Greenland election: Voters dump ruling coalition
Greenland’s centre-right opposition won Tuesday’s general election. The pro-business Demokraatit (Democrats) opposition party emerged as the winner with 29.9% of the vote, initial results indicate. During the campaign, party leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen said…
MoreGreenland election today – who’s who
All eyes are on Greenland today where voters will cast their ballots to elect lawmakers for seats in the 31-member parliament, the Inatsisartut. The key issues in the general election are Donald Trump’s…
MoreTrump promises to make Greenlanders rich
Ahead of tomorrow’s Greenland election U.S. President Trump has promised to invest billions of dollars into the country and ‘make Greenlanders rich’ if they decide to join the United States. In a post…
MorePM backs EU rearmament plan, declines to reject nuclear deterrent
Europe isn’t turning its back on the U.S. but needs to become more self-reliant, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said late last night after an EU summit in Brussels culminated in a 5-point plan…
MoreGreenland’s PM: This land is our land
Greenland’s prime minister issued a defiant ‘hands off’ yesterday after President Trump warned that the United States will acquire the territory ‘one way or another.’ In a Facebook post, Múte Bourup Egede said…
MoreTrump: We will get Greenland ‘one way or another’
Donald Trump has declared that the US will get Greenland ‘one way or another’. In his first address to Congress, Tuesday evening, the President promised to provide prosperity and safety for the ‘incredible…
MoreDenmark open to Ukraine peacekeeping mission as long as it’s NATO-led
Denmark is willing to contribute to peacekeeping efforts in Ukraine as long as NATO is leading the operation, Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said yesterday. Speaking to TV2 the Moderates leader said Danish…
MorePM refuses to criticise Trump
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has declined to take sides on Friday’s heated exchange between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House. When questioned by TV2 following Sunday’s…
MoreDKK1bn for drone production in Ukraine
The government has earmarked an additional DKK 1 billion ($139 million) for drone production to support Ukraine’s ongoing fight against Russia, following Prime Minister Frederiksen’s suggestion that Denmark should spend closer to 5%…
MoreAmbassador: Anti-Russian hysteria in Denmark is ‘totally out of proportion’
Russia’s ambassador to Denmark has accused Danish politicians and media of fueling an exaggerated anti-Russia campaign. In a lengthy op-ed article in Altinget, HE Vladimir V. Barbin claims that the level of anti-Russian…
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