Troops sent to Greenland by Copenhagen were ordered to be combat ready in case the United States attacked the autonomous Danish territory, Danish public broadcaster DR reported on Friday.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will on Friday hold talks with her Greenlandic counterpart after a turbulent week that saw US President Donald Trump back down from his threats to forcibly seize the Arctic island and agree to talks.
NATO chief Mark Rutte cannot negotiate on behalf of Denmark over Greenland, the Danish government said on Thursday, a day after US President Donald Trump announced a deal following talks between the two men.
US President Donald Trump has threatened to hit Denmark with tariffs in response to a military exercise in Greenland. How would the act affect the Danish economy?
Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre sent a short message to US President Donald Trump on Sunday, eliciting a furious response from Trump within half an hour in which he said he no longer needs to think "purely of peace."
European leaders on Sunday hit back at US President Donald Trump's threat of tariffs over their opposition to his designs on Greenland, with far-right Italian leader Giorgia Meloni urging Washington against making a "mistake".
Denmark's foreign minister is to visit fellow NATO members Norway, the UK and Sweden to discuss the alliance's Arctic security strategy, his ministry announced Sunday.
Thousands of people took to the streets of Denmark's capital on Saturday to protest at US President Donald Trump's push to take over Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory.
Donald Trump on Friday warned that he could slap tariffs on countries that do not support his Greenland takeover plans, as US Congress members visited Copenhagen to give their backing for Denmark and its autonomous Arctic island.
A bipartisan US Congress delegation began a visit to Copenhagen on Friday to voice support for Denmark and Greenland after US President Donald Trump threatened to take over the Arctic island, an autonomous Danish territory.
There was a cautious sense of relief in Denmark and Greenland after Wednesday’s high-level talks in Washington, D.C. Will the meeting have any lasting effects?
Danish foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said on Wednesday he failed to change the mind of the US administration on Greenland after flying to the White House for talks, but that a 'high level' committee would be set up between the three countries to work towards possible security solutions.
Denmark's defence minister said Wednesday that it would "strengthen" its military presence in Arctic territory Greenland and was in dialogue with allies in NATO.
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and his Greenlandic counterpart Vivian Motzfeldt are to meet US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday to discuss Greenland's future.
Greenland's prime minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said on Tuesday that the autonomous territory would choose to remain Danish rather than become part of the United States.
NATO and Greenland's government have stated they intended to work on strengthening the defence of the Danish autonomous territory, hoping to dissuade US President Donald Trump from trying to seize the island.
Greenland's government on Monday said it could not accept a US takeover of the Arctic island under "any circumstance", after US President Donald Trump said that the United States would take the territory "one way or the other".
Denmark's prime minister Mette Frederiksen says the country faces a "decisive moment" in its diplomatic battle with the United States over Greenland, after President Donald Trump again suggested using force to seize the Arctic territory.
Greenland's political parties said they did not want to be under Washington as US President Donald Trump again suggested using force to seize the mineral-rich Danish autonomous territory, raising concern worldwide.
US President Donald Trump has stepped up his designs on seizing Denmark's autonomous territory Greenland, but the US already has extensive military access to the Arctic island.
Six major NATO member states joined Denmark on Tuesday in saying the United States must abide by the alliance’s rules amid escalating tensions over Greenland.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says a US annexation of Greenland, a sovereign part of the Kingdom of Denmark, would mean that 'everything would be over' as parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee was summoned to an extraordinary meeting in Copenhagen.
