BRUSSELS:&nbsp;Denmark&#39;s foreign minister said Thursday he was &ldquo;more optimistic&rdquo; after technical talks kicked off with the United States over Greenland. &quot;We have had the very first meeting at senior official level in Washington yesterday regarding the <a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/greenland-dispute-strategic-wakeup-call-for-all-of-europe-says-macron" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">Greenlandic </a>issue,&quot; Lars Lokke Rasmussen told journalists at an EU meeting in Brussels. &quot;It went well in a very constructive atmosphere and tone, and new meetings are planned. It&#39;s not that things are solved, but it&#39;s good.&quot;&nbsp;Trilateral talksThe trilateral talks come after US President Donald Trump last week backed down from his threats to seize the autonomous Arctic territory of EU and NATO member Denmark. &ldquo;There was a major detour. Things were escalating, but now we are back on track,&rdquo; Rasmussen said.&nbsp; &ldquo;I&#39;m slightly more optimistic today than a week ago.&rdquo; Trump&#39;s threats over <a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/penguins-memes-and-greenland-trumps-viral-post-breaks-the-internet" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">Greenland </a>plunged the transatlantic alliance into its deepest crisis in years. The US leader backed off his desire to take control of Greenland after saying he had struck a &ldquo;framework&rdquo; deal with NATO chief Mark Rutte to ensure greater American influence. 1951 treaty&nbsp;But few concrete details appear to have been agreed -- with authorities in Denmark and Greenland refusing to discuss handing over any sovereignty. &ldquo;I have stated on many occasions, we, of course, share the US security concerns regarding the Arctic, this is something we want to solve in close cooperation,&rdquo; Rasmussen said. As part of the compromise with Washington NATO is expected to bolster its activities in the Arctic, while <a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/greenland-denmark-set-aside-troubled-history-to-face-down-trump" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">Denmark </a>and Greenland could renegotiate a 1951 treaty on US troop deployments.

Europe

The trilateral talks come after US President Donald Trump last week backed down from his threats to seize the autonomous Arctic territory of EU and NATO member Denmark.

