4 d. ago Greenland Prime Minister issues defiant rebuke to Trump over island grab in scathing 48

Party leaders addressed Trump Friday, stating: 'Greenland's future must be decided by the Greenlandic people.'

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5 d. ago Greenlanders ‘don’t want to be Americans’, say political leaders amid Trump threats

Five parties issue joint statement after US president warns he would acquire the island ‘the nice way or the more difficult way’Greenlanders “don’t want to be Americans” and must decide the future of the Arctic island themselves, politicians in the self-governing Danish territory have said, after Donald Trump warned the US would “do something whether they like it or not”.The leaders of five political parties in the Greenlandic parliament issued a united statement on Friday night, soon after the US president reiterated his threats to acquire the mineral-rich island. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago ‘We don’t want to be Americans’: Greenland leaders hit back at Trump’s push for control

‘We must decide the future of our country ourselves’

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6 d. ago ‘We are not for sale’: chair of Greenland’s top labor union rebukes Trump’s call for annexation

Exclusive: SIK leader Jess Berthelsen rejects Trump claim that the US needs Greenland for ‘national security’Greenland “will not be annexed”, the longtime leader of its largest labor union has declared, refuting Donald Trump’s claims that the Arctic territory’s current status poses a national security threat to the US.In an interview with the Guardian, Jess Berthelsen, chair of SIK, Greenland’s national trade union confederation, said people in the territory do not recognize the US president’s allegations that Russian and Chinese ships are scattered throughout its waters. “We can’t see it, we can’t recognize it and we can’t understand it,” he said. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Starmer and Macron hit back at Trump after US said it could use military force to seize Greenland: European leaders insist they will 'not stop defending' Nato borders

A joint statement from leaders including Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to defend Greenland's 'territorial integrity'.

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8 d. ago Watch in full: Trump speaks as European leaders push back on Greenland threats

Watch as Donald Trump spoke at a House Republicans retreat on Tuesday, 6 January, as European leaders insisted they would “not stop defending” Greenland’s territorial integrity in the face of continued threats from the US president to annex it.

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8 d. ago European leaders’ Greenland statement in full after Trump threat: ‘belongs to its people’

The leaders issued a statement reaffirming that the strategic, mineral-rich Arctic island ’belongs to its people’

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8 d. ago Watch live: Trump speaks as European leaders push back on Greenland threats

Watch live as Donald Trump speaks at a House Republicans retreat on Tuesday, 6 January, as European leaders insisted they would “not stop defending” Greenland’s territorial integrity in the face of continued threats from the US president to annex it.

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9 d. ago Europe tells Trump to back off Greenland as leaders sign off on 'binding commitment' to protect Ukraine from Russian attacks: Live updates

LIVEBLOG: Follow the latest developments from Paris where Ukraine's allies meet for talks about the country's security and a potential ceasefire with Russia.

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9 d. ago European leaders warn Trump Greenland ‘belongs to its people’ after president’s threats

‘Greenland belongs to its people,’ said European leaders after Trump threats to annex territory

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9 d. ago CHRIS HUGHES: 'Why Donald Trump's Venezuela takeover should have Brits wary of UK crisis'

There are fresh US military action fears against foreign countries following the storming of Caracas and arrest of Venezuela leader Maduro - and Greenland is firmly in the sights of Trump

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3 w. ago You cannot annex other countries, Danish and Greenlandic leaders tell Trump

Mette Frederiksen and Jens-Frederik Nielsen demand respect for borders after US appoints Greenland envoy The prime ministers of Denmark and Greenland have demanded respect for their borders after Donald Trump appointed a special envoy to the largely self-governing Danish territory, which he has repeatedly said should be under US control.“We have said it very clearly before. Now we say it again: you cannot annex other countries,” Mette Frederiksen and Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in a joint statement on Monday, adding that “fundamental principles” were at stake. Continue reading...

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