Greenland

Gold, silver hit fresh highs as Trump’s Greenland tariffs rattle European markets

In contrast, the US dollar – another traditional safe-haven asset – weakens

US President Donald Trump noted that “the World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland”.

Trump links Greenland threats to Nobel Peace Prize snub

As Norway has not given him a prize for stopping eight wars, he ‘no longer (feels) an obligation to think purely of Peace’

Anti-Trump protestors in Nuuk, Greenland's capital. US President Donald Trump’s threat to annex Greenland raises the once-unthinkable prospect that America could use its military to seize territory from Denmark – a Nato ally.

Europe must not appease Trump on Greenland

By capitulating again, the EU and UK would signal that we are now irrevocably in a might-makes-right world

US President Donald Trump (centre) and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen (left) at a meeting in Turnberry, Scotland, July 27, 2025.

EU scrambles to avert Trump Greenland tariffs, prepares retaliation

[BRUSSELS] European Union ambassadors reached broad agreement on Sunday to intensify efforts to dissuade US President Donald Trump from imposing tariffs on European allies, while also preparing retali...

A Downing Street spokesperson said British PM Starmer held phone calls with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte.

UK PM Starmer tells Trump tariffs on allies over Greenland are ‘wrong’

BRITISH Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke to US President Donald Trump on Sunday after talking to the leaders of Denmark, the EU and Nato, to say he believed “applying tariffs on allies for pursuing t...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a post on X, "“We will always protect our strategic economic and security interests."

EU and Britain committed to sovereignty of Denmark and Greenland, von der Leyen says

[BRUSSELS] The EU and Britain stand firm in their commitment to uphold the sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen  said there was a “fundamental disagreement” with the US after President Donald Trump again insisted that the US “needs” Greenland.

Fitch warns of eastern European downgrades if Greenland strife cracks Nato

Tensions over Greenland were however, unlikely to affect Denmark’s triple-A rating

Greenland, which is currently about 80 per cent ice-capped, is almost 2.17 million sq km in size. It boasts the world’s northernmost territory, the closest land to the North Pole.

Geoeconomics, not just geopolitics, fuels the Greenland dispute

With mineral reserves valued at around US$186 billion, the island offers more than a security buffer

{From left) Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen and Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen at a press conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, Jan 13, 2026.

Greenland says it chooses Denmark and rules out joining US

GREENLAND’S prime minister categorically ruled out joining the US and said the Arctic territory prefers to be in a union with Denmark, suggesting the island is putting independence plans on the back b...

The European Union’s Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius warns that a US military takeover of Greenland would be the end of Nato.

Greenland says it should be defended by Nato, rejects Trump takeover bid

The government says all Nato member states, including the US, have a common interest in the defence of island