European Council President António Costa

European Council President Costa Misses Brazil Meeting After Flight Cancellation, Heads to Paraguay for EU-Mercosur Signing

European Council President António Costa will miss a high-profile meeting in Brazil on Friday after his flight was unexpectedly canceled, his office confirmed, but he remains on track to attend the long-awaited signing of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement in Paraguay....
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Fico to Meet Trump at Mar‑a‑Lago, Nuclear Deal in Focus

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is set to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday at Trump’s Mar‑a‑Lago estate in Florida as part of a broader effort to deepen bilateral ties and advance a potential multibillion‑euro nuclear energy partnership,...
Netherlands’ Utrecht Hit by Major Explosion, Fire Rages and Buildings Collapse in City Center

Netherlands’ Utrecht Hit by Major Explosion, Fire Rages and Buildings Collapse in City Center

Several people have been injured after a powerful explosion triggered a fire in a building in the centre of Utrecht, one of the Netherlands’ largest cities. Local authorities reported that four people sustained injuries and were rushed to the emergency...
Greenland

Denmark and US Remain at Odds Over Greenland After Washington Talks, Agree to Working Group but Fail to Bridge “Fundamental Disagreement”

Denmark and the United States remain at odds over the future of Greenland despite high-level talks in Washington, with Copenhagen acknowledging a “fundamental disagreement” even as both sides agreed to establish a working group to manage tensions over Arctic security....
Greenland

Greenland Showdown Puts NATO Unity at Risk as Denmark Faces Trump Administration’s Push for Control of Arctic Island

Greenland and Denmark are preparing for what officials describe as the most consequential talks of their careers as they head to Washington to confront renewed pressure from the Trump administration over the Arctic territory — a dispute that threatens to...
French armed forces walks on ice during a military drill as Danish, Swedish and Norwegian home guard units together with Danish, German and French troops take part in joint military drills in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland

NATO Weighs New Arctic Security Steps as Europe Pushes Back Against Trump’s Greenland Ambitions

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said on Monday (January 12) that the alliance is examining ways to strengthen security in the Arctic, as European allies move to counter US President Donald Trump’s controversial interest in taking control of Greenland. Speaking to...
Greenland

Greenland Rejects U.S. Takeover “Under Any Circumstance” Following Trump’s Threats to Seize Arctic Island

Greenland’s government on Monday firmly rejected any possibility of a U.S. takeover of the Arctic island, following repeated threats by U.S. President Donald Trump that the United States would acquire the territory “one way or the other.” In a statement,...
Sweden Defense

Sweden Announces SEK 15 Billion Plan to Build Modular Territorial Air Defense Units to Protect Cities, Critical Infrastructure, and Wartime Formations

The Swedish government has announced a sweeping new initiative to expand the country’s national air defense capabilities, directing the Swedish Armed Forces to generate, train, and equip multiple units specifically for “territorial air defense.” The SEK 15 billion ($1.6 billion)...
Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Denmark

Denmark Faces ‘Decisive Moment’ Over Greenland as Trump Revives Threat of Force and Europe Rallies Behind Copenhagen

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned on Sunday that Copenhagen is facing a “decisive moment” in its diplomatic standoff over Greenland after US President Donald Trump once again suggested that Washington could use force to take control of the vast...
Greenland

‘We Don’t Want to Be Americans’: Greenland Unites Against Trump’s Warning That US Could Act ‘Whether They Like It or Not

Greenland’s political leaders have delivered an unusually united and forceful rebuke to former US president Donald Trump after he warned that the United States would “do something whether they like it or not” to acquire the Arctic island, citing national...
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