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Pentagon Hegseth
Pete Hegseth says the Pentagon has contingency plans to invade Greenland if necessary
The remarks have been met with flat rejections from Greenland’s leaders

Thu, 12 Jun, 2025

Norway Britain JEF Summit
Danish PM says ‘you cannot spy against an ally’ after reports on US activities
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has said “you cannot spy against an ally” after reports that the United States has stepped up intelligence gathering on Greenland. The semi-autonomous Danish territory is coveted by US President Donald Trump.

Fri, 09 May, 2025

Denmark-US-Greenland-Spying
Denmark to summon US diplomat over report on intelligence gathering in Greenland
Denmark has said it will summon the top US diplomat in the country for an explanation following a Wall Street Journal report about the United States stepping up intelligence gathering on Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory coveted by ...

Thu, 08 May, 2025

Denmark Royals
Danish king arrives in Greenland as Trump eyes strategic Arctic island
King Frederik X of Denmark has arrived in Greenland, kicking off a visit to the semi-autonomous territory that US president Donald Trump wants to annex because of its strategic Arctic location.

Tue, 29 Apr, 2025

Denmark Greenland
Greenland’s PM says island cannot be bought and US showing disrespect
New Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said on Sunday that US statements about the mineral-rich Arctic island have been disrespectful and that Greenland “will never, ever be a piece of property that can be bought by just anyone”.

Sun, 27 Apr, 2025

EU Greenland Denmark
Denmark’s king to visit Greenland in wake of Vance trip
Danish King Frederik X will visit Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, next week to meet with the new prime minister and his government, the royal house said.

Wed, 23 Apr, 2025

Vance
Head of US Space Force base in Greenland fired after Vance visit
The commander of a US Space Force base in Greenland has been fired after she sent a base-wide email breaking with official messaging following vice president JD Vance’s visit to the Danish territory that President Donald Trump is seeking to annex.

Fri, 11 Apr, 2025

Denmark Greenland
Danish PM tells US ‘you cannot annex another country’ on Greenland visit
Denmark’s prime minister is wrapping up her three-day visit to Greenland after telling the US “you cannot annex another country” – even when it comes to questions of international security.

Fri, 04 Apr, 2025

Denmark Greenland
Danish PM in Greenland for visit as Trump seeks control
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is in Greenland for a three-day trip aimed at building trust and cooperation with Greenlandic officials at a time when the Trump administration is seeking control of the vast Arctic territory.

Thu, 03 Apr, 2025

AP Top Photos of the Month March 2025
Danish PM heads to Greenland as Trump seeks control of territory
Prime minister Mette Frederiksen announced plans for her trip after US vice president JD Vance visited a US air base in Greenland last week and accused Denmark of underinvesting in the territory

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

Greenland What Now
US will not get Greenland, says territory’s prime minister
The prime minister of Greenland has pushed back against assertions by Donald Trump that the US will take control of the island territory.

Sun, 30 Mar, 2025

Vance
Denmark tells US to change its tone on Greenland
The Danish foreign minister scolded the Trump administration for its “tone” in criticising Denmark and Greenland, saying his country is already investing more into Arctic security and remains open to more cooperation with the US.

Sat, 29 Mar, 2025

Vance
JD Vance claims Denmark has ‘under-invested’ in Greenland
Mr Vance visited US troops at Pituffik Space Base on the mineral rich, strategically critical island

Fri, 28 Mar, 2025

Greenland Denmark Vance
Vance and wife to tour US military post in Greenland after diplomatic spat
US vice president JD Vance and his wife are due to visit an American military base in Greenland in a trip that was scaled back after an uproar by Greenlanders and Danes who were irked that the original itinerary was planned without consulting them.

Fri, 28 Mar, 2025

Russia Putin
Putin says US push for Greenland ‘rooted in history’
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has said that US President Donald Trump’s push for control over Greenland was not surprising given long-time US interest in the mineral-rich territory.

