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September 19, 2026 7:29 AM

US and Denmark reach deal on Greenland, Trump says

The United States, Denmark and Greenland have entered into an agreement for the US to develop a significant military presence on Greenland, while prohibiting US adversaries from building their own bases on the island, Donald Trump said on Friday. In a Truth Social post, the US president wrote that no US enemies would be able to make sensitive investments on the island without the approval of the United States and that the agreement had no expiry date. "At my direction, we worked with represent...

September 7, 2026 10:36 PM

EU pledges Greenland investments amid Trump’s push for control

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled plans on Monday for €200 million ($232 million) of EU investments in Greenland and closer ties with the Danish Arctic territory, which President Donald Trump has insisted should belong to the United States. Von der Leyen arrived in Greenland on Sunday for a two-day visit serving as a show of support for the governments of Greenland and Denmark, which have strongly rebuffed Trump’s campaign to acquire the world’s largest island. ...

July 15, 2026 10:58 AM

Scientists sail for Greenland to study glacier melt risk

An international team of around 80 scientists and crew will set sail on polar research ship the ‌RSS David Attenborough for Greenland this week to investigate whether the island's rapidly melting glaciers could disrupt a major Atlantic Ocean current system and with it Europe's climate. The five- to six-week mission departs Britain after the country and Western Europe just experienced the warmest June months on record, disrupting power supplies, shutting schools and causing excess deaths...

May 13, 2026 5:22 PM

Trump’s designs on Greenland prod investment, tourism likely to pay off faster than mines

New focus on Greenland since Donald Trump declared his aim to seize it could help boost investment there, with Arctic tourism likely to pay off faster than ambitious future plans to mine for minerals, the head of Denmark's export credit agency said. The governments of Greenland and Denmark have rejected Trump's repeated demands that the self-governing Danish territory become part of the United States. But since Trump's designs thrust Greenland into the headlines, there has been a surge of inter...

April 9, 2026 10:42 PM

‘We are not some piece of ice’: Greenland hits back at Trump’s Arctic insult

Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen called on NATO allies to stand together to defend international law as he pushed back against U.S. President Donald Trump's latest comments about the Arctic island. Trump vented his frustration with NATO's unwillingness to get involved in the war on Iran that he launched with Israel, saying in a social media post that the military alliance was not around when needed and would not be there "if we need them again. REMEMBER GREENLAND, THAT BIG, POOR...

March 9, 2026 4:19 PM

NATO drills for war in Arctic with focus on civilians being ready

NATO began its biennial drills in the Arctic on Monday, this time placing more emphasis on the role of civilians in supporting the military, at ‌a time of high tension over U.S. President Trump's push to take over Greenland from fellow NATO member Denmark. The drills, named Cold Response, focus on defending the alliance in the European Arctic, where NATO-members Norway and Finland share a border with Russia, and will run March 9-19 this time. The exercise has now become part of Arctic ...

February 16, 2026 10:12 AM

Europe aims to rely less on US defence after Trump’s Greenland push

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen reflected a feeling of profound change among European leaders at this weekend's Munich Security Conference when she said: "Some lines have been crossed that cannot be uncrossed anymore". Transatlantic ties have already been strained over the past year by Donald Trump’s return to the White House. But the U.S. president’s push to annex Greenland dramatically increased European doubts about Washington’s commitment to protect the continent th...

February 15, 2026 1:30 PM

Trump’s desire to obtain Greenland remains unchanged: Danish PM

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has said that US President Donald Trump's desire to obtain Greenland has not changed. "I think the desire of the US President is exactly the same. He is very serious about this issue," Frederiksen said at a panel discussion at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday (local time). "We have to protect sovereign states. We have to protect people's right to self-determination. And the Greenlandic people have been very clear: they don't want to become Amer...

February 6, 2026 10:21 AM

Britain expects Arctic security plans to be discussed by NATO next week

NATO defence ministers will likely discuss measures to bolster the security of Greenland in a meeting next week, British defence minister John Healey said, after U.S. President Donald Trump nearly upended the alliance over his desire to acquire it. Trump has repeatedly asserted that he wants Greenland, saying European allies have failed to properly secure it. His comments sparked a dispute with NATO member Denmark over its overseas territory and strained the defence alliance. Those tensions ea...

January 23, 2026 3:00 PM

Denmark, NATO seek to boost Arctic security amid Greenland crisis

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Friday she had agreed with NATO chief Mark Rutte that the alliance needs to boost security in the Arctic following weeks of turmoil over U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to annex Greenland. The governments of Denmark and Greenland, a Danish autonomous territory, insist that sovereignty over the island is not up for discussion, but have said they are open to talks on a wide range of other topics. Trump said on Thursday he had secured to...