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President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Mark Rutte have established a framework for a future deal regarding not only Greenland but “the entire Arctic Region.”

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has said that her country will not rule out a military response in Greenland amid threats from U.S. President Trump to annex the Arctic island.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Mark Rutte told President Donald Trump that he is “committed to finding a way forward on Greenland.’ 

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen declared that the sovereignty of Greenland is “non-negotiable” during her address on Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

France and Germany are reportedly pushing for the European Union to invoke special trade restriction measures against the United States over President Trump’s efforts to acquire the Arctic territory of Greenland.

Advocates of hardball negotiations over Greenland in Europe have suggested stalling the ratification of the trade deal with the United States after President Donald Trump announced that America will impose tariffs on eight countries for opposing the United States acquiring the arctic island.

Thousands of people demonstrated in the capital of Greenland on Saturday against President Donald Trump’s plans for the US to annex the Danish autonomous territory.

Russia claims there will be “serious consequences” from militarising Greenland, as it asserts both innocence and interest in the matter.

European nations piling troops into Greenland to prove it can be defended, with the UK sending one soldier and Norway two.

The Danish government has reportedly deployed military “reinforcements” to Greenland ahead of a high-stakes White House meeting to discuss the future of the territory on Wednesday.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday elbowed its way into the debate over President Donald Trump’s effort to acquire Greenland, slamming the U.S. for “using other countries as an excuse for pursuing its own selfish interests.”

Denmark provided U.S. forces support as they intercepted an oil tanker for violations of sanctions, a Danish government official confirmed.

President Donald Trump argued on Sunday that Greenland’s defensive capability amounts to “two dog sleds,” so the United States must acquire the strategically valuable Arctic territory to protect it from Russia and China.

A German official on Sunday said international law applies to every nation, his statement coming as U.S. President Donald Trump eyes Greenland in an effort to protect America from its adversaries.

A former head of Britain’s MI6 intelligence agency has argued that it would be good for “European security” if U.S. President Trump succeeds in taking control of Greenland.

President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters following a roundtable with top oil executives and several Cabinet members in the East Room, asserted that the United States will take action on Greenland.

Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand and Governor General Mary Simon are reportedly planning a visit to Greenland early next month to open a new Canadian consulate, in a show of Ottawa’s opposition to President Donald Trump’s move to acquire Greenland for the United States.

Paris and Berlin are reportedly coordinating efforts to craft a European plan to respond to overtures from the Trump administration regarding the prospect of the United States acquiring Greenland from the Kingdom of Denmark.

Monday on CNN’s “The Lead,” White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller backed President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Greenland should be a U.S. territory.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned that if the United States forcibly annexes Greenland, it would result in the collapse of the American-led NATO military alliance.

Avant-garde Icelandic singer Björk has urged the people of Greenland to declare independence from the Kingdom of Denmark but warned of potential future “colonizers”, as U.S. President Donald J. Trump doubled down on his demands that the North American island come under the control of Washington for national security purposes.

President Donald Trump has appointed Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry the United States Special Envoy to Greenland.

Moscow was responsible for “destructive and disruptive” cyberattacks on a Danish water utility company that caused pipes to burst.

Danish govt secured coalition agreement to ban access to social media for anyone under the age of 15, the most sweeping yet by an EU nation.

The government of Denmark has set up a “night watch” in its Foreign Ministry to monitor President Donald Trump’s movements and statements while the country sleeps, the Guardian reported Thursday.

A former NATO Sec Gen warns unless there is “major change of strategy” in favour of giving more support Ukraine risks becoming “forever war”. 

A man suspected of promising to get weapons for an attack on Jewish targets in Germany was arrested Wednesday in Denmark, Germany’s top prosecutor said.

The Danish defense ministry said Saturday that “drones have been observed at several of Danish defense facilities” overnight Friday into Saturday. The renewed drone sightings come after there were several drone sightings in the Nordic country earlier this week, with some of them temporarily shutting down Danish airports.

Police say they don’t know where the mystery drones launched from, or where they “disappeared to” afterwards.

Unidentified drones shut down airspace over Copenhagen Airport on Monday night, prompting concerns that Russia could be behind the flyover.

More than 350 Greenlandic Indigenous women and girls, including some 12 years old and younger, were forcibly given contraception by Danish health authorities in cases that date back to the 1960s, according to an independent report released Tuesday.

Russia fired more than 500 drones and two dozen missiles at Ukraine overnight, authorities said Wednesday, as Ukraine’s president and European leaders persevered with talks aimed at strengthening Ukrainian defenses and adding momentum to so far unsuccessful U.S.-led peace efforts.

President Donald Trump may have chosen to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to a California wind project to punish Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) for signing a separate climate change deal with Denmark.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot insisted that Greenland “is not for sale,” and criticized the U.S. for its intentions to take control of the strategic Arctic territory during a visit Sunday to its capital, Nuuk.

Alleged goal of ‘Covert Influence Operations’ is to weaken relations with Denmark from within Greenlandic society.