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Greenland [e] is an autonomous territory [f] in the Kingdom of Denmark. [15] [16] It is the largest of three constituent parts of the kingdom, the other two being metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands; the citizens of all territories are full citizens of Denmark. Greenland is one of the Overseas Countries and Territories of the European ...
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.
The Danish term rigsfællesskabet, translated as "The unity of the Realm", [18] the "commonwealth of the Realm", [26] [27] or the "Danish Commonwealth" [28] refers to the constitutional status of the relationship between Denmark, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland. [29] The name was used by Danish and Greenlandic authorities in the negotiations ...
During his previous term in office, Trump in 2019 expressed interest in buying Greenland, but the proposal was promptly rejected by Denmark as well as by the island's own authorities before any ...
Greenland is the world's largest island and an autonomous Danish dependent territory with self-government and its own parliament. Though a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has ...
The demand for Greenland came in a statement officially appointing Ken Howery as U.S. ambassador to Denmark. Howery was a cofounder of PayPal and later served as U.S. ambassador to Sweden in the ...
Denmark formally submitted its application to join the European Communities, on 10 August 1961. [12] As a Constituency of Denmark, Greenland was fully integrated in the Danish accession process. When negotiating its accession, the Danish government managed to secure a number of concessions and special conditions for Greenland.
In gratitude to Sweden for its assistance in defeating Napoleon (and as a consolation for the recent loss of Finland to Russia), mainland Norway and certain Norwegian territories were transferred to Sweden — thus, the personal union of Norway and Denmark ended. The dependencies of Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands, however, remained ...