been something to eat or read on the island in the rain? I guess no shops or covered spave to read?

#island #islands