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As a reaction towards the strongly voiced criticism over the Danish dominance, a Home-Rule Committee consisting of only Greenlandic members was set up in 1973 with the mission to propose preliminary guidelines for a possible system of home rule for Greenland. The concrete formulation of a home rule system was subsequently addressed by a Danish ...
The commission's work submitted its final report in June 1978 with proposals for a Home Rule Act. [14] In 1979, the Danish government granted Greenland home rule, with Denmark keeping control of a number of areas including foreign relations, defense, currency matters, and the legal system in Greenland. [15] [16]
Greenland's leader held talks on Wednesday with the Danish king in Copenhagen, a day after Trump's remarks thrust the fate of the Danish-ruled island to the top of world headlines. Trump, who ...
Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, said last week that U.S. control of Greenland was an "absolute necessity" and did not rule out using military or economic action such as tariffs against Denmark ...
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen repeated on Monday that Greenland is "not for sale," but she remained open to bolstering the American "footprint" on the Arctic island. As European Union ...
The dependencies of Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands, however, remained part of the reorganised Kingdom of Denmark. Unlike Iceland, which was recognised as a sovereign monarchy united with Denmark under the same monarch in 1918, Greenland has remained a Danish dependency, currently under the reigning monarch Frederik X of Denmark.
Greenland came under Norwegian rule in 1261 and later became part of the Kalmar Union in 1397. [12] From the 16th to 18th centuries, European expeditions led by Portugal , Denmark–Norway , [ 13 ] and missionaries like Hans Egede , sought Greenland for trade, sovereignty, and the rediscovery of lost Norse settlements, ultimately leading to ...
Denmark is reportedly open to the idea of meeting with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to discuss the future of Greenland. According to two sources who spoke to Axios, Danish officials have sent ...