Greenland

Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat [kaˈlaːɬit ˈnunaːt]; Danish: Grønland [ˈɡ̊ʁɶnˌlanˀ]) is an autonomous country within the Danish Realm, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe (specifically Norway and Denmark, the colonial powers, as well as the nearby island of Iceland) for more than a millennium. In 2008, the people of Greenland passed a referendum supporting greater autonomy; 75% of votes cast were in favour. Greenland is the world's largest island, over three-quarters of which is covered by the only permanent ice sheet outside of Antarctica. With a population of about 56,480 (2013), it is the least densely populated country in the world.

Greenland has been inhabited off and on for at least the last 4,500 years by Arctic peoples whose forebears migrated there from what is now Canada.Norsemen settled the uninhabited southern part of Greenland beginning in the 10th century, and Inuit peoples arrived in the 13th century. The Norse colonies disappeared in the late 15th century. In the early 18th century, Scandinavia and Greenland came back into contact with each other, and Denmark-Norway affirmed sovereignty over the island.

Latest News for: Greenland radio

Edit

Greenland changed their clocks to daylight savings for the last time

The Jerusalem Post 29 Mar 2023
People around the world have recently moved their clocks forward one hour because of daylight saving time but residents in Greenland have moved their clocks forward for the very last time over the weekend. In November 2022, Greenland's parliament, Inatsisartut, voted to stop the changing of the clocks after this past weekend. ....
Edit

Conservatives scoff at Trump's 'leftist plan' to build 10 new American cities featuring flying cars

Business Insider 19 Mar 2023
Gutfeld marveled at Trump's quantum leap as "optimism on meth," while Fox contributor Tom Shillue urged Trump to bring back some of his greatest hits from years past, like building the border wall and buying Greenland from Denmark ... Conservative radio show host and Tea Party ......

Most Viewed

This photo made from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, shows a Yars missile launcher of the Russian armed forces being driven in an undisclosed location in Russia.
AP / Russian Defense Ministry Press Serv

Russia stops sharing missile test info with US, opens drills

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, painted portrait
Creative Commons / thierry ehrmann

Turkmenistan to build $5-B city for leader

The Manila Times | 29 Mar 2023
Nobel Peace Prize awarded journalist Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the influential Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, speaks to journalists at the Moscow City Court after the delivering of a ruling on Novaya Gazeta's appeal against an earlier verdict, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023.
AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko

Dmitry Muratov: The Russian journalist refusing to be silenced

BBC News | 30 Mar 2023
×