Thu, 27 Mar, 2025

Greenland Denmark Vance
US vice president JD Vance to join his wife on trip to Greenland
US vice president JD Vance said that he is joining his wife on a trip to Greenland, suggesting in an online video that global security is at stake. “We’re going to check out how things are going there,” Mr Vance said in a video posted to social media.

Tue, 25 Mar, 2025

Greenland Election Photo Essay
Greenland party leaders unite to reject Trump annexation move
The statement was issued by the leaders of the parties that won seats in parliament in an election held earlier this week

Fri, 14 Mar, 2025

APTOPIX Greenland Elections
Centre-right party springs surprise in Greenland elections
The right leaning Demokraatit Party won the most votes in Greenland’s parliamentary elections, a surprise result as the territory went to the polls in the shadow of US President Donald Trump’s stated goal of taking control of the island.

Wed, 12 Mar, 2025

Greenland Election
Election polls close in Greenland’s capital as Trump seeks control
The polling station in Greenland’s capital closed on Tuesday in a closely watched parliamentary election that will determine the leaders who will confront US President Donald Trump’s effort to take control of the strategically placed Arctic country.

Tue, 11 Mar, 2025

Greenland Election
Polls open in Greenland as Trump seeks control of strategic island
Polls have opened in Greenland for early parliamentary elections as US President Donald Trump seeks control of the strategic Arctic island.

Tue, 11 Mar, 2025

‘Don’t waste time’ on Trump’s Greenland remarks, says Blinken
‘Don’t waste time’ on Trump’s Greenland remarks, says Blinken
Outgoing US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has advised the world “not to waste a lot of time” on what President-elect Donald Trump has been saying about Greenland.

Wed, 08 Jan, 2025

Donald Trump Jnr lands in Greenland after father said US should own territory
Donald Trump Jnr lands in Greenland after father said US should own territory
The Danish state broadcaster reported that Donald Trump Jnr’s plane landed in Nuuk, the capital of the vast and icy territory that has some 57,000 residents

Tue, 07 Jan, 2025

Greenland to stay in daylight saving time
Greenland to stay in daylight saving time
Residents of Greenland have switched to daylight saving time and moved their clocks one hour forward at the weekend for the very last time.

Mon, 27 Mar, 2023

Greenland Glaciers On the Edge
New ice core analysis shows sharp Greenland warming spike
Until now Greenland ice cores – a glimpse into long-running temperatures before thermometers – had not shown much of a clear signal of global warming on the remotest north central part of the island

Wed, 18 Jan, 2023

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Rare earths processor buys rights to mine in Greenland
One of the world’s few rare earths processors outside China has bought exploration rights to mine in Greenland, opening an avenue for diversifying supplies of the minerals critical for advanced and green technologies.

Tue, 23 Aug, 2022

Greenland Oil
Greenland suspends oil exploration because of climate change
The government of Greenland has suspended all oil exploration off the world’s largest island, calling it is “a natural step” because it “takes the climate crisis seriously”.

Fri, 16 Jul, 2021

Denmark Greenland Election
Greenland poll produces win for party opposed to mining project
Greenland’s main opposition party, which is against an international mining project involving uranium and other metals on the Arctic island, has emerged as the biggest party after winning more than a third of votes in an early parliamentary ...

Wed, 07 Apr, 2021

Four presumed dead after Greenland tsunami
Four presumed dead after Greenland tsunami

Greenland flags were flying at half-mast across Denmark on Wednesday for four people who are presumed dead after a tsunami flooded a village on the Arctic island's west coast.

Wed, 21 Jun, 2017

Meet the man who sails around the world with his pet hen
Meet the man who sails around the world with his pet hen

Guirec Soudee has been sailing around the world with his pet hen, Monique.

Wed, 12 Oct, 2016

Greenland’s EU exit exposes Brexit timetable illusions
Greenland’s EU exit exposes Brexit timetable illusions

There’s a man in the EU who has already led a country out of the bloc. His name is Uffe Ellemann-Jensen. He’s a former foreign minister of Denmark who handled negotiations on Greenland after its citizens voted to leave the EU in 1982.

Thu, 11 Aug, 2016

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