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Trump still wants Greenland. "We have to have it", he insists.
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Trump still wants Greenland. "We have to have it", he insists.

23 December 2025
Donald Trump still wants Greenland. "We have to have it", the US president insists. He has sparked a fresh row with Denmark after appointing a special envoy to Greenland.   In response to a question from the BBC about the new role of Jeff Landry, the Republican governor of Louisiana, Trump said the US needed Greenland for "national protection" and that "we have to have it". Trump specifically mentioned Chinese and Russian ships as potential threats in the nearby seas. Greenland, home to about 57,000 people, has had extensive self-government since 1979, though defence and foreign policy remain in Danish hands. While most Greenlanders favour eventual independence from Denmark, opinion polls show overwhelming opposition to becoming part of the US. (click the image to read the full story).

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Strong EU response after Russia issues travel bans against eight prominent EU officials
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Strong EU response after Russia issues travel bans against eight prominent EU officials

30 April 2021
"This decision is the latest, striking demonstration of how the Russian Federation has chosen confrontation with the EU instead of agreeing to redress the negative trajectory of our bilateral relations", a joint statement issued by the three main EU institutions said on Friday.
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Michel in Tbilisi after Georgian government and majority of opposition parties sign EU-brokered deal to end political crisis
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Michel in Tbilisi after Georgian government and majority of opposition parties sign EU-brokered deal to end political crisis

20 April 2021
Georgia’s government and the majority of its opposition parties have signed an EU-brokered agreement to end the political crisis that has been ongoing since the country’s October-November parliamentary elections last year. The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, was in Tbilisi to meet with the leaders and parties that signed his proposal.
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