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 become a self-governing territory of Denmark in 1979. Since 2009, Greenland has held the right to declare independence through a referendum.

  • tb_
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    24 days ago

    The timing can’t be coincidental, can it?

  • @Cypher
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    15 days ago

    As a bit of pedantry, the worlds largest Island is technically Australia

      • @Cypher
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        -15 days ago

        Is a connected landmass, where Australia is the largest island and smallest continent.

          • @Cypher
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            05 days ago

            Just the definition of an island….

            • @[email protected]
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              25 days ago

              “An island is a mass of land smaller than a continent”.

              This seems to be the most agreed upon definition I can find, which means Australia would not be an island.

  • @lemmus
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    -16 days ago

    Independence from colonialism and imperialism—sounds great.