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[41] [42] By the end of the first season, Greenland achieves independence, with covert backing from the United States. The political system of the newly independent Greenland is not given, although the country is shown to have awarded an unnamed American oil company offshore drilling rights to a large deep sea oil deposit.
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 ...
An enlargeable map of Greenland. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Greenland: . Greenland – autonomous Nordic nation that is a constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark. [1]
Since 2009 Greenland has held the right to declare independence from Denmark. The island of some 56,000 inhabitants, which relies on significant budget transfers from Copenhagen each year, has so ...
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to make Greenland a part of the United States, renewing an interest first expressed in 2019 when he offered to buy the sprawling Arctic island from ...
One of the main arguments against Greenlandic independence is the country’s economic dependency on Denmark. Half of Greenland’s annual government funding consists of a $500 million grant from ...
1979 Greenlandic home rule referendum 17 January 1979 (1979-01-17) Home Rule in Greenland Results Choice Votes % Yes 12,756 73.06% No 4,703 26.94% Valid votes 17,459 95.92% Invalid or blank votes 743 4.08% Total votes 18,202 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 28,889 63.01% Politics of Greenland Constitution Constitution Act of Succession Freedom of Speech and the Press Taxation The Crown ...
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Greenland may become independent if its residents want, but it won't become a U.S. state, Denmark's foreign minister said on Wednesday after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump ...