In the last few months, the phenomenon of fake news has come to Greenland. Ads posted on Facebook, Greenland’s main social network, variously suggested that two prominent politicians had either been sued by the Bank of Greenland or physically attacked,

The statement was issued by the leaders of all five parties that won seats in parliament in an election held earlier this week. “We – all party chairmen – cannot accept the repeated statements on annexation and control of Greenland,

Donald Trump has repeatedly raised the prospect of annexing Greenland and making it part of the United States. The Arctic island's politicians and residents have baulked at the idea.