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Published on: 03/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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Greenland’s Prime Minister Mute Egede has called for the North Atlantic island to pursue independence from its former colonial ruler Denmark in a New Year speech. The world’s biggest island — which is home to about 57,000 people — was a Danish colony until it became a self-governing territory of Denmark in 1979. Since 2009, greenland has held the right to declare independence through a referendum. "We must work to remove the obstacles to cooperation – which we can describe as Greenland is rich in mineral, oil, and natural gas resources. It relies on annual subsidies from Denmark worth €500 million a year. Denmark announced it would increase defence spending there by at least €1.3 billion.

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