Greenland’s PM slams ‘highly aggressive’ visit by US officials
Greenland’s PM slams ‘highly aggressive’ visit by US officials

Greenlands prime minister said a planned visit to the island by US officials, including second lady Usha Vance, is highly aggressive, plunging relations to a new low after President Donald Trump vowed to annex the autonomous Danish territory, reports CNN. Vance, the wife of US Vice President JD...

Greenland’s election winners push back against Trump’s wish to take control of the island
Greenland’s election winners push back against Trump’s wish to take control of the island

Greenlands likely new prime minister on Wednesday rejected U.S. President Donald Trumps effort to take control of the island, saying Greenlanders must be allowed to decide their own future as it moves toward independence from Denmark. Jens-Frederik Nielsens Demokraatit, a pro-business party that...

Greenland ‘not for sale’: Denmark
Greenland ‘not for sale’: Denmark

Denmark has refuted US President Donald Trumps claims about acquiring Greenland as his administration doubles down on his expansionist rhetoric, Press TV reported. Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said on Friday that Greenland is not for sale after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio...

Majority ff Greenlanders don't want to be American: Poll
Majority ff Greenlanders don't want to be American: Poll

The vast majority of Greenland residents do not want their island to become part of the United States as envisaged by President Donald Trump, according to a poll published Wednesday. Trump, who returned to the White House in late January, has signalled that he wants the Arctic island -- which is...

Children torn from their families and women forcibly fitted with IUDs
Children torn from their families and women forcibly fitted with IUDs

In the 1950s, around 20 Inuit children, aged between five and nine, from various villages in Greenland were taken from their families and sent to Copenhagen to learn Danish. The goal was not only to teach them the language of the mother country, but to train them as a small elite capable of...

Greenland does not want to be American or Danish
Greenland does not want to be American or Danish

Greenlanders do not want to be American or Danish, the Arctic islands prime minister Mute Egede has said, after US President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out using military force to acquire the territory, reports Al Jazeera. Mute Egede, who had insisted the territory was not for sale after...

Greenland independence is possible but joining the US unlikely
Greenland independence is possible but joining the US unlikely

Greenland may become independent if its residents want, but is unlikely to become a U.S. state, Denmarks foreign minister said on Wednesday after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out force to take control of the Arctic island. Greenlands leader met with the Danish king in...

Trump increases threats to gain control of Greenland, Panama Canal
Trump increases threats to gain control of Greenland, Panama Canal

US President-elect Donald Trump is showing no sign of letting up in his desire for the country to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal, calling both critical to American national security. Asked by a reporter if he would rule out using military or economic force in order to take over the...

Trump's son to visit Greenland, amid father's interest
Trump's son to visit Greenland, amid father's interest

Donald Trump confirmed Monday that his eldest son Don Jr plans to visit Greenland, two weeks after the US president-elect suggested that Washington annex the autonomous Danish territory. My son, Don Jr, and various representatives, will be traveling there to visit some of the most magnificent...

Reason why Trump eyes Greenland
Reason why Trump eyes Greenland

The Arctic recently made headlines after Donald Trump repeated his desire to buy Greenland. Trump cited national security interests, but for many the territorys vast mineral wealth is the main attraction. Yet economic development elsewhere in the vast polar region has ground to a halt. Working...