GREENLAND CRITICAL OF EXPERT ECONOMIC-INDEPENDENCE REPORT
February 1st, 2014
Greenland’s semi-autonomous government and main opposition parties have united against a new report that seriously questions the island’s ability to secure independence from Denmark based solely on its future mineral wealth. The ice-bound island, the report concluded, needed to build a strong and more diversified economy before full independence became a viable long-term option or ambition.Moreover, the report, titled ‘For The Benefit of Greenland’ and authored by 13 experts drawn mainly from the universities of Greenland and Copenhagen, cast grave doubts ...
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