Greenlanders vote in election dominated by Trump’s control pledge
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Tom Little Greenland residents voted on Tuesday in an election brought into the international spotlight by
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Trump’s renewed interest in Greenland lacks respect, says prime minister
U.S. President Donald Trump has not treated Greenlanders with respect since expressing his renewed interest in acquiring the vast, mineral-rich
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U.S., Russia hold Istanbul talks, Arctic development briefly raised: Kremlin spokesman
Russian and U.S. teams held six hours of talks in Turkey on Thursday to try to restore normal functioning of
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US interest boosts Greenland’s independence bid in talks with Denmark, party says
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen Renewed U.S. interest has given a boost to Greenland’s independence movement and strengthened its position in future
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Greenland calls March 11 elections as Arctic island fields US interest
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen Greenland’s prime minister announced on Tuesday that the semi-autonomous Danish territory will hold a general election on March
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Denmark stands firm on Greenland after Rubio says Trump’s interest is no joke
Denmark said on Friday it meant seriously that Greenland is not for sale, after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said
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NATO scrambles for drones that can survive the Arctic
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Gwladys Fouche In 2023, Mads Petersen, owner of Greenland-based startup Arctic Unmanned, sat in a car
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Greenlanders overwhelmingly oppose becoming part of the United States, poll shows
An opinion poll indicated that 85% of Greenlanders do not wish their Arctic island – a semi-autonomous Danish territory –
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Kremlin, on Trump remarks on Greenland and Canada, says Russia has Arctic interests
The Kremlin on Thursday said that Russia had strategic national interests in the Arctic when asked to comment on U.S.
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Finland seizes tanker carrying Russian oil suspected of knocking out internet, power cables
Finnish authorities on Thursday seized a ship carrying Russian oil in the Baltic Sea on suspicion it caused the outage
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Young mammoth remains discovered in Siberian permafrost after roughly 50,000 years
Researchers in Siberia are conducting tests on a juvenile mammoth whose remarkably well-preserved remains were discovered in thawing permafrost after
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Canadian anti-whaling activist won’t be extradited to face Japanese charges
Watson, 73, has been released from detention in Greenland, where he was arrested in July Denmark has rejected a Japanese
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Norway wealth fund hits record 20 trillion crowns
The value of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, rose to a record 20 trillion crowns ($1.80 trillion) on
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Anti-whaling activist Watson to remain in Greenland detention
Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson will remain in detention in Greenland while Denmark decides whether to extradite him to Japan, police
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Sweden asks China to cooperate on Baltic Sea cable investigation
Sweden has sent a formal request to China seeking cooperation to help clarify what happened when two undersea cables were damaged
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