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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Greenland is not for sale, Danish Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen said on Monday, after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said last week that President Donald Trump's ...
In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Vance repeated that Greenland is "really important to our national security," as China and Russia increasingly traverse sea lanes near the island, and ...
She previously opposed Trump's overtures for owning Greenland in 2019, and Trump cancelled a visit to Denmark in response. Greenland is of strategic importance to Denmark, Europe, and the U.S ...
A poll of 497 adult residents of Greenland between 22 and 26 January 2025, made by Verian for the national Greenlandic news-paper Sermitsiaq and the national Danish news-paper Berlingske, found that 85% of respondents rejected a proposition that Greenland should leave the Danish Realm to become part of the United States, whereas 6% supported ...
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Greenland is not for sale, its elected leader said on Monday, responding to comments made by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump regarding the "ownership and control" of the ...
Denmark said on Friday it meant seriously that Greenland is not for sale, after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said U.S. President Donald Trump's interest in acquiring the island was "not a joke".
In 1995, a political scandal in Denmark occurred after a report revealed the government had given tacit permission for nuclear weapons to be located in Greenland, in contravention of Denmark's 1957 nuclear-free zone policy. [158] [71] The United States built a secret nuclear powered base, called Camp Century, in the Greenland ice sheet. [159]
During World War II, the U.S. occupied Greenland to prevent German invasion since Germany had invaded Denmark. While Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, Greenlandic ...