Greenland

• Eksklusif: Surat dikirim kepada pemerintah mengenai kasus wanita Inuit yang bayinya diambil setelah tes yang kini dilarang • Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa telah memperingatkan Denmark bahwa perlakuan terhadap seorang ibu Greenlandic yang bayinya yang baru lahir diambil oleh otoritas Denmark sebagai hasil dari tes kompetensi pola asuh yang kontroversial “mungkin merupakan diskriminasi etnis” • Putri Keira Alexandra Kronvold, Zammi, diambil darinya saat ia berusia dua jam dan ditempatkan di panti asuhan pada November 2024 setelah Kronvold menjalani apa yang disebut tes psikometrik FKU (kompetensi orang tua). Pada saat itu, ia diberitahu bahwa tes tersebut bertujuan untuk melihat apakah ia “cukup beradab”.

Qarsoq Høegh-Dam aims to use his seat in Danish parliament to shift power from Copenhagen to NuukIt’s not the standard motto for a newly elected parliamentarian, but Qarsoq Høegh-Dam is adamant: if he does his job properly, there will soon be no need for it. “I want to make myself as obsolete as possible,” he said.Last month, Høegh-Dam, a Greenlandic politician, became the first member of the pro-independence Naleraq to be elected to the Danish parliament. The new MP is clear that if all goes to plan, the largely autonomous Arctic territory will be the sole responsibility of the parliament in Nuuk, the island’s capital. And there will no longer be any need for two seats representing Greenland in Copenhagen, its former colonial ruler. Continue reading...

Incumbent Mette Frederiksen widely predicted to continue as PM but neither bloc expected to be able to form majorityDenmark election: far right has slowed under Frederiksen – but at what cost?After votes in France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia over the weekend, it’s now time for Denmark, as Danes go to the polls today amid the backdrop of (waves arms) everything, everywhere, all at once.As our Nordic correspondent Miranda Bryant explains, the incumbent, Mette Frederiksen, has been widely predicted to continue as prime minister after the election. Continue reading...