US President Donald Trump cancelled a state visit to Denmark after it refused point-blank to ‘sell him Greenland’. File picture: Andrew Harnik/AP

Berlin – A look at the year that was 2019.

January

January 3: China’s “Chang’e 4” is the first space probe to land on the far side of the moon.

January 11: Macedonia is now North Macedonia, ending a row with Greece and paving the way for NATO membership and EU accession talks. The Greek parliament ratifies the historic name agreement on January 25.

January 13: The mayor of the Polish city of Gdansk, Pawel Adamowicz, 53, is stabbed to death by a previously convicted bank robber during a fundraiser.