Greenland is larger than any American state, but 80% of it is buried beneath an ice sheet. Almost 90% of the nearly 60,000 ...

Greenland's 2009 self-rule law, "establishes basically a road map for independence", he said. Its Article 21 states that a "decision regarding Greenland's independence shall be taken by the people ...

The southern portion of Greenland is rich in a number of minerals, including widely used metals and several deposits of rare earths (in red on the above map). According to a 2023 report ...

Centuries of flawed maps have led to a misconception about Greenland's size, which is nowhere near as big as it looks on the familiar flat world map. It's certainly not a small island: It's about ...

All of Greenland’s main political parties back independence, so debate has largely centred on when – not if – to cut ties with Denmark. The road map is already laid out. Article 19 of ...