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Weird AI-generated babies greet European leaders at Albanian summit

Italy’s Giorgia Meloni thanked the organizers for “making me feel very young again.”

May 16, 2025 4:07 pm CET

Denmark’s defense boss not ‘able to imagine’ a US takeover of Greenland

Greenland is a part of Denmark, and Washington cannot take it, Troels Lund Poulsen says.

May 13, 2025 7:20 pm CET

Longtime US allies say they have ways to fight back against Trump, and they’ll use them

Plans are being drawn up and, as one EU diplomat said, “We’ll take decisions to protect ourselves.”

April 23, 2025 4:40 pm CET

Danish prime minister to the US: ‘You cannot annex another country’

“What are we to believe in about the country that we have admired for so many years?” Mette Frederiksen said Thursday on Trump’s Greenland threat.

April 4, 2025 10:05 am CET

Danish prime minister to the US: ‘You cannot annex another country’

“What are we to believe in about the country that we have admired for so many years?” Mette Frederiksen said Thursday on Trump’s Greenland threat.

April 3, 2025 10:26 pm CET

Turmoil churns below the surface as Rubio meets NATO allies

Trump’s envoy Marco Rubio faces European NATO allies amid tension over Greenland, Ukraine and the future of the alliance.

April 3, 2025 4:10 am CET

Trump doesn’t rule out military intervention in Greenland — again

U.S. president’s comments come on the heels of diplomatic tensions between Copenhagen and Washington.

March 30, 2025 12:32 pm CET

Danish PM to Greenlanders: ‘You have not been cowed’ by Trump

On the eve of a visit from JD Vance and other American officials, Denmark’s PM cautions Greenlanders that President Donald Trump’s interest in Greenland “is not going away.”

March 27, 2025 4:51 am CET

EU asylum applications drop 13 percent in 2024

Germany, Spain and Italy were the top destinations for asylum-seekers.

March 20, 2025 1:07 pm CET

JD Vance had a point on migration, Denmark’s prime minister warns EU leaders

In a wide-ranging interview, Mette Frederiksen says she considers “mass migration … as a threat to the daily life in Europe.”

March 20, 2025 4:01 am CET

Danish PM: Europe must ‘be totally able to defend ourselves’

Europe needs to act now to deter Russia from attacking, Mette Frederiksen told POLITICO.

March 19, 2025 5:00 am CET

Europe’s path to global influence

To truly become a great power, the bloc will need a political structure that enables it to exercise the leadership long provided by the U.S.

March 11, 2025 4:00 am CET
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Poland, Denmark open to Macron’s nuclear deterrent proposal

French president’s push to discuss how France’s nuclear weapons could protect Europe was long unsuccessful — until now.

March 6, 2025 3:21 pm CET

US will take Greenland ‘one way or the other,’ Trump says

“We strongly support your right to determine your own future,” Trump tells Greenlanders — before vowing he’ll “try and get” the territory.

March 5, 2025 5:41 am CET

Denmark wanted advice on handling Trump. It turned to Ozempic’s boss.

Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen might not be a household name, but his company’s drug is. And its success has thrust him — reluctantly — into the limelight.

February 27, 2025 4:22 am CET

Ukraine could join EU before 2030, says von der Leyen

World leaders gathered to show support for Ukraine with Washington wavering on backing the government in Kyiv.

February 24, 2025 6:36 pm CET

Trump’s Zelenskyy tirade proves too much for European leaders to stomach

Opposition builds against U.S. president for embracing Russian narrative on Ukraine war.

February 20, 2025 12:48 am CET

Europe’s leaders find no quick response to Trump’s bombshell on Ukraine

Common ground proves elusive, including on sending peacekeepers.

February 17, 2025 10:13 pm CET

Germany’s Scholz: It’s ‘inappropriate’ to discuss sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine

Ukraine doesn’t have to accept whatever peace plan Russia and the United States present, Scholz added.

February 17, 2025 7:49 pm CET

Macron and Trump have ‘frank conversation’ minutes before European meeting on Ukraine

The call came before the French president welcomed a group of European leaders in Paris.

February 17, 2025 5:09 pm CET

Denmark gets ready to defend Greenland from Trump … with warm socks

Danish military forks out millions for toasty footwear.

February 6, 2025 2:44 pm CET

Greenland calls for snap election as Trump looms

Prime minister wants election on March 11.

February 5, 2025 10:54 am CET
From Across the Pond

Like it or not, the rules-based order is no more

In Trump’s world, it does little good to use the language of treaties or rules or laws. For Denmark and others to get their way, they’ll have to speak the language of power.

February 5, 2025 4:00 am CET

EU leaders deflect Trump on Greenland and on tariffs

EU leaders are looking for a way to keep Trump from invading the Danish territory.

February 4, 2025 4:00 am CET
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