Denmark hails 'very constructive' meeting with US over Greenland

DAVOS: US President Donald Trump arrives in Davos for a showdown with European leaders on Wednesday as his bid to seize Greenland threatens to tear the transatlantic alliance apart.&nbsp;Trump mocked the Europeans a day before heading to the World Economic Forum, where he will be the star of a dark, self-made drama over the fate of the autonomous Danish territory.&nbsp;But leaders gathered at the Swiss ski resort have closed ranks against Trump&#39;s aggressive stance, with French President Emmanuel Macron vowing to stand up against &quot;bullies&quot; and the EU promising an &quot;unflinching&quot; response.&nbsp;Asked how far he was prepared to go to<a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/eu-leaders-take-stage-in-davos-as-trump-rocks-global-order" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">acquire Greenland</a>&nbsp;from Denmark, a fellow NATO member, Trump told reporters: &quot;You&#39;ll find out.&quot;&nbsp;Later, as he left the White House, the president admitted he had &quot;no idea&quot; how the trip to Davos would pan out.&nbsp;It got off to an inauspicious start when a &quot;minor electrical issue&quot; forced his presidential jet to turn back shortly after takeoff, and Trump and his entourage had to switch to another plane.&nbsp;Trump&#39;s eagerly awaited speech at the annual gathering of the world&#39;s economic and political elite, which he is attending for the first time in six years, is scheduled for 2:30 pm (1330 GMT).&nbsp;But as the biggest rift opens between Washington and Europe in decades over his Greenland ambitions, Trump said he would have a number of meetings on the issue at Davos. &lsquo;Downward spiral&rsquo;Trump insists mineral-rich Greenland is vital for US and NATO security against Russia and China as a melting Arctic opens up and the superpowers jostle for strategic advancement.&nbsp;He has turned up the pressure by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/trump-also-has-a-lot-to-lose-from-threatened-tariffs-french-minister" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">threatening tariffs</a>&nbsp;of up to 25% on eight European countries for backing Denmark, prompting Europe to threaten countermeasures against the United States.&nbsp;Trump dismissed European threats to fire a trade &quot;bazooka&quot; at the United States.&nbsp;&quot;Anything they do with us...all I have to do is meet it, and it&#39;s going to go ricocheting backwards,&quot; he said in an interview with News Nation.&nbsp;&quot;But we&#39;re not looking into that. We&#39;ll probably be able to work something out, possibly even during the next few days,&quot; he added.&nbsp;At Davos on Tuesday, Macron, in sunglasses because of a burst blood vessel, warned against US attempts to &quot;subordinate Europe&quot;, and blasted Trump&#39;s tariff threats as &quot;unacceptable.&quot;&nbsp;Macron was the subject of Trump&#39;s mockery as he publicly revealed a text message from the French leader proposing a G7 summit in Paris on Thursday, on Greenland, as well as on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/macron-says-kyiv-allies-to-meet-in-paris-early-january" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ukraine</a>.&nbsp;Trump later said he would not join any such meeting, while Macron clarified to AFP that no gathering was scheduled.&nbsp;European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, meanwhile, warned that Trump risked plunging US ties with the European Union into a &quot;downward spiral&quot;.&nbsp;And Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has sought to reduce his own country&#39;s dependence on Washington since Trump called for it to become the 51st US state, won a standing ovation at Davos for his stance.&nbsp;&quot;Canada stands firmly with Greenland and Denmark,&quot; Carney said.&nbsp;In his Davos speech, the White House said Trump wanted to focus on the US economy amid a cost-of-living crisis that threatens his Republicans in the 2026 midterms.&nbsp;But the US president&#39;s extraordinary assertion of US power on the world stage one year into his second term, means Greenland will form the backdrop to the address.&nbsp;&#39;End of NATO&#39;Greenland&#39;s prime minister said on Tuesday his tiny population of 57,000 must be prepared for military force.&nbsp;Lithuania&#39;s President Gitanas Nauseda told AFP at Davos that any such move by the United States against a fellow ally &quot;would be the end of NATO.&quot;&nbsp;Trump said he had done &quot;more for NATO than anyone&quot; and questioned whether allies would help the United States &mdash; even though Denmark was among those who did after the September 11, 2001 attacks.&nbsp;On Thursday, meanwhile, Trump is set to formally announce the first charter of his so-called &quot;Board of Peace,&quot; a body for resolving international conflicts with a $1 billion price tag for permanent membership.&nbsp;The board was originally conceived to oversee the rebuilding of Gaza, but a draft of the charter seen by AFP does not appear to limit its role to the occupied Palestinian territory.

Americas

Insists mineral-rich Greenland is vital for US and NATO security against Russia and China as a melting Arctic opens up and the superpowers jostle for strategic advancement.

