The tug of war between Denmark and America over Greenland is about much more than Donald Trump’s trademark bluster. It is also a story of colonialism, superpower rivalry and a misprint on a map.

A Republican member of Congress has introduced a bill to give President Donald Trump authorization to acquire Greenland and ...

At the end of the interview, Qarsoq Høegh-Dam, a top official with the Naleraq party and an adviser to Olsen, popped in to ...

In Washington, some Trump allies are warming to the challenge. Rep. Andrew Ogles (R-Tennessee) this month introduced the “Make Greenland Great Again” Act, which would direct Congress to back Trump’s ...

Inuit peoples constitute about 90 percent of the territory’s 56,000 residents, with the others mostly being Danes concentrated in the capital city of Nuuk. Although part of Denmark, Greenland is ...

Residents aren’t happy, either. Bilo Chemnitz, who lives in the capital city Nuuk, told The Washington Post: “I don’t trust the guy.” “I want Greenland to stay like it is,” he added.

Back in Nuuk, Lynge turns to the map once more to reflect on how Greenland became caught up in a much bigger game. He refers to the 1946 attempt by the US to buy Greenland from Denmark, under which ...

From his office in the parliamentary building in the capital city of Greenland, Kuno Fencker can look out on the statue gazing out at the sea, a man of stone holding a shepherd’s staff in his ...

as dozens of Western journalists wandered around the island’s remote capital city, Nuuk. He suggested Greenland could win independence “and then we can make our own deal.” In Washington ...