Greenland

When Kenneth Wehr started managing the Greenlandic-language version of Wikipedia four years ago, his first act was to delete almost everything. It had to go, he thought, if it had any chance of surviving. Wehr, who’s 26, isn’t from Greenland—he grew up in Germany—but he had become obsessed with the…

Denmark's prime minister has apologised to women who were victims of a decades-long involuntary birth control campaign, which has left islanders with deep scars and strained relations with their former colonial power. Thousands of women and girls as young as 12 were fitted with intrauterine devices (IUDs) without their knowledge…

Democracy Dies in Darkness In Greenland, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will apologize formally for the mistreatment of thousands of Inuit girls and women who were given invasive contraception without consent. Updated September 24, 2025 Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, left, talks to women at the Katuaq cultural center in…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — At age 13, Katrine Petersen was fitted with a contraceptive device by Danish doctors without her consent. 52-year-old retiree Katrine Petersen poses for a photo in front of a painting at The Greenlandic House in central Copenhagen, Denmark, Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/James Brooks) 52-year-old retiree…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — More than 350 Greenlandic Indigenous women and girls, including some 12 years old and younger, were forcibly given contraception by Danish health authorities in cases that date back to the 1960s, according to an independent...Read More

Cruising Explore Greenland’s frozen frontier on the world’s only luxury icebreaker — where polar bears roam, Champagne flows and the weather rules all 07 September 2025 - 00:00 By Brian Berkman Only the ice and weather decide. .. There’s never been a more important time to support independent media. From World…

One of the buzziest technologies in modern science may be running right under your feet. Fiber optic cables bring you the internet as data-rich pulses of light, but they also detect signals from the surrounding environment: Researchers can analyze the light that’s scattered when a volcanic eruption or tsunami jostles…

Monika Luabeya Sep 03, 2025 Sea ice is frozen seawater that floats in the ocean. This photo, taken from NASA’s Gulfstream V Research Aircraft on July 21, 2022, shows Arctic sea ice in the Lincoln Sea north of Greenland. This image is the NASA Science Image of the Month for September 2025.…

Democracy Dies in Darkness A Danish intelligence agency said “Greenland is a target for influence campaigns of various kinds,” probably aimed at sowing discord between Denmark and Greenland. Updated August 27, 2025 Danish Foreign Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen at a NATO summit in The Hague in June. (Kin Cheung/Pool/AP) Denmark’s…

U.S. President Donald Trump, centre right, greets Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen before the start of a plenary session of the NATO, Wednesday, June 25, 2025.   -   Copyright © africanews (Brendan Smialowski/Pool Photo via AP File) Last updated: 28/08 - 11:03 Diplomacy The Danish government summoned the top U.S…