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As Greenland votes, independence talk muted by fragile economy
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Apr 23, 2018 06:32pm |
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| Author | Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen |
| News Date | Tuesday, April 24, 2018 12:10:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - As voters in Greenland turn out for an election on Tuesday, many hope a new government can get its fragile economy up to speed to realize a long-term goal of independence from Denmark.
Most of the just 56,000 people on the huge Arctic island say they want independence at some point in the future.
But they also point to more acute social problems such as poor housing, a low education level and an economy reliant on fishing and annual grants from Denmark as priorities.
Greenland, whose capital Nuuk is closer to New York than Copenhagen, became a Danish colony in the early 19th century but has been gradually gaining its own powers since World War Two. |
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