Why a remote part of Greenland is named after a leafy Glasgow suburb

Robert Stevenson (1772-1850) was born in Glasgow. He entered the service of the Northern Lighthouse Board, having studied civil engineering at the Andersonian Institution and Glasgow University. (Image: Glasgow City Archives) For almost half a...

Greenland’s State-Owned Sector Is Very Impressive

One of the odder initiatives of Donald Trump’s second term has been his fixation on the idea of annexing Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. “We need Greenland for national security and even international security,” he said in a speech...

Amid threats of annexation, could Canada and Greenland grow closer?

Miilu Gehlert has just spent hours captaining a water taxi deep into the Nuuk Fjord, a winding waterway that lies just north of Greenland's capital. But it's far from the most difficult task he's had to navigate. "We were out for four days and...

Greenland’s tourism nears limit, mining difficult as budget turns red

By Elías Thorsson September 26, 2025 63 A view of the old city of Nuuk, Greenland, March 29, 2025. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo Greenland’s tourism boom, driven by new international flight routes, is running into hard capacity limits just as...

Lobbying gains traction as tariffs reshape trade diplomacy

The global trading landscape has been under considerable strain following the reciprocal tariff measures by US President Donald Trump. These measures, framed under the ‘America First’ trade doctrine, continue to send ripples through international...

Greenland 2: Migration trailer shows Gerard Butler surviving in the aftermath of a comet strike

At one point, the 2020 disaster film Greenland was going to be directed by Neill Blomkamp, with Chris Evans attached to star. Blomkamp and Evans quickly moved on, and the project ended up being a collaboration between director Ric Roman Waugh and...

Stop the World: Greenland’s strategic weight surges amid US, China, Russia jostling

Greenland, an often-overlooked expanse of ice and rock, is fast becoming a focal point of strategic competition between the United States, China and Russia. Speaking on ASPI’s Stop the World, Elizabeth Buchanan—an Arctic specialist and author of a...

Greenland covers all seasons across multiple lifestyles

Serena is among Greenland Home Fashions’ latest line of woven matelassé designs. (Photo provided by Greenland Home Fashions) Chino, Calif. – Greenland Home Fashions unveiling a full calendar of seasonal product launches during New York Home...

Greenland 2: Migration teaser poster showcases the moment of impact on the Earth

Things were seemingly all quiet on the Greenland front. But the sequel to the Gerard Butler disaster film is back on the radar with a little blip. The original Ric Roman Waugh thriller, Greenland, starred Butler and Morena Baccarin and follows a...

'Dear women. Dear families.' Denmark apologizes for forced Greenland contraception program

Denmark and Greenland formally apologized for their role in a forced contraception program believed to have targeted thousands of Indigenous girls and women in the Arctic territory dating back to the 1960s. The Danish government has previously...

Denmark apologizes for forced contraception program in Greenland

Denmark and Greenland formally apologized for their role in a forced contraception program believed to have targeted thousands of Indigenous girls and women in the Arctic territory dating back to the 1960s. The Danish government has previously...

Denmark PM apologises to indigenous Greenlanders who faced forced contraception

Denmark's prime minister has apologised to a generation of indigenous Greenlanders who were forcibly prescribed birth control. The apology by Mette Frederiksen in Greenland’s capital, Nuuk, hopes to close a traumatic chapter in Greenland's...

Denmark's leader apologizes to Indigenous girls and women in Greenland for forced contraception

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Her voice cracking, Denmark’s prime minister has apologized to Greenlandic Indigenous girls and women who were given invasive contraception by the Danish health authorities against their will over decades. COPENHAGEN,...

Denmark apology for forced contraception of Inuit women in Greenland

24 Sep 2025 Both the Danish and Greenland governments have said that a “reconciliation fund” would be set up to compensate the women who lost their right to have children. Katrine Petersen, forced contraception victim The prime minister of Denmark...

Leaders of Denmark and Greenland will apologize for government role in the mistreatment of Indigenous girls and women

52-year-old retiree Katrine Petersen at The Greenlandic House in central Copenhagen, Denmark, Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/James Brooks) COPENHAGEN, Denmark — At age 13, Katrine Petersen was fitted with a contraceptive device by Danish doctors...

Denmark PM to apologize to Greenland victims of forced contraception

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is set to give a formal apology in Greenland for a decades-long forced contraception campaign that targeted around 4,500 Inuit women. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will travel to Greenland on...

Danish PM to apologise for forced contraception in Greenland

COPENHAGEN - Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has arrived in Denmark’s autonomous territory Greenland for a ceremony Wednesday to apologise in person to the victims of a forced contraception programme that Copenhagen ran for more than three...

Denmark to offer payouts to Greenlandic women subject to forced contraception

Published on 23/09/2025 - 15:14 GMT+2 The Danish government will offer payouts to Greenlandic women who were given birth control without their knowledge or consent. Last year, 143 women in Greenland who claim they were forcibly fitted with...

Denmark’s historic Greenland apology to seek closer ties amid US interest

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will formally apologise for historic injustices against Greenlanders, including forced birth control, in a move to strengthen ties amid US interest and fresh revelations of Trump-linked covert operations on...

Danish PM to apologise to victims of Greenland forced contraception

COPENHAGEN - Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will visit Denmark’s autonomous territory Greenland on Sept 24 to apologise in person to the victims of a forced contraception programme that Copenhagen ran for more than three decades. “It will...