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Greenland. Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat, pronounced [kalaːɬːit nʉnaːt]; Danish: Grønland, pronounced [ˈkʁɶnˌlænˀ]) is a North American island autonomous territory [14] of the Kingdom of Denmark. [15] It is the larger of two autonomous territories within the Kingdom, the other being the Faroe Islands; the citizens of both ...
Foreign relations of Greenland. Being part of the Kingdom of Denmark, the foreign relations of Greenland are handled in cooperation with the government of Denmark and the government of Greenland. Unlike Denmark, Greenland is not part of the European Union (EU). The country its status was changed to an Overseas Country and Territory (OCT ...
e. Greenland, an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark (which also includes the territories of Denmark and Faroe Islands) is one of the EU members’ overseas countries and territories (OCT) associated to the European Union. Greenland receives funding from the EU for sustainable development and has signed agreements increasing ...
The newspaper wrote that the US has "a history of accretive land acquisitions", with a 7.1% internal rate of return for the Louisiana Purchase, 7.4% for Manhattan, and 9.0% for Alaska. 112 24/7 Wall Street estimated a purchase price for Greenland of $533 billion, using Wyoming as a comparable.
The Danish Realm, [f] officially the Kingdom of Denmark, [h] or simply Denmark, [i] is a sovereign state and refers to the area over which the Constitution of Denmark applies. It consists of metropolitan Denmark—the kingdom's territory in continental Europe and sometimes called "Denmark proper" (Danish: egentlige Danmark)—and the realm's two autonomous regions: the Faroe Islands in the ...
Denmark has flat, arable land, sandy coasts, low elevations, and a temperate climate. Denmark exercises hegemonic influence in the Danish Realm, devolving powers to handle internal affairs. Home rule was established in the Faroe Islands in 1948 and in Greenland in 1979; the latter obtained further autonomy in 2009.
The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or Norden; lit. 'the North') [2] are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic. It includes the sovereign states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway [a] and Sweden; the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland; and the autonomous region of Åland.
As part of the treaty controlling Greenland's exit of the EEC, Greenland was declared a "special case" with access to the EEC market as a constituent country of Denmark, which remains a member. [81] Greenland is also a member of several small organizations [82] along with Iceland, the Faroes, and the Inuit populations of Canada and Russia. [83]