Greenland

Green News

Climate change has put ‘insanely beautiful’ Greenland in the spotlight

Climate scientists describe Greenland as an open refrigerator door for a warming world.

08/01/2025

Markets

Trump's Greenland and NATO comments spark defence stocks rally

European defence stocks rallied on Wednesday after President-elect Donald Trump reaffirmed his stance on increasing NATO spending and highlighted Greenland's strategic importance during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday.

08/01/2025

Greenland

Trump Jr travels to Greenland after his father renews calls to buy it

President-elect Donald Trump has claimed that Greenlanders would ‘benefit tremendously’ by joining the US.

07/01/2025

Europe News

Greenland's PM pushes for independence from Denmark

The self-governing Danish territory has been in the spotlight since US President-elect Donald Trump reiterated his wish to buy the island.

03/01/2025

Europe News

Denmark frees anti-whaling activist Paul Watson from jail in Greenland

Watson, the founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, has been the subject of a Japanese arrest warrant for more than a decade.

17/12/2024

Europe News

Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson's extradition process delayed

The controversial founder of a marine conservation activist group has applied for political asylum in France to avoid a trial in Japan, where he faces up to 15 years in prison.

24/10/2024

Green News

How did climate change cause the Earth to vibrate for 9 days?

Scientists were baffled by seismic signals which were recorded from the Arctic to Antarctica for more than a week last September.

13/09/2024

Greenland

Forced contraception: Greenland women seek compensation in Denmark

Denmark tried to reduce the birth rate in the Arctic territory, once its colony, during the 1960s.

03/10/2023

Travel News

Stranded cruise ship rescued after running aground in Greenland

The MV Ocean Explorer and its 206 passengers have been pulled free after running aground in Greenland earlier this week.

13/09/2023

Greenland

Greenland premier laments tensions with Copenhagen

A newly appointed Arctic ambassador sticks out for his lack of connection to the region.

25/05/2023

Women Beyond Borders

This 24-year-old pilot flies in one of the world's most remote places

“You can be whatever you want, but if you're the first one to do it, make sure you're not the last one,” says female pilot Mia Biilmann Larsen.

08/09/2022

Food and Drink

Would you eat this dish from a remote Michelin-starred restaurant?

The incredibly remote and Michelin-starred restaurant KOKS are hoping to put Greenland on the foodie map. But what food do they serve and how do you get there?

06/07/2022

Greenland

Europe and Canada now have their first land border

The dispute, in one of the most remote corners of the world, was brought to an end with an exchange of alcohol.

15/06/2022

Greenland

Teenage boys in Greenland learn to become entrepreneurs

An after-school class in entrepreneurship is bringing new opportunities to teenage boys in Greenland and giving them the chance to run their own micro-businesses.

22/03/2022

Destinations

'A once-in-a-lifetime trip': Why you need to visit Greenland in 2022

Camping on an ice cap under the Northern Lights, hiking on a glacier and learning about Inuit culture: we sent one of our journalists to Greenland for a week.

03/02/2022

Food and Drink

Faroese restaurateur takes his Michelin-starred food to Greenland

“Is it a crazy move? I don’t think it’s a crazy move!” Johannes Jensen tells Euronews Culture.

29/01/2022

Greenland

‘Alarming and undeniable’: Climate change threatening European Arctic

The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet, and experts say the trends in Europe are troubling.

22/12/2021

Greenland

Greenlanders seek compensation from Denmark over colonial experiment

Seven decades after a traumatic social experiment, indigenous Greenlanders who were removed from their families and taken to Denmark as children are demanding compensation.

23/11/2021

Climate

Ice on the edge of survival: How global warming is changing the Arctic

Discussions at COP26 in Glasgow this month will also concern the fate of the Arctic region. If the Greenland ice sheet melts, sea levels will rise by 7 metres globally.

06/11/2021

Climate

Christiana Figures talks COP26, climate grief and stubborn optimism

We sat down with Christiana Figueres, the architect of the Paris Agreement, to talk about our route out of climate chaos.

23/10/2021

Eco-Innovation

This sport is shaping the future by pushing electric cars to the limit

“I think we push the movement forward at a very fast level compared to a manufacturer...it just elevates everything a lot faster.”

05/10/2021

Greenland

Greenland town bans alcohol after increase in local violence

A town in eastern Greenland town has issued a two-week ban on all sales of alcohol after 'several spooky incidents'.

09/09/2021

Greenland

Scientists have accidentally discovered a new island in the Arctic

`The tiny island may not be around very long.

29/08/2021

Greenland

Greenland to halt oil exploration and 'take climate change seriously'

Greenland is estimated to have enormous reserves of oil and minerals which could hugely change the island's fortunes. However, the government says its future no longer lies with oil.

16/07/2021

Greenland

US not seeking to buy Greenland anymore, says Blinken

The US top diplomat sought to reassure Greenlanders and Danes after former President Donald Trump expressed interest in buying the world's largest island from Denmark.

20/05/2021

Greenland

Indigenous opposition party wins snap elections in Greenland

The election campaign was dominated by a dispute over a controversial mining project for the extraction of uranium and rare earth.

07/04/2021