"Their rendezvous may be on Valentine's Day, but its nature looks likely to be anything but romantic: Denmark and the US, their relations frostier than they have been for decades, are due to face each other in ice hockey next month. A week into the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics in Italy, the Danish Lions are scheduled to play Team USA in a preliminary round game at Milan's Santagiulia ice hockey arena on 14 February, according to the official programme."
"Bilateral diplomatic ties have been strained to breaking point by Donald Trump's aggressive drive to seize Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of the kingdom of Denmark, which the US president has said he will take one way or the other. The Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, has criticised what she called completely unacceptable pressure from the US, saying: Borders cannot be changed by force, and small countries should not fear large countries."
"Trump doubled down over the weekend, threatening to bring in new tariffs for eight European countries including Denmark until they dropped their objections to his plans, and telling Norway's prime minister the US needed complete and total control of Greenland. Tens of thousand of Danes joined Greenlanders in demonstrating across the kingdom on Saturday in protest at the US president's territorial ambitions for the Arctic island, holding aloft signs saying Hands off Greenland and Greenland is not for sale."
Denmark and the United States are scheduled to meet in an Olympic ice hockey preliminary round on 14 February at Milan's Santagiulia arena. Diplomatic ties have been strained by President Donald Trump's stated drive to acquire Greenland, a semi-autonomous part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen condemned the pressure, saying borders cannot be changed by force and small countries should not fear large countries. Trump threatened tariffs against European countries and asserted a need for control of Greenland. Tens of thousands of Danes and Greenlanders protested with signs reading 'Hands off Greenland' and 'Greenland is not for sale'. Political tensions have historically spilled into sporting contests.
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