Greenland walruses get tagged
Ten of Greenland's walruses are fitted with sat-tags to confirm whether the blubbery beasts migrate to Canada.
Denmark agrees to self-rule for Greenland
The Danish government has promised Greenland it will have more autonomy under a plan presented by a commission set up by the parliaments of both countries. Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Greenland Prime Minister Hans Enoksen have
Denmark preparing to give Greenland more autonomy
Copenhagen/Nuuk (Greenland), May 6 : Greenland was slated to get more autonomy within Denmark under a plan presented Tuesday by a commission set up by parliaments of Denmark and Greenland. Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Greenland Prime
AFP - Arctic sea ice is melting "significantly faster" than predicted and is approaching a point of no return, conservation group the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warned in a new study released Wednesday.
Reuters - Denmark has invited high-ranking
officials from Norway, Russia, the United States and Canada to
meet in Greenland next month to discuss competing claims to the
Arctic, it said on Wednesday.
Kiev Residents Stand to Protect Russian Seal Newborns
April 2 Kiev residents conducted an action near the Russian Embassy in Kiev in defense of the Greenland seal under the motto: 'Clothes without Blood to Medvedev!'. Russia is the only country in the world that put no ban on the killing of seals, even
Greenland, the world's largest island, is about 81% ice-capped. Vikings reached the island in the 10th century from Iceland; Danish colonization began in the 18th century, and Greenland was made an integral part of Denmark in 1953. It joined the European Community (now the EU) with Denmark in 1973, but withdrew in 1985 over a dispute centered on stringent fishing quotas. Greenland was granted self-government in 1979 by the Danish parliament; the law went into effect the following year. Denmark continues to exercise control of Greenland's foreign affairs in consultation with Greenland's Home Rule Government.
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