US spies stoked separatism in Greenland

Denmark has accused US agents of trying to foment separatism in Greenland, reigniting fears over the territory’s future.  Danish officials briefed Danish national broadcaster DR on Wednesday (27 August) that three US citizens linked to the administration had covertly visited the island to recruit backers for a split from Denmark…

Squatters are back in Amsterdam

The late Dutch author and Holocaust survivor Marga Minco once wrote about an empty house in Amsterdam where she and other artists hid at the end of the second world war. Last month, that same house was occupied by a new generation of squatters. In Amsterdam’s overcrowded and overpriced housing…