World news about “Greenland” published by euronews.
Greenland votes to preserve natural resources and tax foreign miners Greenland’s main opposition leader, who campaigned on a ticket of higher taxes for foreign mining companies, has gained the largest share of the votes in the… 13/03/2013
Opposition claims victory in Greenland in vote on how best to exploit resources Greenland’s main opposition leader, who campaigned on a ticket of higher taxes for foreign mining companies, has gained the largest share of the votes in the… 13/03/2013
Leaving no orphans behind We all know that the outlook for orphans is often bleak. Life is also tough for children whose parents cannot look after them – for whatever reason. It is not… 14/12/2012
Greenland’s water mystery “Definitely, the glaciers in Greenland are retreating,” that’s the view of Bo Vinther, Glaciologist, Centre for Ice and Climate, University of Copenhagen… 28/06/2012
World’s Coolest Marathon – nocomment Forty athletes gathered at the North Pole to run a full marathon distance of 42.195 kms (26 miles 385 yards) in temperatures of -26 degrees Celsius. 11/04/2012
Greenland’s “unprecedented” ice meltNASA has released images showing what it describes as an “unprecedented” melt of Greenland’s ice sheet during a four-day period this month. The space agency… 25/07/2012
City-sized iceberg breaks from Greenland glacierAn iceberg said to be twice the size of Manhattan has broken free from the Petermann Glacier in Greenland. NASA satellite images have helped scientists to… 19/07/2012
Greenpeace members arrestedThe boss of ecowarrior organisation Greenpeace and four leading activists have been arrested on a Greenland oil rig after protesting against Arctic drilling… 18/06/2011
Giant ice-sheet breaks from Greenland glacierAn iceberg almost four times times the size of Manhattan island has broken off the Petermann Glacier in Northern Greenland. Scientists are carefully… 08/08/2010
The Big Thaw! New theory for why glaciers meltScientists studying East Greenland’s ice sheet have discovered that subtropical waters are flushing through the frozen region. Scientists from the Woods… 28/09/2009
Greenland celebrates self ruleGreenland has introduced self-rule and moved a step closer towards independence from Denmark. The territory’s new status was celebrated yesterday – 6… 22/06/2009
Greenland officially granted self-ruleThe Queen of Denmark has handed over a new law on self-rule to the head of Greenland’s parliament. The nation has today been celebrating what it has declared… 21/06/2009
Greenland celebrates Self Government DayGreenland is celebrating what it has declared Self Government Day. The country has officially brought in self-rule, which many see as its latest step towards… 21/06/2009
Opposition wins Greenland’s electionGreenland’s main opposition party has won a landslide victory in the island’s legislative elections. The leftist Inuit or Eskimo Brotherhood party nearly… 03/06/2009
Greenland looks to oil to fund life without DenmarkGreenlanders have overwhelmingly voted for heightened autonomy in a referendum that takes the Arctic island far down the road to complete independence from… 26/11/2008
Greenland votes to extend autonomy from DenmarkOfficial results show that more than 75 percent of people living in Greenland have voted “Yes” in a national referendum to extend their autonomy from… 26/11/2008
Oil tipped to be Greenland’s futureGreenland is the largest in the world: it is 2,600 kilometres long and covers an area of 2.2 million square kilometres. But 80 percent of the surface is… 25/11/2008
Greenland weighs up independenceVoters in one of the world’s most northerly democracies have been taking taking a big decision today, as Greenland weighs up the pros and cons of… 25/11/2008
Greenland votes on big step towards independencePeople in Greenland are voting in a referendum on self-governance that would make it all but independent from Denmark. The vast Arctic land mass has had… 25/11/2008