Trump arrives in Davos amid Greenland tensions

NUUK:&nbsp;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. The bipartisan delegation, on a two-day trip to the Danish capital, said the US president&rsquo;s long-held territorial ambitions &mdash; strongly rejected by Denmark &mdash; were not shared by the American people. Europeans have also been showing their backing for Greenland in a military reconnaissance mission that a Danish general said Washington was invited to and which was linked to what Russia does after the war in Ukraine. Trump, again insisting the United States needed mineral-rich Greenland for its &ldquo;<a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/trump-says-us-needs-greenland-for-national-security" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">national security</a>,&rdquo; warned that he &ldquo;<a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/trump-says-may-slap-tariffs-on-nations-that-dont-back-his-greenland-plans" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">may put a tariff</a>&rdquo; on countries that oppose that stance. The 11 visiting US lawmakers held talks with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her Greenlandic counterpart, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, as well as Denmark&rsquo;s foreign and defence ministers, parliamentarians and business leaders. Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski said there was &ldquo;good dialogue&rdquo; and stressed it was important to &ldquo;nurture&rdquo; ties between the United States, Denmark and Greenland. &ldquo;The vast majority&rdquo; of Americans do not agree that it is a good idea for the United States to acquire Greenland, she told reporters. &ldquo;Greenland needs to be viewed as our ally, not as an asset,&rdquo; she added.&nbsp;&quot;One way or the other&quot; Greenlanders were putting cautious hope in all-out efforts to contain US President Donald Trump&rsquo;s designs on their Arctic island, as European soldiers arrived in their streets and US lawmakers visited Denmark. In this vast territory that has never fought a war of its own, the 57,000 inhabitants say that, alone, they feel helpless against the leader of a world superpower who insists he will take their home &ldquo;one way or the other.&rdquo; &ldquo;I feel safer,&rdquo; Marie Sofie Pedersen, a social worker in the city of Nuuk, Greenland&rsquo;s capital, said after soldiers from countries including France and Germany arrived. &ldquo;I hope they won&rsquo;t stay here forever, but just as long as we&rsquo;re vulnerable and something could happen,&rdquo; she told AFP. A modest number of military personnel were deployed this week by a handful of European countries after Trump said he wants to seize the autonomous Danish territory. Trump has insisted the United States needs strategically located and mineral-rich Greenland for &ldquo;national security,&rdquo; and has criticised Denmark for, he says, not doing enough to ensure its security. The Republican has pursued that argument despite Greenland &mdash; as part of Denmark &mdash; being covered by NATO&rsquo;s security umbrella. A few dozen advance troops have arrived in Nuuk in the past few days to prepare for their armies&rsquo; participation in future Danish exercises in the Arctic. No US soldiers are among them. While the European military presence has been relatively discreet, it has been well received on the city&rsquo;s icy streets, where Greenland&rsquo;s red-and-white flag hangs from many shopfronts and buildings. &ldquo;We have to stay together in Europe,&rdquo; a 39-year-old union representative who asked to remain anonymous told AFP. &ldquo;Otherwise, the Americans will crush us. We are not big enough, but together, we will be.&rdquo; Greenlandic authorities have informed the population that more NATO troops will be coming to town. &ldquo;There will be more military flights and ships,&rdquo; Greenland&rsquo;s deputy prime minister, Mute Egede, said on Wednesday. Just hours earlier, talks at the White House between Danish, Greenlandic and US officials failed to iron out differences between Copenhagen and Nuuk on one side and Washington on the other. <h3 style="line-height: 2;">&lsquo;Strategic signaling&rsquo;</h3>Trump&rsquo;s ambitions appear to have temporarily dampened Greenlanders&rsquo; appetite for independence, a goal they have been striving for after three centuries of Danish sovereignty. But now is not the time, Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said this week. &ldquo;We are now facing a geopolitical crisis,&rdquo; he said. If Greenland had to choose between remaining part of Denmark or becoming part of the United States, &ldquo;we choose Denmark,&rdquo; Nielsen added. According to experts, sending a small European contingent to the island is a matter of &ldquo;strategic signaling&rdquo; to the US. But Washington appears unfazed. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think troops in Europe impact the president&rsquo;s decision-making process, nor does it impact his goal of the acquisition of Greenland at all,&rdquo; White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday. On Friday, a bipartisan US congressional delegation began a visit to Copenhagen to voice support for Denmark and Greenland, during which they were to meet Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her Greenlandic counterpart. That provided another source of hope for Greenlanders. &ldquo;Congress would never approve of a military action in Greenland,&rdquo; the 39-year-old union activist said. &ldquo;If people in Congress want to save their own democracy, they have to step up.&rdquo;

A sailor works on the deck of the HDMS Knud Rasmussen Royal Danish Navy patrol vessel moored at the harbour in Nuuk, Greenland on January 16, 2026 (AFP)

Greenlanders were putting cautious hope in all-out efforts to contain US President Donald Trump’s designs on their Arctic island, as European soldiers arrived in their streets and US lawmakers visited Denmark

