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A 2014 report stated that replacing the Danish subsidy would require 24 large projects each costing kr. 5 billion, one opening every two years. As no investors existed for such projects, the report by 13 scholars said that Greenland would remain dependent on the subsidy for at least 25 years to maintain its welfare system. [14]
The United States proposed to pay Denmark $100 million in gold to buy Greenland, according to documents in the National Archives. The sale never went through, but the U.S. got the military base it ...
The U.S. has considered buying Greenland in the past: The administration of President Andrew Johnson authorized a report in the 1860s finding that the island’s natural resources could be a good ...
Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., introduced a bill on Tuesday called the "Red, White, and Blueland Act of 2025," which would Americanize Greenland's name if acquired by the U.S.
Greenland, a territory of Denmark, has seen an increasingly popular independence movement, according to Reuters. On Jan. 3, Greenland's Prime Minister Mute Egede expressed his desire to pursue ...
Although it ended Russia’s footprint in North America, it expanded Washington's access to the Pacific and helped counter British activity in the strategically important and economically ...
In 1946, the U.S. proposed buying Greenland for the price of $100 million in gold. Greenland’s leader, Prime Minister Múte Egede, responded promptly to the latest development. “Greenland is ours.
Greenland has strategic significance for the U.S. military and its ballistic missile early-warning system since the shortest route from Europe to North America runs via the Arctic island.