Greenland could control its own legal system, police, internal affairs and its natural resources, after centuries of Danish exploitation. However, it has not yet achieved full sovereignty. Today, ...

Greenland was settled by Erik the Red, so named as much for his fiery temper as his fiery beard. Banished from his native Norway, he headed west and ended up right around here, in 982. He was a ...

Greenland's prime minister says the people of his Arctic territory don't want to be American or Danish, but he's open to cooperation with the U.S.

Greenland's prime minister said Friday that the mineral-rich Arctic territory's people don't want to be Americans, but that he understands U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's interest in the ...

For the last week, Indigenous leaders from around the world have converged in New York for the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, or UNPFI. It’s the largest global gathering of ...

Greenlanders have celebrated National Day, the Arctic island’s biggest summer festival, to mark the solstice with songs, ...

But Greenland’s population of roughly 56,000 is a small fraction of the Scandinavian country. For context, the least-populated U.S. state, Wyoming, had around 577,000 people at the time of the ...

The Danes converted many of the Indigenous Inuit people they encountered to Christianity and made the island part of their kingdom. U.S. interest in Greenland, meanwhile, dates back at least to ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Greenland's prime minister said Friday that the mineral-rich Arctic territory's people don't want ...

Greenland's prime minister says the people of his Arctic territory don't want to be American or Danish, but he's open to cooperation with the U.S.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Greenland's prime minister said Friday that the mineral-rich Arctic territory's people don't want to be Americans, but that he understands U.S. President-elect Donald Trump ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Greenland's prime minister said Friday that the mineral-rich Arctic territory's people don't want to be Americans, but that he understands U.S. President-elect Donald ...