Trump threatens tariffs as US lawmakers back Denmark, Greenland

COPENHAGEN:&nbsp;Large demonstrations are planned across Denmark and Greenland on Saturday to protest against US President Donald Trump&#39;s designs to take over the Arctic island. Thousands of people have indicated on social media that they intend to take part in marches and rallies organized by Greenlandic associations in Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense and the Greenlandic capital Nuuk. &ldquo;The aim is to send a clear and unified message of respect for Greenland&#39;s democracy and fundamental human rights,&rdquo; Uagut, an association of Greenlanders in Denmark, said on its website. Trump&rsquo;s warning &nbsp;The protests follow<a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/trump-says-may-slap-tariffs-on-nations-that-dont-back-his-greenland-plans" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Trump&#39;s warning</a> on Friday that he &ldquo;may put a tariff&rdquo; on countries that oppose his plans to take over Greenland, which is an autonomous territory of Denmark. The demonstration in Nuuk is scheduled to begin at 4:00 pm (1500 GMT), to protest &ldquo;against the United States&#39; illegal plans to take control of Greenland&rdquo;, organizers said.&nbsp; Demonstrators would march to the US consulate carrying Greenlandic flags. The Copenhagen rally was due to begin at 12:00 pm (1100 GMT), and make a stop outside the US embassy in the Danish capital around an hour later. &ldquo;Recent events have put Greenland and Greenlanders in both Greenland and Denmark under pressure,&rdquo; Uagut chairwoman Julie Rademacher said in a statement sent to AFP, calling for &ldquo;unity&rdquo;. &ldquo;When tensions rise, and people go into a state of alarm, we risk creating more problems than solutions for ourselves and for each other. We appeal to Greenlanders in both Greenland and Denmark to stand together,&rdquo; she said. <h2 style="line-height: 2;">&lsquo;Hands off Greenland&rsquo;</h2>Uagut, along with the citizens&#39; movement &ldquo;<a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/we-dont-want-to-be-americans-greenlands-political-parties" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hands Off Greenland</a>&rdquo;, and Inuit, an umbrella group of Greenlandic associations, were staging the demonstrations to coincide with a visit to Copenhagen by a bipartisan delegation of US lawmakers. On the event&rsquo;s Facebook page, at least 900 people in Greenland said they planned to take part in the territory, which has a total population of about 57,000. &ldquo;With this demonstration, we want to show that we are taking action,&nbsp;that we stand together and that we support our politicians, diplomats&nbsp;and partners,&rdquo; Kristian Johansen, one of the organizers, said in a statement. &ldquo;We demand respect for our country&#39;s right to self-determination and for us as a people,&rdquo; added Avijaja Rosing-Olsen, another organizer. &ldquo;We demand respect for international law and international legal principles. This is not only our struggle, it is a struggle that concerns the entire world.&rdquo; According to the latest poll published in January 2025, 85% of Greenlanders oppose the territory joining the United States.&nbsp; Only six percent were in favor.

Thousands of people have indicated on social media that they intend to take part in marches and rallies organized by Greenlandic associations in Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense and the Greenlandic capital Nuuk.

Large crowds expected for 'Hands off Greenland' protests

NUUK: European military personnel were due to begin arriving in Greenland on Thursday, shortly after a meeting between American, Danish and Greenlandic officials in Washington failed to resolve &quot;<a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/denmark-says-white-house-talks-failed-to-alter-us-designs-on-greenland" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">fundamental disagreement</a>&quot; over the mineral-rich, strategic Arctic island. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed to take control of the autonomous Danish territory, arguing that it is vital for US security.<div class="fr-embed"><iframe src="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/115893255826342514/embed" class="truthsocial-embed" style="max-width: 100%; border: 0" width="600" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen">&nbsp;</iframe></div>Reconnaissance missionFrance, Sweden, Germany and Norway announced Wednesday that they would deploy military personnel as part of a reconnaissance mission to Greenland&#39;s capital Nuuk. &quot;Soldiers of NATO are expected to be more present in Greenland from today and in the coming days. It is expected that there will be more military flights and ships,&quot; Greenland&#39;s deputy prime minister Mute Egede told a news conference on Wednesday, adding they would be &quot;training&quot;. &quot;The first French military personnel are already on their way. Others will follow,&quot; French President Emmanuel Macron said on X.<div class="fr-embed"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; max-width: 550px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><iframe id="twitter-widget-3" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-3&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=2011578747791819017&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmain.d1wrm1qseko1cp.amplifyapp.com%2Farticles%2F&sessionId=9f67c598ad1b75bb439625bfaa2d91de7bf185f9&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px; height: 345px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;" data-tweet-id="2011578747791819017"></iframe></div></div>The deployment of a 13-strong Bundeswehr reconnaissance team to Nuuk from Thursday was at Denmark&#39;s invitation, the German defense ministry said, adding it would run from Thursday to Sunday. The deployment was announced on the same day that the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland met with US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington. &lsquo;Absolutely not necessary&rsquo;Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, speaking after leaving the White House, said a US takeover of Greenland was &quot;absolutely not necessary.&quot; &quot;We didn&#39;t manage to change the American position. It&#39;s clear that the president has this wish of conquering over Greenland,&quot; Lokke told reporters. &quot;We therefore still have a fundamental disagreement, but we also agree to disagree.&quot; &lsquo;Something will work out&rsquo;Trump, speaking after the meeting which he did not attend, for the first time sounded conciliatory on Greenland, acknowledging Denmark&#39;s interests even if he again said he was not ruling out any options. &quot;I have a very good relationship with Denmark, and we&#39;ll see how it all works out. I think something will work out,&quot; Trump said without explaining further. He again said Denmark was powerless if Russia or China wanted to occupy Greenland, but added: &quot;There&#39;s everything we can do.&quot; Trump has appeared emboldened on Greenland after ordering a deadly January 3 attack in Venezuela that removed president Nicolas Maduro. &lsquo;It&#39;s very frightening&rsquo;On the streets of Nuuk, red and white Greenlandic flags flew in shop windows, on apartment balconies, and on cars and buses, in a show of <a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/we-dont-want-to-be-americans-greenlands-political-parties" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">national unity</a> this week. Some residents described anxiety from finding themselves at the center of the geopolitical spotlight. &quot;It&#39;s very frightening because it&#39;s such a big thing,&quot; said Vera Stidsen, 51, a teacher in Nuuk. &quot;I hope that in the future we can continue to live as we have until now: in peace and without being disturbed,&quot; Stidsen told AFP.

