Test drilling given the go-ahead in Greenland
Cairn Energy is to begin drilling in Baffin Bay after being given the green light for tests from Greenland’s government. According to KNR, company shi...
Greenland thaw causing greenhouse gases
A new study has revealed that nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas 298-times more powerful than carbon dioxide, is being released by thawing permafrost in ...
Emigration damaging Greenland’s hopes for independence
The Greenlandic finance minister Palle Christiansen has declared the steady exodus of manpower from the country as the biggest hurdle facing Greenland...
Greenland MPs call for end to Danish political involvement
The Danish parliament’s elected representatives for Greenland have declared that they are ready to begin negotiations aimed at discontinuing the semi-...
Greenland financial independence predicted by 2015
Mineral and oil income is expected, within five years, to surpass the current handouts from Copenhagen that Greenland lives off.
Titanic fears for Greenland cruise ships
The Danish navy stationed in Greenland has warned of impending Titanic-style disasters as cruise liners stray too close to the region’s icebergs.
Greenland faces crucial decision on its future
The Premier of Greenland, Kuupik Kleist, has claimed that his country is at a crossroads with decisions to be made in the determining of the future of...
Conference investigates high male youth suicide rates
An international conference held in Nuuk has sought to understand why so many young men in the circumpolar region take their own lives.