Students on Ice – Youth exploring the challenges facing the arctic (videos)
Three Greenlandic students are among only 120 students from around the world currently exploring the Arctic with Students on Ice as part of an educati...
The Living in Copenhagen Diary: entry number one
The first in a new series of light-hearted columns about life as a foreigner living in the Danish capital.
Cairn comes up empty-handed again
Cairn Energy has yet again failed to find oil or gas at its wells in Greenland. The Scottish exploration company’s shares fell one percent on the anno...
Chinese land grab in Iceland causing military fears in Canada
Iceland’s foreign minister this morning described Canadian fears that Huang Nubo’s hoped-for land purchase in Iceland is part of a wider C...
Cairn finally scores in Greenland
British drilling firm Cairn Energy has seen its share prices increase after finally finding evidence of oil in one of its controversial Greenland well...
Icelandic president gives Arctic conservation speech in Brussels
Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland, gave a keynote speech on the future of the Arctic at a conference in Brussels yesterday.
President of Iceland in Russia, meets with Putin
The Prime Minister of Russia, Vladimir Putin, invited Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland, to a conference on Arctic shipping and other affai...
Greenland publishes Cairn spill plans
The Greenland government has published oil spill contingency plans for controversial drilling firm Cairn Energy after repeated calls for such action f...