Here’s why Greenland has always remained out of reach—and why it always mattered so much. Uummannaq, a tiny town on a remote island in northwest Greenland, sits 600 kilometers north of the ...

Greenland is protected by NATO’s Article 5 which invokes mutual defence in the case of any armed attack or invasion, the Finnish foreign minister has said. According to Elina Valtonen, Article ...

President Donald Trump has now made it abundantly clear that his desire for the U.S. to acquire Greenland is not simply a passing flight of fancy. American economic and security interests in ...

0:30 ‘Mr. Trump, F**** off!’ Danish politician lashes out at U.S. president’s pitch to acquire Greenland “Dear President Trump, listen very carefully,” Vistisen said on Tuesday in ...

Will you support our work and become a Vox Member today? Greenland is the world’s largest non-continental island, and it takes up space rent-free in President Donald Trump’s head. Since 2019 ...

Record heat and rain turned thousands of Greenland lakes brown in 2022 as they hit a tipping point and began emitting carbon dioxide. Thousands of Greenland's crystal-clear blue lakes have turned ...

Greenland is important because of its untapped natural resources, and because its location commands the Arctic. As the ice melts, North America is gaining a new frontier with Russia, prompting a ...

Anders Vistisen, a Danish member of the European Parliament, has told U.S. President Donald Trump to "f*** off" after Trump again expressed interest in purchasing the island of Greenland.

The prime minister of Greenland is looking to set up a meeting with President Donald Trump. At a Tuesday press conference in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, Prime Minister Mute B. Egede announced ...

Britain would have the right to buy Greenland before the US, the island’s last Danish minister has said. Tom Høyem was Copenhagen’s last permanent representative in the Arctic territory ...

DAVOS, Switzerland — Donald Trump says he’s serious about an acquisition, possibly hostile, of that place called Greenland, a snowy very large venue that nearly abuts the North Pole.

While American expansion hasn’t been discussed much in recent times, the proposal to buy Greenland makes more sense if one understands the history of the Arctic. Buying the island would aim to ...