Frederiksen speaks to media about Greenland, territory’s PM wants direct talks with Trump, new Lego brick with microchip and more news from Denmark this Tuesday.
Frederiksen says US attacking NATO ally Greenland would be end of ‘everything’
Any US attack on a NATO ally would be the end of “everything”, Denmark’s prime minister warned last night, after US President Donald Trump repeated his desire to annex Greenland.
“If the United States decides to militarily attack another NATO country, then everything would stop — that includes NATO and therefore post-World War II security,” Mette Frederiksen told Danish television network TV2.
She said her government was doing “all that is possible so that is not the case”.
Frederiksen gave several interviews with Danish media yesterday evening with the government clearly concerned about Trump’s latest overtures, which have come in the wake of the United States military intervention in Venezuela.
READ ALSO: Danish PM says US must stop ‘threatening’ Greenland
Greenland PM calls for ‘contact’ with US
Greenland’s prime minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen last night called for renewed talks with the US after President Donald Trump repeated that he wanted to annex the mineral-rich Arctic territory.
“The situation is not such that the United States can conquer Greenland. That is not the case. Therefore, we must not panic. We must restore the good cooperation we once had,” Nielsen said, adding “we must try to re-establish contact”.
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Heavy snow storm forecast in North Jutland
The Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) has issued a ‘yellow’ alert for a snowstorm forecast in northern Jutland on Wednesday.
The snowstorm is expected to hit the northern half of Jutland within the next 48 hours, DMI said in a post on social media X. Between 10 and 20 centimetres of snow are expected to fall.
The alert is a category 2 warning, which denotes “dangerous weather”, and will be in effect from 6am until 5pm on Wednesday.
“The warning will of course be updated if the forecasts change, and they often do,” meteorologist Marielle Fournier from DMI told news wire Ritzau.
“So far, the snow we’ve seen has mainly come in showers. But a regular frontal system will move in on Wednesday, bringing more widespread snowfall and strengthening winds,” Fournier said.
READ ALSO: What do Denmark’s weather warnings actually mean?
Lego introduces new ‘intelligent’ brick
Danish toy giant Lego has announced the launch of a new brick which it says is its most significant invention for 50 years.
The brick, which has been given the name Smart Brick, is the same size as a traditional Lego brick but with inbuilt technology that allows it to change colour and play sounds.
Lego reportedly unveiled its new invention at a technology in US city Las Vegas yesterday, where media reported the company described it as its most significant invention for 50 years.
The company has also revealed details of the product in a press release.
Its features include a microchip that lets it change colours or play certain sounds when it is placed close to another Lego brick.