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* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

European leaders push back on Trump’s comments about a US takeover of Greenland

The Associated Press
Posted: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 11:26
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Several European leaders pushed back Tuesday on U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments seeking an American takeover of Greenland. The leaders

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Carney meets with Danish PM as U.S. ramps up talk of taking over Greenland

The Canadian Press
Posted: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 10:16
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Prime Minister Mark Carney says the future of Greenland will be “solely” up to the people of Denmark and Greenland.

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* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Danish PM says Trump’s Greenland threat must be taken seriously; attack by U.S. would end NATO

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, January 5, 2026 at 13:07
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Denmark’s prime minister said on Monday U.S. President Donald Trump must be taken seriously when he says he wants to

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Only Greenland and Denmark can decide on their own future says Finnish President

Yle News
Posted: Monday, January 5, 2026 at 12:15 — Last Updated: Monday, January 5, 2026 at 12:22
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US President Donald Trump has reiterated his threat to take Greenland from NATO ally Denmark. Finnish President Alexander Stubb says that only

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* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Greenland says ‘no more fantasies about annexation’ after Trump remarks

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, January 5, 2026 at 10:36
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By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen Greenland’s leader  declared “enough is enough,” and Denmark’s allies in Europe affirmed that the Arctic island’s future

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Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) 

“We want to be Europe’s most integrated region in terms of defence”

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 2, 2026 at 14:00
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“We will work to make the Nordic region the most integrated region in Europe in terms of defence,” said Tore

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Featured • Zone 2 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Sweden) Geopolitics (USA) Newsroom Picks • zone 2 

Sweden critical of Trump’s latest push for Greenland

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, December 29, 2025 at 15:00 — Last Updated: Monday, December 29, 2025 at 15:20
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U.S. President Trump has appointed Jeff Landry as special envoy to Greenland, who he said would lead the charge in

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Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) 

Sanctioned Russian cargo carrier makes port call in Norwegian archipelago

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, December 29, 2025 at 12:21
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The Taimyr is on the sanctions lists of the US and Ukraine because of its involvement in Russian weapon transportation.

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* Newsroom Picks * Featured • Zone 2 Newsroom Picks • zone 2 Politics Politics (Canada) 

Nunavut’s Family Services minister enters job amid damning reports on her department

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, December 24, 2025 at 12:14
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By Samuel Wat Even before Gwen Healey Akearok began her new role as Nunavut’s Minister of Family Services, she was

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

This year’s last voyage on Northern Sea Route goes to sanctioned LNG terminal

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, December 19, 2025 at 12:14
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The Christophe de Margerie, a ‘shadow tanker,’ has made port call at the Utrenny terminal in the Gydan Peninsula after a

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Politics Politics (Canada) 

Analysis shows climate impacts will increasingly strain Canada’s Arctic defence infrastructure

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 17:29
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Climate change is no longer a distant concern for Canada’s Arctic security. A new analysis from the research centre L’Observatoire

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

China, Russia pulling ahead of NATO in Arctic drone capabilities: report

Murray Brewster, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 10:07
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Report notes Russian fleet expected to grow by ‘order of magnitude’ in coming years A new study by the Center

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

After three decades of Norway, Russia bridge-building comes a plan for detonation

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, December 15, 2025 at 16:02
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Norway bet on a democratic development in Russia and invested heavily in building bridges – both literally and in a

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Finland General News Politics Politics (Finland) 

Nearly all parliamentary groups back formal apology to indigenous Sámi

Yle News
Posted: Monday, December 15, 2025 at 10:02
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Only the Finns Party dismisses the idea of a state apology to the Sámi people, as called for by Prime

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* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 2 General Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Danish intelligence report warns of US military threat under Trump

The Associated Press
Posted: Friday, December 12, 2025 at 12:03
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The United States is using its economic power to “assert its will” and threaten military force against friend and foe

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

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In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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