Greenland

Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen has said she believes Donald Trump still wants to own Greenland, despite dialling back his recent threats to seize it by force. Asked at the Munich Security Conference if the US president still wanted to own the Arctic island, Frederiksen said: “Unfortunately, I think the…

Forget the "Greenland Derby" talk. It was just team spirit, hard work and plenty of heart. That's how Denmark's players say they took the fight to the United States in hockey at the Winter Olympics. Faced with gaps in skill and experience, Denmark responded with good old-fashioned hard work and…

Two fans who raised a flag of Greenland as the United States played Denmark in men’s ice hockey at the Winter Olympics on Saturday say they did so as a gesture of European support for the island and for Denmark. Vita Kalniņa and her husband, Alexander Kalniņš, fans of the…

As Ottawa looks to use military spending to build up infrastructure in the Far North, Inuit say they want Canada to take tips from Greenland — where a Nordic social model adapted to local needs has built health, housing and education services deemed superior to anything in Canada’s Arctic. “There…

NEED TO KNOW Lindsey Graham offered a blunt and dismissive message to Europeans worried about Donald Trump's vocal plans to take over Greenland “Who gives a s--- who owns Greenland? I don’t,” the South Carolina senator said at POLITICO’s 2026 Munich Security Conference Graham's message comes amid Trump's quest for full “ownership”…

Democracy Dies in Darkness While some saw the remarks as reassuring, key European leaders renewed calls for more independence from the U.S. amid tensions over issues like Greenland and Ukraine. Updated February 14, 2026 Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. (Thilo Schmuelgen/Reuters) MUNICH —…

Politics Canada and Denmark have signed a new defence co-operation agreement aimed at strengthening Arctic security amid lingering tensions over U.S. annexation threats toward Greenland. The pact enhances collaboration on surveillance and joint operations but does not go beyond existing NATO Article 5 commitments. Pact enhances collaboration on surveillance and…

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Nuuk is hardly what most people would consider a geopolitical hot spot or a hot spot of any kind, with average summer temperatures hovering in the low 40s F. Nevertheless, the city of just 20,000 residents has quickly become one of the most closely watched diplomatic hubs on earth. Canada…

NATO officially launched its Arctic Sentry mission on February 11 in a bid to improve the military posture of the alliance in the Arctic region. The move follows recent tensions between NATO allies Denmark and the United States over the political future of Greenland. When it was first mooted last…