North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato)

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin must be really enjoying watching the American and European alliance eat itself

US president’s latest tariffs threat comes as part of aim to acquire Greenland

Demonstrators in Nuuk waved Greenlandic flags, as some people openly cried in the rain

EU ambassadors summoned for emergency talks after Trump threatens to impose tariffs over Greenland

Eurogroup meeting in Brussels next week expected to be dominated by new economic threat from US

Governments are hoarding rice and grain as insurance against a world they increasingly view as unstable. But many economists believe it could be counter-productive

Resentment of Denmark runs deep, drawing on dark revelations from colonial days

Greenland ‘can count’ on political and financial support from Europe, says commission president

US president Donald Trump has vowed to take control of Arctic island ‘the easy way or the hard way’

‘Hardest part is still ahead of us,’ says Danish PM as Trump insists territory will be taken ‘easy way or the hard way’

‘I am terrified by what is happening in the States. A vote for Mercosur would be one good way of fighting back’

Prime minister’s remarks came hours after Donald Trump reasserted his intention to take Greenland

Irish taxpayers will play a disproportionate role in funding EU defence expenditure in the coming years. This is to be welcomed, given the alternatives

Taoiseach starts 2026 juggling competing diplomatic pressures while the backbenchers grumble back home

A capital city on the edge of the world finds itself at centre of international power play

Keir Starmer’s political critics may try to blame him for being ‘on the outside looking in’ but the world has changed for Britain

Europe does not have the military capacity to resist a US seizure of the territory, but it does have the ability to fight back through politics and trade

North and south share several specialisms, especially on cyber security. Could this be an area of co-operation across the Border and the Irish Sea?

Military seizure of island from longtime ally Denmark would send shockwaves through Nato

US refuses to rule out military force to take control – a move Denmark says would end the Nato alliance

States reiterate support to deploy troops from European nations to reassure Kyiv in event of truce with Russia

Annexing the territory is now US policy, says White House deputy chief of staff

Irish policy forbids foreign military aircraft use of Irish airspace while on active military operations

European governments are preparing the public for the possibility of conflict as US security guarantees fade

Jeff Landry says it is an honour to take the voluntary role 'to make Greenland part of the US'

President’s end-of-year press conference appears largely aimed at preparing country’s population for war to continue

US officials say ‘90%’ of issues between two countries resolved after two days of talks in Berlin

European defence stocks dip amid hopes for Ukraine peace deal

Move aimed at advancing peace talks in Berlin

Move marks major shift for Ukraine, which has fought to join Nato as safeguard against Russian attacks

The British leader pledged ‘peace in our time’ after appeasing a tyrant – will history repeat itself?

Too many in military alliance do not feel ‌the ​urgency ‍of Russia’s threat in Europe, says Mark Rutte

Kyiv to discuss future security guarantees with ‘coalition of the willing’ states

Hard choices about territory, security, language rights, alliances, sanctions and resources are required

Ireland’s neutrality doesn’t bother EU allies. Our inability to defend ourselves does

Moscow vows to seize entire Donbas region and says EU use of its frozen assets to fund Kyiv could be ‘casus belli’

EU Commission to press ahead with plans to use Moscow’s frozen assets to provide funding to Kyiv

Country’s president knows EU and its member states still command some sway in Washington

Attitudes sour over history of occupation and contemporary security pressures overshadow latest rapprochement

Move comes amid growing concerns over Russia’s threat to other European nations beyond Ukraine