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.

By Newsbase Denmark’s Energy Agency announced on January 28 that it had authorised Nord Stream 2 AG, a subsidiary of Russia’s Gazprom, to carry out preservation work on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea.

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.

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.

The president is reluctant to send more aid to Ukraine, let alone U.S. troops; nor does he want Ukraine admitted to NATO. As for overseeing an eventual ceasefire and guaranteeing Ukraine’s security — without which an armistice would be meaningless, given Moscow’s neo-imperialist ambitions — he sees that as Europe’s problem.

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

Pedersen and Gwladys Fouche In 2023, Mads Petersen, owner of Greenland-based startup Arctic Unmanned, sat in a car to keep warm while he tested a small drone at minus 43 degrees Celsius (minus 45 degrees Fahrenheit).

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.

In June, September and October, then-candidate Donald Trump waved away concerns about how he would manage Russia’s war in Ukraine, the largest ground conflict in Europe since World War II. In June, September and October, he said he could end it before formally taking office.