Brussels 25.01.2026 This week in Davos Finnish President Alexander Stubb was asked at the World Economic Forum (WEF) who or what can release rising tensions between the U.S. and its NATO allies over President Trump’s intention to take over Greenland, the world’s largest island beloning to the Kingdom of Denmark. NATO chief cements "Trump whisperer"…
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Greenland: EU Ambassadors Emergency meeting
Brussels 18.01.2026 Today, following president’s Trump’s intentions to impose tariffs on allies, opposing the takeover of Greenland, the European Union called an emergency meeting for 17:00 in Brussels (16:00 GMT) on Sunday. The meeting will involve ambassadors from the EU’s 27 countries. President Donald Trump intentions to impose fresh tariffs on eight allies opposing to…
Greenland: Rubio heading to Copenhagen
Brussels 12.01.2026 Trump administration officials are going to meet with Danish officials about Greenland this week. The meeting, which has not been officially announced, occurs after Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Congress last week that President Trump is interested in purchasing the Danish territory. The White House also said Tuesday officials are discussing a…
France: abandoning NATO again?
Brussels 09.01.2026 France may leave NATO due to Trump’s “America First” policies: Parliament’s Vice-President Clémence Guetté submits proposal. “Donald Trump and the US empire are a threat to world peace. It is urgent that France regain its strategic independence and redeploy its international influence” she wrote on her X page. Donald Trump et l'empire étatsunien…
Greenland: “apple of discord”
Brussels 06.01.2026 Six European governments supported Denmark following renewed ambitions of Trump administration that it must have control over Greenland. 🚨⚡️US Government: "What right does Denmark have to Greenland? The US is the power of NATO!" 🍿👏Very gooood! NATO is crumbling… pic.twitter.com/icA8WRXkeS — RussiaNews 🇷🇺 (@mog_russEN) January 6, 2026 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js “Greenland belongs to its people,…
Will Greenland follow Alaska?
An idea to purchase Greenland from Denmark came one and a half century after the successful operation of acquisition of Alaska from Russia (1867) for an amount of USD7,2 million. The other historic deal was an acquisition of Louisiana for USD15 million from France (1803). “Denmark is a very special country with incredible people, but based on…
Will the Catalan Republic become an EU member state?
Jordi SOLE, MEP, OPINION The emergence on new states in Europe is nothing new. In fact, many European states emerged at the end of the 20th century: from the Baltic States that regained independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union, through Czechoslovakia’s split that created the Czech Republic and Slovakia, to the breakup…
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