Hacker News with Generative AI: Denmark

Greenland leader calls for independence from Denmark (thehill.com)
Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede announced a desire to obtain independence from Denmark in the wake of President-elect Trump’s comments about buying the island territory.

Greenland, Independence, Denmark, Politics

12 points by belter 14 days ago | 4 comments

Denmark Offers to Buy USA (2019) (newyorker.com)
COPENHAGEN (The Borowitz Report)—After rebuffing Donald J. Trump’s hypothetical proposal to purchase Greenland, the government of Denmark has announced that it would be interested in buying the United States instead.

Politics, Humor, International Relations, United States, Denmark

74 points by belter 22 days ago | 43 comments

Denmark boosts Greenland defence after Trump repeats desire for US control (bbc.co.uk)
The Danish government has announced a huge boost in defence spending for Greenland, hours after US President-elect Donald Trump repeated his desire to purchase the Arctic territory.

Denmark, Greenland, Politics, International Relations, Defense

14 points by subvertify 24 days ago | 8 comments

The five-minute city: inside Denmark's revolutionary neighbourhood (theguardian.com)
While ambitious urban planners try to make 15-minute cities a reality, the Nordhavn district of Copenhagen has gone one better. What’s life like when everything you need is just a stroll away?

Urban Planning, Denmark, Copenhagen, Neighborhoods

27 points by rustoo 38 days ago | 4 comments

Widespread disruption in Denmark after mobile network outage (news.sky.com)
Severe outages for one of Denmark's largest mobile networks caused disruption for emergency services, with investigations ongoing to identify the cause.

Denmark, Mobile Networks, Outages, Emergency Services

9 points by austinallegro 50 days ago | 0 comments

Denmark will plant 1B trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest (apnews.com)
Danish lawmakers on Monday agreed on a deal to plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest and natural habitats over the next two decades in an effort to reduce fertilizer usage.

Environment, Climate Change, Sustainability, Agriculture, Denmark

667 points by geox 55 days ago | 466 comments

Danish Navy stopped a Chinese ship suspected of damaging undersea cables (defence24.com)
The Danish Navy has detained the Chinese bulk carrier Yi Peng 3, which is suspected of damaging telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea.

International Relations, Security, China, Denmark, Telecommunications

84 points by donohoe 59 days ago | 3 comments

The day I became a millionaire (signalvnoise.com)
I grew up lower-middle class on the outskirts of Copenhagen. Anywhere outside of Scandinavia, the socioeconomic label would probably have been ‘poor’, but Danish safety nets and support systems did their best to suspend the facts and offer better.

Personal Finance, Life Experiences, Denmark

10 points by moaaz_ae 95 days ago | 1 comments

Danish Justice Minister Under Fire for Pushing Encryption Ban While Using It (reclaimthenet.org)

Privacy, Encryption, Politics, Denmark

11 points by AlgebraFox 137 days ago | 0 comments

Danish government will shut down encrypted messaging (including via blocking) (version2.dk)

Cryptography, Privacy, Government, Denmark, Messaging

18 points by intunderflow 145 days ago | 23 comments

Ozempic's biggest side effect: Turning Denmark into a 'pharmastate'? (npr.org)

Pharmaceuticals, Denmark, Health, Side Effects

85 points by geox 172 days ago | 116 comments

Gassy cows and pigs will face a carbon tax in Denmark, a world first (apnews.com)