Greenland sovereignty

Meet Jens Kjeldsen: 70-year-old man who protests outside the US Consulate in Greenland every morning in freezing cold | World News

Every morning before sunrise in Nuuk, when the streets are still quiet and the sky is only beginning to lighten, Jens Kjeldsen turns up outside the small wooden US Consulate building with a simple but striking message. In the biting mid-winter cold, he stands with three flags, Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, protesting against […]

Trump’s 10% tariffs: Macron hits back at ‘unacceptable’ threats; Swedish PM warns, EU ‘will not be blackmailed’

European leaders have pushed back against US President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat, warning that using trade penalties in connection with Greenland is “wrong” and could damage transatlantic ties.Trump, on Saturday, announced a 10% tariff on all goods entering the United States from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland, […]

China says US shouldn’t use other countries as ‘pretext’ to pursue its interests in Greenland

FILE – Danish military forces participate in an exercise with hundreds of troops from several European NATO members in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File) FILE – A boat rides though a frozen sea inlet outside of Nuuk, Greenland, on March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File) FILE – Danish military forces […]

Europe sees red over Greenland as Trump aide asserts it belongs to US

TOI correspondent from Washington: Hours after top Trump aide Stephen Miller audaciously asserted US “right” over Greenland, leaders of eight European nations on Tuesday stood up for Denmark and its self-governing constituent, bringing the 75-year old transatlantic alliance to a crossroad.“Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to […]

Macron will visit Greenland this month, defying Donald Trump

In a challenge to President Trump’s vow to take control of Greenland, President Emmanuel Macron of France will visit the Arctic island on June 15 with the aim of “contributing to the reinforcement of European sovereignty.“The French presidency announced the visit on Saturday, saying Macron had accepted an invitation from Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Greenland’s PM, and […]