11 hits in a terrific news year

2025 was a terrific news year. Nothing was as it used to be – and Sermitsiaq's journalists had to be on the move around the clock for most of the year.

It doesn't bother us. Most journalists love when something happens – and the deadline is tight. That's why you become a journalist.

But admittedly, it was almost too much in 2025.

Also because it is important to keep your nose in the groove. We write about Greenland for Greenlanders – and it can be a challenge to hold the line when the entire world press is knocking. There are also local issues about the school system, social conditions, flight prices, fishing policy – all that matters to ordinary people.

It started violently

The year had barely begun when things got going. The Christmas star had still not been taken down when Trump Jr. announced his arrival in Greenland. It was the start of a news year in which Trump and his interest in Greenland have regularly made headlines.

2025 has also been a major election year with elections for both the National Assembly and the municipal councils. After the elections, the big game for the ministerial and mayoral posts followed – and that is usually at least as exciting as the elections themselves.

We have selected 11 of the year's stories that help to characterize the 2025 that we will be saying goodbye to on New Year's Eve. It could easily be 11 other events, because what is seen always depends on the eyes that see it, but we believe that these are some of the events that will be remembered next year.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

17. januar, Sermitsiaq 2025/3 Amerikanerne kommer: Grønland kan se frem til en invasion af amerikanske turister, når United Airlines åbner en sommerrute til Nuuk. De amerikanske turister er især interesseret i sejlture, fortæller Nuuk Water Taxi. — January 17, Sermitsiaq 2025/3 The Americans are coming: Greenland can look forward to an invasion of American tourists when United Airlines opens a summer route to Nuuk. American tourists are particularly interested in sailing trips, says Nuuk Water Taxi.

28. februar, Sermitsiaq 2025/9
Stemmefiskeri: Valgkampen til Inatsisartut er godt i gang. I denne uge kan avisen fortælle om, at de fleste partier – bortset fra IA – støtter olieefterforskning og udvinding i Grønland, selv om et flertal i Inatsisartut tilbage i 2021 besluttede at droppe olieefterforskningen. — February 28, Sermitsiaq 2025/9 Vote fishing: The election campaign for Inatsisartut is well underway. This week the newspaper reports that most parties – except for IA – support oil exploration and extraction in Greenland, even though a majority in Inatsisartut back in 2021 decided to drop oil exploration.

14. marts, Sermitsiaq 2025/11
Valgsejr: Inatsisartut-valget den 11. marts endte med en storsejr til Demokraatit og Jens-Frederik Nielsen, mens Siumut måtte indkassere et kæmpenederlag. Efter valget rækker Jens-Frederik Nielsen ud til alle partier med et ønske om at danne en bred regering – og det ender da også med et naalakkersuisut med deltagere fra alle partier undtagen Naleraq. — March 14, Sermitsiaq 2025/11 Election victory: The Inatsisartut election on March 11 ended with a landslide victory for Demokraatit and Jens-Frederik Nielsen, while Siumut suffered a crushing defeat. After the election, Jens-Frederik Nielsen reached out to all parties with a desire to form a broad government – and it ended up with a naalakkersuisut with participants from all parties except Naleraq.

21. marts, Sermitsiaq 2025/12
Protester: Det blev til en af de største demonstrationer i Grønlands historie, da tusindvis af grønlændere fra Qaanaaq til Nuuk protesterede mod præsident Trumps ønsker om at gøre landet amerikansk. — March 21, Sermitsiaq 2025/12 Protests: It became one of the largest demonstrations in Greenland's history, when thousands of Greenlanders from Qaanaaq to Nuuk protested against President Trump's wishes to Americanize the country.

20. juni, Sermitsiaq 2025/25
Fransk visit: Verdenssamfundets øjne blev endnu en gang rettet mod Grønland, da den franske præsident Macron var på officielt besøg i Nuuk den 15. juni. Budskabet var klart – Frankrig bakker op i kampen mod de amerikanske ønsker om at overtage landet. — June 20, Sermitsiaq 2025/25 French visit: The eyes of the world community were once again focused on Greenland when French President Macron paid an official visit to Nuuk on June 15. The message was clear – France supports the fight against American wishes to take over the country.

26. september, Sermitsiaq 2025/39
Undskyldninger: Danmark har officielt undskyldt spiralsagen, men det er ikke nok, siger formanden for Naalakkersuisut Jens-Frederik Nielsen ved Inatsisartuts åbning. Vi skylder de berørte kvinder og hele vort samfund at komme til bunds i denne sag, mener Nielsen. — September 26, Sermitsiaq 2025/39 Apologies: Denmark has officially apologized for the IUD case, but that is not enough, says the chairman of Naalakkersuisut Jens-Frederik Nielsen at the opening of Inatsisartut. We owe it to the women affected and our entire society to get to the bottom of this matter, says Nielsen.

7. november, Sermitsiaq 2025/45
Burgere: Journalistik handler om meget andet end storpolitik. I denne uge kunne avisen fortælle, at der var kø, da landets første Burger King åbnede i Sisimiut. — November 7, Sermitsiaq 2025/45 Burgers: Journalism is about much more than big politics. This week the newspaper reported that there was a queue when the country's first Burger King opened in Sisimiut.

5. december, Sermitsiaq 2025/49
Fyringer: Fisker- og fangerorganisationen KNAPK er ude i høj søgang efter flere år med betydeligt underskud på driften. Tidligere på året blev formanden Nikkulaat Jeremiassen væltet på generalforsamlingen og erstattet af Lars Pele Blytmann. I denne uge kom turen så til foreningens direktør Vittus Qujaukitsoq, der modtog en fyreseddel efter tre år på posten. — December 5, Sermitsiaq 2025/49 Layoffs: The fishermen's and hunters' organization KNAPK is in deep trouble after several years of significant operating losses. Earlier this year, chairman Nikkulaat Jeremiassen was ousted at the general meeting and replaced by Lars Pele Blytmann. This week, it was the turn of the association's director Vittus Qujaukitsoq, who received a dismissal notice after three years in the position.

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