President Donald Trump has been discussing interest to purchase the Danish territory with White House advisors. But this is not the first time the U. A report commissioned by the State Department of the following Andrew Johnson administration concluded that Greenland's natural resources would make it a valuable investment.
Of course, Greenland is not for sale. Because of the unofficial nature of the news, the Government of Greenland has no further comments. According to the article, people outside the White House have described purchasing Greenland as an Alaska-type acquisition for Mr.
Greenland is an autonomous Danish territory , located between the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Most of the 71 delegates from across Greenland were assembled in Nuuk, as the country is largely free of COVID cases, though a few of the delegates had to participate digitally due to other considerations.
The vote revealed a divided party. As per party bylaws, Mr Jensen and Mr Kielsen had to face off in a second round, as no candidate had a fifty percent majority. Mr Jensen needed just one extra vote in the second round, all but ensuring his win. Two new international airport facilities are under construction, and a third regional airport is planned for southern Greenland with capacity to connect to the world via Keflavik, Iceland. Under Mr. Unemployment has been more than halved and two mines have been opened, with another scheduled to go into operation next year.
Mr Egede took over in April after his left-wing Inuit Ataqatigiit party won parliamentary elections on a platform of halting a rare metals mining project on environmental grounds. Disagreement over the project led to the collapse of the previous government earlier in the year, paving the way for snap elections.
Broadcasting in Greenlandic and Danish is the main source of news and entertainment. There are no daily newspapers. The major titles - a weekly and a bi-weekly - publish in Greenlandic and Danish. Nearly two years later, another administration is seeking to build ties with the Arctic Circle island, which holds increasing strategic importance for the U. The new government is now eager to ink economic deals with Washington, and ramp up moves towards independence.
Greenland has self-rule under Denmark, with its own parliament, but all most of its seven political parties favor breaking free of Denmark sooner or later. This is all happening under the shadow of large-scale environmental upheaval—and economic opportunities—from the fast-warming Arctic. The U. For the U. It has had a military base in Greenland since , which it built in secret during the Nazi occupation of Denmark. Today the Thule U.
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