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Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, centre, Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, left, and US President Donald Trump at the signing ceremony of a security deal between the US, Denmark and Greenland on Tuesday. Photo: AP
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, and Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen visit Qoornoq in Greenland on September 6. Photo: Reauters
Donald Trump

Trump, Greenland and Denmark sign deal in bid to end Arctic stand-off

The agreement allows the US to establish a ‘Golden Dome’ defence system on the island as a shield against ballistic missile threats.

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United States

Trump claims US deal for ‘control’ of Greenland security against ‘adversaries’

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Russia

Denmark says Russian frigate fired flares at helicopter

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Sweden

Sweden’s election too close to call as final votes are counted

Swedes await final tallies as left-leaning opposition holds a razor-thin lead in the race.

Social Democratic leader Magdalena Andersson as election results are released. Photo: Reuters
European Union

‘He was our rock’: Norwegians bid final farewell to King Harald V

Foreign dignitaries in attendance include Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Britain’s Prince William.

Defence

Sweden buying US-made Himars for long-range strike capability

New Nato member spends US$730 million on Lockheed Martin artillery while deepening defence ties with Finland.

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Royalty

Norway’s King Haakon VIII swears allegiance to constitution

Haakon’s wife Queen Mette-Marit, 53, was not beside her husband as she is still recovering from her June 17 transplant.

Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra (right) sits next to her father King Haakon VIII during an oath-taking ceremony for the new king to Norway’s constitution in the main chamber of the Norwegian parliament in Oslo on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
Norway

King Haakon VIII takes throne as Norway mourns death of King Harald

The 53-year-old takes over a monarchy hailed for its modernity and modesty but which has been beset by a string of recent scandals.

Royalty

Who is King Haakon? What to know about Norway’s new monarch

Haakon takes the crown following his father’s death, and Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra becomes heir apparent.

Royalty

Norway’s King Harald dies at 89 after 35-year reign

Son becomes King Haakon VIII following the death of Europe’s oldest reigning monarch.

Norway’s King Harald in 2024. He died in hospital on Friday after an illness. Photo: NTB/Ole Berg-Rusten via Reuters
Science

How warming in Siberia could shatter Trump’s Arctic ambitions

Sinking terrain and spiking methane threaten ambitious Arctic shipping routes, pipelines and mining projects, Chinese-led study warns.

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US President Donald Trump has reportedly pulled federal support for the Arctic Report Card, even as Alaska is predicted to face severe losses from the thaw of permafrost. Photo: AP
Tourism

European heatwaves drive summer tourists to cooler north

The concept of ‘coolcations’ – holidays in a cooler clime – has been gathering pace in recent years and appears to have exploded in 2026.

Crime

Norway police says 28 arrested in international child porn operation

The men, aged 22 to 54, had been arrested in Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Germany.

United States

Trump still ‘disappointed’ with Nato, says US should control Greenland at summit

US president says he has ‘very good relationship’ with ‘loyal’ Turkey and is weighing up selling F-35 fighter jets to them.

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US President Donald Trump meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the start of the Nato summit in Ankara, Turkey, on Tuesday. Photo: AP
Huawei

Danish court orders state to pay telecoms firm US$12m for Huawei gear removal

Court in Copenhagen says Huawei gear removal from TDC NET’s network went beyond regulation, entitling Danish firm to damages.

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Huawei has been supplying equipment to TDC NET since 2011. Photo: Shutterstock
Animals

Iceland resumes whale hunt amid protest

It is one of the only three countries – alongside Japan and Norway – that still openly permit whaling.

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Royalty

Norway’s crown princess has ‘successful’ lung transplant

Palace confirms the 52-year-old royal is recovering in an Oslo hospital, weeks after doctors said she joined the waiting list for a new lung.

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Norway

Days before rape verdict, court grants release of Norway crown princess’ son

Facing 40 charges including rape, Marius Borg Hoiby wins a release order after pleading to see his ailing mother, but prosecutors appeal.

Marius Borg Hoiby, son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit, in Oslo in 2022. Photo: AFP
Uefa

Christian Eriksen ‘conscious’ after another on-field collapse in Denmark match

The midfielder, 34, clutched his chest during a friendly against Ukraine in Odense, in a scene that echoed his cardiac arrest at Euro 2020.

Royalty

Norway crown princess awaits lung transplant

There had been a ‘dramatic deterioration’ in her health in recent months, giving her only around a year left to ⁠live without a transplant.

Denmark

Denmark PM presents new government, with majority of women

For the first time in Danish history, the new cabinet will consist of more women than men.

(First row, from left) Denmark’s Foreign Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen of the Moderates party, Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of the Social Democrats party, Pia Olsen Dyhr of the Socialist People’s Party and Martin Lidegaard of Denmark’s The Social Liberal Party address the media outside Amalienborg Castle in Copenhagen on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
Crime

Sweden prepares prisons for 13-year-old gang killers

Gangs use social media to recruit teenagers, and in some cases children as young as 11, to commit murders and bombings across the Nordics.

Gabriel Wessman, director of Sweden’s Rosersberg Prison, stands in a cell being rebuilt to house teenage offenders. Photo: Reuters
Denmark

Denmark’s prime minister secures third term after marathon talks

Mette Frederiksen forms a left-leaning minority coalition government to end two months of post-election gridlock.

Norway

Norway to join France’s nuclear umbrella, in move away from US reliance

European countries are seeking to strengthen their defence capabilities ⁠amid doubts about US commitments and tensions with Russia.

Greenland

US needs to ‘put its footprint back on Greenland’, Trump envoy says

Jeff Landry was on his first visit to the Arctic island – despite not being officially invited – since his appointment six months ago.

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Protesters rally against US President Donald Trump in front of the US consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, in January. Photo: Reuters
Norway

Norway arrests Chinese national for alleged spying

Court orders suspect be remanded in custody for four weeks, in the second high-profile case this month.

Norwegian intelligence services regularly single out China and Russia as the main risks to Norway. Photo: Shutterstock
Animals

Timmy, the stranded whale that captivated Germany, found dead in Denmark

The animal had recently been released in the North Sea after an expensive and controversial rescue operation.

Greenland

Greenland PM hits out at reported bid to buy signatures for pro-US petition

Jens-Frederik Nielsen responds to report of a ‘mysterious American’ offering a Nuuk taxi driver US$200,000 to sign.

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