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  2. Greenland - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. Proposals for the United States to purchase Greenland

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    Denmark controls foreign affairs and guards sea borders, while the United States controls external defense; [10] while the latter cannot increase its presence without consent from Denmark and Greenland, [25] under the 1951 agreement it pays no rent for bases, [46] and has almost complete authority within "defense areas" Denmark and the United ...

  4. Foreign relations of Greenland - Wikipedia

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    Greenland has representative offices in several countries and otherwise is represented by embassies of Denmark worldwide. The Self-Government Act of 2009 allows the government of Greenland to open diplomatic offices, mainly within areas of full jurisdiction of Greenland, this being foreign trade, industry, fisheries, education, science, mining etc.

  5. Politics of Greenland - Wikipedia

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    The politics of Greenland, an autonomous country (Greenlandic: nuna, Danish: land) within the Kingdom of Denmark, function in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic dependency, whereby the prime minister is the head of government, and of a multi-party system.

  6. Danish Realm - Wikipedia

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    The entire kingdom has an area of 2.2 million square kilometres (0.85 million square miles), and is according to The World Factbook the twelfth largest country in the world, the same rank held by Greenland alone. Denmark alone has an area of about 43,000 km 2, and is no. 133 on that list. [41]

  7. Greenlandic independence - Wikipedia

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    Greenland was effectively independent during these years and allowed the United States to build bases on its territory, in spite of the Danish pre-war neutrality. After the war the pre-war situation was restored, the US bases remained and Denmark, with Greenland as a part of the Kingdom, joined NATO. [12]

  8. Greenland and the European Union - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Timeline of Greenland - Wikipedia

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    1940: Denmark is occupied by Nazi Germany and Greenland is therefore cut off. The United States assumes custody over the island. 1945: Greenland is given back to Denmark but the US and NATO use the island as a base for operations. 1953: Greenland is now integrated with Denmark and has representation in Denmark's parliament.