fourth of july

Empty wooden benches in the grassy Rebild hills amphitheatre in Denmark, with small Danish flags along a path and a bare flagpole against an overcast sky.

Transatlantic rift

Denmark's Rebild festival marks US 250th anniversary without American officials

Denmark's Rebild Festival, the largest Fourth of July celebration outside the United States, will go ahead on America's 250th anniversary without representatives of the US state. Aalborg Municipality threatened to withdraw its funding unless embassy and military officials were dropped, and for the second year running organisers have not invited Donald Trump's traditional presidential greeting — fallout from Washington's campaign to take control of Greenland.

By Julia Weber17 hr ago