Greenland

Danish move comes after White House talks over the future of the Arctic island ended after just 50 minutes

‘I’m not saying anything is solved. It’s not solved,’ says Danish foreign minister

US president Donald Trump has vowed to take control of Arctic island ‘the easy way or the hard way’

Island would be the largest territory ever added to the United States

Emmanuel Macron and Giorgia Meloni say it’s time to engage directly with Russia about ending the war in Ukraine, but who should lead negotiations?

Micheál Martin knows demonstrating competence on domestic issues remains the biggest challenge

‘Hardest part is still ahead of us,’ says Danish PM as Trump insists territory will be taken ‘easy way or the hard way’

Plus, the Dáil is back today, intermittent fasting, and how Musk’s Grok has ushered in our new media dystopia

Steve Bannon’s boasts are not just those of a marginal blowhard – they chime with the fully official American claim on the hemisphere in which we live

Will the US president be emboldened when it comes to economic policy now?

Prime minister’s remarks came hours after Donald Trump reasserted his intention to take Greenland

Martin supports further EU sanctions as political parties in Ireland condemn regime’s repression against demonstrators

Irish taxpayers will play a disproportionate role in funding EU defence expenditure in the coming years. This is to be welcomed, given the alternatives

Pretence that the US is a protector of the independence of the nations of Latin America is again exposed as a lie

Plus: Coveney cash-in on €3 million holiday home, high-stake backgammon, and the case for another public holiday

Donald Trump threatens to acquire self-governing Danish territory ‘whether they like it or not’

Someone wants our country. The most peaceful country in the world, according to the Inuit

Few in Nuuk believe Washington’s arguments that its takeover ambition is about reversing Danish neglect of regional security

Donald Trump is rupturing the world order and replacing it with something else but what that may be, we do not yet know

Taoiseach starts 2026 juggling competing diplomatic pressures while the backbenchers grumble back home

A capital city on the edge of the world finds itself at centre of international power play

US president makes clear in interview he will be the arbiter of any limits to his authority

Europe does not have the military capacity to resist a US seizure of the territory, but it does have the ability to fight back through politics and trade

The US president is intent on gaining control of the island, but can meet strategic goals without doing so

In the News podcast: White House doubles down on its intention to take over strategic Arctic island

Military seizure of island from longtime ally Denmark would send shockwaves through Nato

Micheál Martin says during visit to China that premier Li Qiang wants a more open trading environment

From Venezuela to Greenland, Miller offers a strongman’s view of the world in Trump’s second term

Marco Rubio says US president has asked aides for updated plan on acquiring the territory

US refuses to rule out military force to take control – a move Denmark says would end the Nato alliance

Is the ugliness of the Trump regime in Washington mirrored in Sinn Féin’s ambitions for a hard-left Chavista socialist republic in Ireland?

European leaders say they will not stop defending Danish territory’s integrity in face of continued threats from US president

Annexing the territory is now US policy, says White House deputy chief of staff

Military intervention to remove Maduro heightens European leaders fears about US desire to take Greenland

Donald Trump doubles down on his claim that Greenland should become part of the United States

Denmark criticises new envoy’s ‘unacceptable’ comments on making Greenland part of United States

US strategy has shifted to seeking to exploit discontent in Greenland towards Denmark

Jeff Landry says it is an honour to take the voluntary role 'to make Greenland part of the US'

Ivana Bronlund’s case has become the latest flashpoint between Denmark and Greenland

A Danish parental competency test has been criticised as a harsh overreach into family life, with Greenlanders more likely to lose their children, another sore spot in Denmark’s difficult relationship with its former colony