Macron says ‘first French military personnel are already on their way’; US President Trump has repeatedly vowed to take control of the autonomous Danish territory, arguing that it is vital for US security.

European military mission set to begin in Greenland

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is discussing options, including military action, to take control of Greenland, the White House said Tuesday, upping tensions that Denmark warns could destroy the NATO alliance. Trump has stepped up his designs on the mineral-rich, self-governing Danish territory in the Arctic since the US military operation to seize Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro last weekend. &lsquo;Always an option&rsquo;&nbsp;White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that &quot;acquiring Greenland is a national security priority&quot; for Trump to deter adversaries such as Russia and China. &quot;The president and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilizing the US military is always an option at the commander in chief&#39;s disposal,&quot; she said in a statement to AFP. The Wall Street Journal reported that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers that Trump&#39;s preferred option is to buy Greenland from Denmark, adding that the threats did not signal an imminent invasion. &lsquo;Everything would stop&rsquo;Denmark has warned that any attempt to seize Greenland by force would mean &quot;everything would stop,&quot; including NATO and 80 years of close transatlantic security links. Any US military action against Greenland would effectively collapse NATO, since the alliance&#39;s Article Five pledges that member states will defend any of their number that come under attack. Greenland and Denmark said earlier that they had asked to meet Rubio quickly as tensions rose over the issue. &lsquo;Not for sale&rsquo;&quot;It has so far not been possible,&quot; Greenland&#39;s Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt wrote on social media, adding that they had been pushing for a meeting throughout 2025. Denmark&#39;s Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said meeting Rubio should &quot;clear up certain misunderstandings.&quot; Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen earlier insisted that the island was not for sale, and that only its 57,000 people should decide its future. &#39;Not acceptable&#39;&nbsp;Allies have rallied around Denmark and Greenland while trying not to antagonize Trump. The leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Spain joined Denmark in a statement on Tuesday saying that they would defend the &quot;universal principles&quot; of &quot;sovereignty, territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders.&quot; French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer both sought to play down the row as they attended Ukraine peace talks in Paris alongside Trump&#39;s envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner. &quot;I cannot imagine a scenario in which the United States of America would be placed in a position to violate Danish sovereignty,&quot; Macron said. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, whose country Trump earlier this year said should become the 51st state, also weighed in. &quot;The future of Greenland and Denmark is decided solely by the people of Denmark and Greenland,&quot; Carney told reporters in Paris. Military base in GreenlandThe United States already has a military base in Greenland, the Pituffik space base, with around 150 personnel stationed there. Greenland residents have also rejected Trump&#39;s threats. &quot;This is not something we appreciate,&quot; Christian Keldsen, director of the Greenland Business Association, told AFP in the capital Nuuk.&nbsp; &quot;It is not acceptable in the civilized world.&quot; Trump&#39;s Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller told CNN on Monday that &quot;nobody&#39;s going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland!&quot; Copenhagen has, however, invested heavily in security, allocating some 90 billion kroner ($14 billion) in the last year. Trump has been floating the idea of annexing Greenland since his first term. &quot;It&#39;s like a broken record,&quot; Marc Jacobsen, a specialist in security, politics, and diplomacy in the Arctic at the Royal Danish Defence College, told AFP.

Denmark has warned that any move to take Greenland by force would mean that ‘everything would stop’, including NATO and 80 years of close transatlantic security links.

