Denmark takes over as chair of the Arctic Council at a time when Trump eyes Greenland

Denmark takes over rotating Arctic Council chairship from Norway

Denmark took over the Arctic Council’s two-year rotating chairmanship from Norway on Monday, pledging to work to keep the North « a region of stability and constructive cooperation. »

The United States is claiming Greenland's resources, but the aggressive attitude of Washington is now more likely to have the opposite effect.

US President Trump has big plans for the island of Greenland. However, there are some people who have something against it. For children, Mirko Drotschmann, also known as MrKnowledge2go, explains what the dispute is all about.

Trump's Greenland threats spark Iceland jitters

Around 74% of Icelanders think Trump's interest in Greenland, and in the Arctic in general, pose a threat to their country, according to a recent poll.

Real Men Steal Countries: Inside Trump’s Absurd Greenland Obsession

Go West, young man, and grow up with the country. There is nothing for you in the East. The irascible New York newspaper editor Horace Greeley said that around 1833, of course, except that he probably didn’t. It is appropriate that this famous epigraph of America’s romantic nineteenth century seems to have been stitched together after the fact, an imagined quote about the future from an imagined past.Who cares. It’s a good line, and it was a rom…

Greenland's foreign minister takes over as Arctic Council chair

Greenland's foreign minister is the new chair of the Arctic Council as the Kingdom of Denmark takes over the position from Norway.