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Capital
Nuuk
Head of State
King Frederik X
Head of Government
Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede.
Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen (centre) in the procession from Hans Egede house to Nuuk Cathedral, where a service was to be held during the constitutive meeting of the newly elected parliament, in Nuuk, Greenland, on April 7. Photo: Reuters
European Union

Greenland PM visits Denmark amid Trump’s annexation threats

Jens-Frederik Nielsen leads Greenland’s new coalition government, after his centre-right Democrats party won a legislative election in March.

United States

Head of US Space Force base in Greenland fired after Vance visit

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Donald Trump

My Take | Autonomous or independent, Greenland should stay away from America

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US-China trade war

What comes next? Europe searches for a new orbit in a post-American order

Some hope Europe’s developed economy and adherence to rules will be attractive to partners turned off by a ‘might makes right’ world.

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Illustration: Henry Wong
United States

US won’t take over Greenland, Denmark PM says, vowing support against Trump

Mette Frederiksen is on a three-day trip to the Arctic island days after US Vice-President J.D. Vance stirred controversy with his visit.

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Donald Trump

Greenland’s new prime minister says US will not get the island

Trump wants to annex the Arctic territory, claiming it’s needed for national security purposes.

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Donald Trump

Trump says military force not off the table for Greenland after Denmark fury

The Danish foreign minister said we ‘do not appreciate the tone’ in which Vance criticised Copenhagen’s underinvestment in Greenland’s security.

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US Vice-President J.D. Vance visits Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on March 28. Photo: Reuters
Donald Trump

Finland’s president boosts ties with Trump with round of golf in Florida

The meeting comes a day after Trump’s VP J.D. Vance accused Denmark – Finland’s close ally – of doing a poor job keeping Greenland safe.

United States

Opinion | Trump’s Maga ambition may be more audacious than we think

Outrageous? Yes. But a United States of all Americas and including Greenland would be the first truly planetary North-South superpower.

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United States

Vance slams Denmark for not keeping Greenland safe from China and Russia

As his vice-president visited a base in the territory, Trump told reporters the US needed Greenland to ensure ‘peace of the entire world’.

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Vice President JD Vance speaks at the U.S. military’s Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, Friday, March 28, 2025. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP)
Donald Trump

Greenland forms new government hours before US VP Vance’s visit

The new majority government will be headed by pro-business Democrats leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen.

Leader of the Democrats (Demokraatit) party and Greenland’s Prime Minister-elect Jens-Frederik Nielsen at a ceremony to sign a coalition agreement, in Nuuk on Friday. Photo: Reuters
Donald Trump

Outside In | Outraged by Trump, Canada scrambles to define what makes a nation

Threatened with annexation, Canadians reluctant to be absorbed nevertheless find it hard to say what distinguishes them from Americans.

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Russia

Video | Putin says Trump’s Greenland plan is ‘serious’

Vladimir Putin

Trump’s plan to take over Greenland is ‘serious’, Putin says

The Russian leader is concerned that Nato countries could use the Arctic as a springboard for future conflicts.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech at the International Arctic Forum in Murmansk on Thursday. Photo: AFP
Donald Trump

Vance’s Greenland trip puts spotlight on US space base at the top of the world

The remote Arctic facility protects the US against threats from Russia – the shortest route for Moscow’s missiles is via the North Pole.

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Pituffik Space Base, formerly Thule Air Base, with the domes of the Thule Tracking Station, is pictured in northern Greenland in October 2023. Photo: AFP
Donald Trump

Trump insists US must have Greenland, as Vance trip stokes anger

Plans for the US vice-president’s visit have already been scaled down amid backlash from local and Danish authorities.

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United States

Denmark welcomes US change of plans for J.D. Vance’s Greenland visit

Washington will limit a US delegation’s visit to Greenland to a US military base after Vice-President J.D. Vance’s plans sparked criticism.

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United States

Denmark PM vows to ‘resist’ US ‘pressure’ on Greenland

‘This is clearly not a visit that is about what Greenland needs or wants,’ Frederiksen said ahead of a US delegation’s trip to the territory.

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Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. Photo: AFP
United States

My Take | A ‘toxic masculinity’ explanation of Donald Trump’s foreign policy

In his relations with other nations, the US president exhibits the same pattern of abuse of power as his alleged treatment of women.

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Science

China’s rare earth dominance could crumble in 10 years, CAS study forecasts

Modelling suggests ‘fundamental shifts’ are under way with Africa, South America, Australia and Greenland emerging as competitors.

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Ukraine war

Trump, Putin agree on partial Ukraine ceasefire. Kyiv wants details

Ukraine ceasefire talks set for Sunday in Jeddah after Trump and Russian president hold lengthy phone call.

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Ukrainian servicemen fire a mortar towards Russian positions at an undisclosed location near Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, on Sunday. Photo: 24th Mechanised Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces/AFP
Climate change

How rapid climate change in Greenland is transforming lives and livelihoods

Fishermen swap dogsleds for boats and ice melt opens a ‘sweet shop’ of minerals to exploit. Yet storms are bigger and the ground is cracking.

Climate change is progressing faster in Greenland than anywhere else, and the melting ice and rising temperatures are changing people’s lifestyles and livelihoods. Photo: Getty Images
Tourism

‘Undiscovered and untouched’ Greenland looks to sustainable tourism

Can Greenland, with its massive icebergs, dramatic, unspoilt scenery and new airports, increase visitor numbers sustainably?

United States

US asks Denmark for eggs as prices soar: how many can you send?

The request comes amid demands from Trump that Denmark hand over Greenland, as well as new tariffs on the EU and other countries.

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Donald Trump

Trump on Greenland annexation: ‘I think it will happen’

Greenland’s strategic location vital to global security, US president says in meeting with Nato’s Mark Rutte.

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US President Donald Trump meeting with Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office on Thursday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Nordic nations

Greenland picks party favouring slow independence in election surprise

Greenland independence was the key campaign theme in an election dominated by Donald Trump’s pledge to take control of the island.

People carry an election campaign poster of the Demokraatit Party and its leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen in Nuuk, Greenland. Photo: EPA-EFE
Donald Trump

‘We don’t want to be Americans or Danes’: Greenland PM

Greenland PM’s comment comes after Trump’s speech to the US Congress on Tuesday saying the US will get the territory ‘one way or another’.

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US-China relations

US should strengthen strategic ties to Greenland, senators hear

Senate Commerce Committee offers bilateral support for better relationship but members clash over Trump proposals to buy or seize island.

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