Trump weighs military option to acquire Greenland: White House

BERLIN: A group of European leaders on Tuesday underlined their support for Denmark after US President Donald Trump again voiced designs on its autonomous Arctic territory of Greenland. The leaders of France, Britain, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain as well as Denmark said that sovereignty, territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders were &quot;universal principles, and we will not stop defending them&quot;. Washington&#39;s military intervention in Venezuela has reignited fears about Trump&#39;s designs on Greenland, which has untapped rare earth deposits and could be a vital player as polar ice melts, opening up new shipping routes. Greenland is on the shortest route for missiles between Russia and the United States, and Washington already has a military base there. With the situation in Venezuela more pressing, Trump quipped on Sunday that &quot;we&#39;ll worry about Greenland in about two months.&quot; The European leaders&#39; joint statement said: &quot;Arctic security remains a key priority for Europe and it is critical for international and transatlantic security. &quot;NATO has made clear that the Arctic region is a priority and European allies are stepping up. &quot;We and many other allies have increased our presence, activities, and investments to keep the Arctic safe and to deter adversaries.&quot; They stressed that Denmark&mdash;including Greenland&mdash;was part of NATO. &quot;Security in the Arctic must therefore be achieved collectively, in conjunction with NATO allies including the United States, by upholding the principles of the UN Charter, including sovereignty, territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders,&quot; the leaders said. &quot;These are universal principles, and we will not stop defending them.&quot; The statement was signed by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. They added that the US was &quot;an essential partner in this endeavor.&quot; &quot;Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland,&quot; they said. Canadian PM reaffirms supportCanadian Prime Minister Mark Carney also met with the Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, according to a Canadian government statement. The leaders met on the margins of the Coalition of the Willing meeting in Paris, France. They affirmed their enduring support for Ukraine against Russian aggression and agreed on the imperative of achieving a just and lasting peace in Ukraine, backed by robust security guarantees. Prime Minister Carney emphasized Canada&rsquo;s support for Denmark&#39;s sovereignty and territorial integrity, including Greenland. He affirmed Canada&rsquo;s support for the joint statement on Greenland by Denmark and European leaders.&nbsp; According to the statement, the future of Greenland is for Greenland and Denmark to determine. Canada will continue to work with Denmark, Greenland, and other partners in our shared responsibility for the security and resilience of the Arctic, it added.

A group of European leaders underlined their support for Denmark after US President Donald Trump again voiced designs on its autonomous Arctic territory of Greenland

European leaders rally behind Denmark after Trump claims on Greenland

MELBOURNE: The Australian government has begun a public education campaign with tips on how to wean children off social media ahead of a world-first national 16-year age limit taking effect in December. Australian eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said Friday that information on her agency&#39;s website, esafety.gov.au, explained the new laws and how to navigate them. Starting December 10, platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, X and YouTube could be fined up to 50 million Australian dollars ($33 million) if they don&rsquo;t take reasonable steps to prevent Australians younger than 16 from holding accounts. Messages raising awareness will also be shared starting Sunday across digital channels, television, radio and billboards. &lsquo;We want children to have childhoods&rsquo;&ldquo;We want children to have childhoods. We want parents to have peace of mind and we want young people &mdash; young Australians &mdash; to have three more years to learn who they are before platforms assume who they are,&rdquo; Communications Minister Anika Wells told reporters, referring to the current de facto 13-year age limit for social media accounts based on US privacy legislation. The Australian age restrictions have already proved polarizing, with some experts warning the changes will harm as well as protect children. More than 140 Australian and international academics signed an open letter to the government last year opposing a social media age limit as &ldquo;too blunt an instrument to address risks effectively.&rdquo; Despite that warning, the laws passed with resounding support last year. The platforms had a year to figure out how to comply without foolproof technology available to verify ages. &lsquo;Very monumental event&rsquo;Inman Grant said the social media age restriction would be a &ldquo;very monumental event for a lot of young people.&rdquo; Her agency offered checklists and conversation starters about ways to make the transition, such as following an online influencer through a website rather than a social media account, she said. &ldquo;How do we start weaning them from social media now so it isn&rsquo;t a shock on Dec. 10? How do we help them download their archives and their memories and how do we make sure that they&rsquo;re in touch with friends and are aware of mental health support if they&rsquo;re feeling down when they&rsquo;re not tethered to their phones over the holiday period?&rdquo; she added. Australia&rsquo;s move is being watched closely by countries that share concerns about social media impacts on young children. &lsquo;A global challenge&rsquo;&nbsp;Denmark&rsquo;s Ambassador to Australia Ingrid Dahl-Madsen said her government would use its current presidency of the Council of the European Union to push the agenda of protecting children from social media harms. &ldquo;This is something that is a global challenge and we are all looking at how we can manage it best and we are looking to Australia and we will be looking at what Australia does,&rdquo; Dahl-Madsen told Australian Broadcasting Corp in Melbourne on Monday. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s so important that Australia and Demark and the EU &mdash; we share lessons, we compare experiences and we can push forward hopefully practical progress on this,&rdquo; she added. It was about &quot;protecting our children in this digital world that is increasingly complicated.&quot; The Danish government last week proposed legislating an age limit of 15. But Dahl-Madsen said Denmark would consider letting parents exempt their children who were 13-14.Australia has no similar exemption.

