NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen agreed at a meeting on Tuesday that allies need to focus on strengthening defences in the Arctic, a source familiar with the talks told Reuters.

Denmark's energy agency on Tuesday said it had granted Nord Stream 2 AG, a unit of Russia's Gazprom , permission to conduct preservation work on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea, which was damaged in a series of blasts in 2022.

A Russian insurer placed under US and UK sanctions after it was revealed to be covering ships in Moscow’s “shadow fleet” of oil tankers is threatening to sue a Danish publication that played a critical role in reporting on it.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has warned of the threat posed by hybrid warfare from Moscow after an underwater Baltic Sea cable was severed. Scholz was speaking as he met Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.

Denmark’s energy agency said Tuesday it has granted permission to Nord Stream 2 AG, a subsidiary of Russia’s Gazprom, to conduct preservation work on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea. The pipeline was damaged in a series of explosions in 2022, months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Donald Trump has his eyes on Greenland for various strategic reasons including energy, trade, and national security. The country’s PM has had enough.

Russia and China have stepped up military activity in the Arctic, while NATO states in the region are reporting more acts of sabotage on energy and communications lines. President Donald Trump has recently revived U.

It is now a weapon being used against us.” Trump’s skepticism about U.S. support for Ukraine and Taiwan, his eagerness to impose tariffs, and his threats to retake the Panama Canal, absorb Canada, and acquire Greenland make it clear that he envisions a return to nineteenth-century power politics and spheres of interest,

Frederiksen’s efforts have not been limited to diplomatic dashes. Denmark has announced a $2bn Arctic security plan, including new warships, drones and satellite capabilities to bolster its presence in Greenland, which is a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.

"Workers intend to preserve the damaged pipeline, installing special blinds on each open end of the pipe in order to prevent further gas release and ingress of oxygen-saturated seawater," the regulato

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen met on Tuesday in a show of unity after US President Donald Trump again stressed his designs on Greenland.

PARIS - European Union foreign ministers agreed Monday to continue sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine but to ease some sanctions against