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Greenland’s Minister for Mineral Resources, Naaja Nathanielsen, has told Euronews her government is yet to “gain clarity” about Washington’s demands over Greenland, despite US President Donald Trump claiming that a framework for a potential agreement is already in place. “We still have to gain clarity about what America’s interests are concretely. We really haven’t heard anything yet,” Minister Nathanielsen, whose portfolio also covers business and energy, said on Euronews’ interview programme 12 Minutes With. The US, Greenland and Denmark are set to enter talks over a deal that would allow the US to gain an even greater foothold in the…
Published on 26/01/2026 – 17:54 GMT+1 The European Union and Jordan will hold an investment conference in Amman on April 21, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Šuica and Jordanian minister for international cooperation Zeina Toukan announced on Monday. The conference will be attended by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the Jordan King Abdullah II, and will aim to strengthen relations between European and Jordanian companies and investors, encouraging them to meet and work together on projects that benefit both partners. “We will be visiting a number of European capitals in the next few weeks to promote…
Several EU energy ministers gathered in Hamburg on Monday vowing to increase offshore wind capacity in the North Sea with a view to lowering energy prices. Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Norway, Iceland, and NATO all signed a declaration with wind industry leaders to increase offshore wind capacity to 100 GW as part of the shared goal of massively scaling up offshore wind by 2050 and lowering energy prices. The signing comes days after US President Donald Trump criticised Europe’s climate and energy ambitions and the speed at which windmills are being deployed. British Secretary…
Published on 26/01/2026 – 18:38 GMT+1 Estonia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Finland on Monday had their national investment plans under the EU’s new €150 billion loan for defence scheme approved by the European Commission. These eight countries had asked for a total of €74 billion in funding – around half the total amount the Commission plans to raise on the market to finance its Security Action for Europe (SAFE) programme – with Poland accounting for €43.7 billion alone. This is the second round of approval after eight other countries – Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Spain, Croatia, Cyprus, Portugal…
By Euronews Published on 26/01/2026 – 18:57 GMT+1 This year’s World Economic Forum in Davos took place at a particularly tense time. Europe and the United States displayed their disagreements on Greenland in speech after speech, raising fears of a trade war between the historic partners. Although Washington ultimately backtracked after an agreement with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on a “framework of future deal” over the Arctic territory, the scars run deep and the economic risks remain. For Harvard University professor Gita Gopinath, tensions over Greenland and Donald Trump’s threats of import duties against several European countries marked a political…
Published on 26/01/2026 – 18:25 GMT+1 “Donald Trump is very important to NATO and very committed to NATO”, Secretary General Mark Rutte said remarks at the European Parliament on Monday as many MEPs worry about the president of the United States’ aggressive rhetoric against Europe. Whereas Trump’s threats to control Greenland have been defined as “the end of NATO” by Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Rutte said he believes that US President “deserves to be defended” and “is doing a lot of good stuff” for the NATO alliance. “The 2% [of the GDP spending target on defence] reached by all…
After a dramatic week spent fretting over Greenland’s future, Europe is shifting its political focus back to the crisis that risks redefining its security architecture for generations to come: Russia’s war on Ukraine. Europeans are hoping that the preliminary deal that convinced Donald Trump to abandon his attempt to seize Greenland through punitive tariffs will allow the two sides of the Atlantic to resume their common efforts to end the full-scale invasion, which the unprecedented row over the mineral-rich Danish territory briefly threatened to derail. With the full-scale Russian invasion nearing the fourth-year mark, European leaders are throwing their weight…
Published on 23/01/2026 – 17:52 GMT+1 Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary could have quoted Frank Sinatra in response to Elon Musk calling him an “utter idiot” on X. In response, Ryanair boss launched a “Big Idiot” seat sale with cheap flights for Elon and all the other, quote, “idiots,” end quote. But away from the noise, how do their business models actually impact us? First, the environment. Ryanair’s fleet of more than 600 planes emitted over 16 million tonnes of CO2 last year. Then again, data centres for X and GrokAI are part of an industry that consumes so many resources…
By Aida Sanchez Alonso & Méabh Mc Mahon Published on 26/01/2026 – 10:56 GMT+1 •Updated 11:16 “I think the work that the Commission is doing in India is very, very important,” Ireland’s Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence Thomas Byrne told Euronews as EU leaders visit India to try to close a Free Trade Agreement with the Asian country. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa travelled to New Delhi on Saturday in hopes of clinching a deal with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “The Mother of All Deals”, as nicknamed by Von der Leyen,…
Published on 26/01/2026 – 11:06 GMT+1 “It’s a very small ask,” US President Donald Trump said about his desire to buy Greenland, calling it just “a big, beautiful piece of ice.” He reportedly raged when Europe sent troops there. But let’s be honest: sending around 40 soldiers from eight nations was more about sending a message than sending actual power. But what if we assembled a European army? If you combine all European countries, we actually have around 1.5 million active-duty soldiers. That sounds huge, but it is a logistical nightmare. While the US military operates with 32 weapon systems,…