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Starting December 10, platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, X and YouTube could be fined up to $33 million if they do not take reasonable steps to prevent Australians younger than 16 from holding accounts.

Australia begins education campaign ahead of social media curbs for children 

COPENHAGEN: Denmark will buy another 16 F-35 fighter jets from the United States, its defence minister said Friday, two weeks after unidentified drones intruded into the Scandinavian country&#39;s airspace. Copenhagen will also buy anti-drone defences worth some 2.1 billion kroner ($320,000 million), after the flights, including over military installations, prompted politicians to point the finger at Russia. The purchase announcement however also comes as EU countries weigh up whether to replace the US-made planes with European alternatives. &quot;We have reached a political agreement to acquire 16 additional F-35 fighter jets... so that we will have more operational fighter jets in the future,&quot; Troels Lund Poulsen told a press conference. The purchase, which will bring the number of F-35s in the Danish air force to 43, is set to cost 29 billion kroner ($4.5 billion). Denmark -- which is accused of Washington of not doing enough to secure the Arctic region -- also said it will pour billions more into security for both the polar region and the north Atlantic. The purchase from the United States comes following President Donald Trump&#39;s repeated comments on acquiring Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory located in a strategic region.

Denmark will buy 16 more U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets and anti-drone systems worth billions, boosting security in the Arctic and North Atlantic amid drone incursions and regional tensions with Russia

Denmark to buy 16 more US-made F-35 fighters after drone flights

LONDON: Denmark lost a fraud case in London&#39;s High Court on Thursday, in a blow to the country&#39;s efforts to recover 12.1 billion kroner ($1.9 billion) from a massive tax fraud scandal. The Danish tax authority, known as Skat, brought the case to recover funds from defendants it said fraudulently claimed tax rebates using so-called &quot;cum-ex&quot; scams. The schemes involve buying and selling shares around the time of dividend payments so quickly that the tax authorities are unable to identify the true owner, making it possible to illegally claim tax credits. London&#39;s High Court ruled Thursday that the Danish tax authority had failed to prove it was &quot;misled&quot; by these tax rebate claims. &quot;Its controls for assessing and paying dividend tax refund claims were so flimsy as to be almost non-existent,&quot; the judge Andrew Baker said in his decision. The main defendant was Solo Capital Partners, a London-based hedge fund founded by British trader Sanjay Shah, who was sentenced to 12 years in jail in Denmark last year. Shah was convicted of running a nine-billion-krone &quot;cum-ex&quot; scam between 2012 and 2015, and the Danish court ordered that assets worth 7.2 billion kroner be confiscated from him. In that case, the prosecution showed that dummy companies controlled by Shah pretended to own shares in Danish companies and received tax rebates for which they were not eligible. The ruling in Britain has dealt a blow to Denmark&#39;s attempts to recoup funds. The Danish tax authority said Thursday&#39;s ruling was a &quot;source of surprise.&quot; In May 2023, a Dubai court ordered Shah to pay&nbsp;Denmark&#39;s tax authority more than $1.2 billion. &quot;Cum-ex&quot; scams, which take advantage of a loophole in European tax laws, have been uncovered in several EU countries. According to Bloomberg estimates, the scams have cost European taxpayers up to 150 billion euros ($176 billion).&nbsp;

Denmark lost a fraud case in London's High Court, in a blow to the country's efforts to recover 12.1 billion kroner ($1.9 billion) from a massive tax fraud scandal

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