Greenland is the world's largest island and an autonomous Danish dependent territory with self-government and its own parliament. Though a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has ...

Egede has been calling for independence for Greenland, casting Denmark as a colonial power that hasn’t always treated the indigenous Inuit population well. “Greenland is for the Greenlandic ...

Compared to other northern regions—Alaska, Greenland, and Scandinavia—Russia’s Arctic population has decreased. There was a 20 percent decline at the end of the Soviet period and a ...

But Greenland is also not simply property that Denmark could sell at will. In recent decades, Greenland’s population ... The risk of treating the world map like a game of Risk, even just ...

Greenland is the world’s largest island, but it’s not as big the Mercator map would have us believe ... in remote settlements such as Qassimiut, population 20. Nearly 17,000 Greenlanders ...

DONALD Trump has doubled down on his intention to acquire Greenland when he is president, and this map shows why he is so keen. The incoming president has long argued the icy land should come ...

President-elect Donald Trump is the latest U.S. leader to attempt to bring Greenland and its population of over 50,000 among its territories. As Trump’s incoming national security adviser ...

Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede said on Friday he was ready to speak with US President-elect Donald Trump, who has said he wants control over the Arctic island, and urged respect for the ...

And how could the aspirations for independence among Greenland's population of 56,000, under Danish control for 300 years, affect the final outcome? Here we look at four possible scenarios for ...

population 526,000; survive as independent nations in a potentially tough neighborhood, thanks to the protection — and largesse — of Uncle Sam. A Trump-administered Greenland would presumably ...

By Sarah Kessler Donald Trump, who has long loved big real estate deals, has made it clear that he’s serious about striking one for Greenland. Never mind that Denmark, which controls the island ...

If you’re wondering why we said that, it’s because President-elect Donald Trump recently refused to rule out using the U.S. military to take Greenland (and the Panama Canal.) Trump suggested ...