Le Monde / Greenland elections: Center-right opposition wins with 29.9% of votes 

• Greenland's center-right opposition party, the Democrats (Demokraatit), won a surprise victory with 29.9% of the vote, while the nationalist pro-independence party Naleraq saw its support more than double to 24.5%.

• The elections took place amid rising tensions over U.S. President Donald Trump's stated ambition to take control of Greenland, turning the local vote into an international focal point.

• Outgoing Prime Minister Mute Bourup Egede's left-green Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA) party, which had been expected to win, faced a major setback, with the election results signaling a shift in Greenland’s political landscape.

• While independence from Denmark wasn’t on the ballot, the election outcome will influence Greenland’s path forward, as most major parties support eventual independence but differ on timing and strategy.

SCMP / China to host Russia and Iran for nuclear talks amid Trump’s bid to make a deal on weapons

• China will host nuclear talks with Russia and Iran in Beijing, led by Chinese foreign vice-minister Ma Zhaoxu, focusing on Iran’s nuclear program and regional security.

• The meeting coincides with joint naval drills, “Security Belt-2025,” involving Chinese, Russian, and Iranian forces near Iran’s Chabahar Port, aimed at strengthening military ties.

• US President Donald Trump has attempted to reopen nuclear negotiations with Iran, proposing a reduction in nuclear stockpiles, but Tehran has largely dismissed his outreach.

• China continues to resist US efforts to involve it in nuclear arms reduction talks, maintaining that the US and Russia must first significantly reduce their own larger arsenals.

The Guardian / US aid deliveries to Ukraine back to previous levels, Polish foreign minister confirms, as Kyiv agrees to 30-day ceasefire

• The Polish foreign minister confirmed that U.S. aid deliveries to Ukraine through Poland’s logistics hub have returned to previous levels after U.S.-Ukraine peace talks.

• Ukraine agreed to a 30-day ceasefire and expressed readiness to negotiate a roadmap for peace with Russia, with Germany’s Scholz stating, “Now it’s up to Putin.”

• The Kremlin said it is waiting for the U.S. to update Moscow on the Ukraine talks, while Russian forces reportedly continue advancing in the Kursk region.

• A Ukrainian attack on a factory in Russia’s Kursk region killed four people, escalating tensions despite the ceasefire agreement.

France 24 / EU hits back with countermeasures against Trump's ‘unjustified’ steel tariffs

• The European Commission announced countermeasures in response to U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs, imposing reciprocal duties worth $28 billion starting April 1.

• European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen criticized the tariffs as "unjustified trade restrictions" that disrupt supply chains and harm businesses and consumers.

• The U.K. expressed disappointment but opted for negotiations rather than immediate retaliation, while the EU will also reinstate higher duties on U.S. products like bourbon, boats, and motorbikes.

• Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic will attempt further negotiations, but the EU's countermeasures will take full effect by mid-April unless the U.S. reverses course.

Our opinion reads for today:

• Foreign Policy – Anchal Vohra / Europe’s Economic Decoupling From America Is Underway

• Project Syndicate –  Carla Norrlöf / Trump, Bitcoin, and the Future of the Dollar

By EsadeGeo:

• Colpisa – Jose Mª de Areilza / ‘No sé mucho de Historia’

• ABC – Jose Mª de Areilza / ¿Es inevitable la aparición de un G-6?

• Consejeros / Cambio de orientación en la política de competencia europea cuenta con declaraciones de Juan Moscoso, Senior Fellow en EsadeGeo.