Greenland

Swedish fighter jets to patrol Greenland as part of NATO Arctic mission

NATO said on Wednesday it had launched the mission to strengthen its presence in the Arctic, part of an effort to defuse severe tensions within the alliance.

A Danish F-16 fighter jet takes off from Kangerlussuaq airport as Danish, Swedish and Norwegian home guard units together with Danish, German and French troops take part in joint military drills in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, September 17, 2025.
A NATO flag flies at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on September 12, 2025.

NATO set to launch Arctic mission amid Greenland tensions

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A meeting with European heads of state and government, together with representatives of the EU and NATO, at the Chancellery in Berlin, December 15, 2025; illustrative.

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French FM slams Trump, says France 'stands by Greenland's side' during visit to the island - report

Barrot arrived in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, on Saturday evening to express France's "solidarity" with the Greenlandic people, French newspaper Lematin reported.

 Greenland's flag flies in Igaliku settlement, Greenland, July 5, 2024.

Denmark apologizes for involuntary birth control campaign in Greenland

"We cannot change what has happened. But we can take responsibility. Therefore, on behalf of Denmark, I would like to say: Sorry," Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen hold a doorstep at Marienborg, Lyngby-Taarbaek, Denmark, April 27, 2025.

Trump-linked Americans conducted secret influence campaign in Greenland, Danish report finds

Trump has said that he wants to make Greenland part of the US and previously stated that he does not rule out using military or economic power.

 Greenland's flag flies in Igaliku settlement, Greenland, July 5, 2024.

Greenland's ancient sled dogs reveal unique genetic lineage

Despite historical accounts, study finds minimal wolf ancestry in Qimmeq sled dogs.

 Greenland's ancient sled dogs reveal unique genetic lineage.

Scientists link Greenland 'cold blob' to faltering Atlantic conveyor belt

Only a weakened AMOC scenario fits a century of temperature and salinity records, according to University of California, Riverside scientists.

 Atlantic sea surface temperature trend between 1900-2005 (color shading in °C) for the average of six observation datasets.

US needs Greenland for international security, says Trump

US Vice President J.D. Vance landed in Greenland earlier in the day.

 US President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for Alina Habba as interim US Attorney for the District of New Jersey, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, March 28, 2025.

Some Europeans reconsider trips to US in protest against Trump

Brask is one of a number of Danes, Germans and more broadly Europeans who are reconsidering travel plans as a result of Trump's actions, according to five travel agents across the continent.

 Tourists taking selfies in Times Square at night, surrounded by bright billboards, traffic, and vibrant city lights; illustrative, March 10, 2024.

Trump's Gaza, Greenland plans show 'extreme strategic uncertainty,' Macron warns

The French president told FT that Europe must 'muscle up' on defense and economy amid Trump's return to Washington and unconventional territorial proposals.

French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly in New York. September 25, 2024.

North Korea condemns Trump's Gaza takeover proposal as 'bluster'

The commentary is aimed at Trump's shock announcement that the US intends to remove Gaza residents and transform the territory into what the president billed as a "Riviera of the Middle East."

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, June 30, 2019

Greenland’s glaciers are melting faster than anyone expected - study

"For the first time, we are able to see significant increases in the size and depth of crevasses at fast-flowing glaciers at the edges of the Greenland Ice Sheet," said Dr. Tom Chudley.

 Greeland's ice sheet is under pressure from human-induced climate change