By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN, Jan 10 (Reuters) - When U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets his Danish and Greenlandic counterparts next week, Denmark will be defending a territory that has been moving steadily away from it and towards independence since 1979.

When U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets his Danish ‌and ​Greenlandic counterparts next week, Denmark will be defending a territory that ‌has been moving steadily away from it and towards indepe...

"We don't want to be Americans, we don't want to be Danish, we want to be Greenlanders," the leaders of five parties in Greenland's parliament said.

Nato’s silence in response to Donald Trump’s threats to seize Greenland has prompted alarm among European capitals fearful that the alliance is failing to defend the rights of Denmark.

President Donald Trump continued his threats towards Greenland on Friday, as he insisted that if the United States did not act Russia or China could occupy it in the future.

"We emphasise once again our desire for the U.S. contempt for our country to end," the leaders of all five political parties elected to Greenland's parliament said in their joint statement late on Fri...