What Is Somaliland And Should It Be Its Own Country? http://testu.be/1O5CvuK Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml Greenland is seeking independence from the Kingdom of Denmark, but the...
========== In January 2016, Greenland announced that
it would be one of the only nations to opt out the Paris Climate Deal, which is a global
agreement to lower greenhouse emissions. Greenland officials say the agreement would
cost them “hundreds of millions of dollars”, and further distance the country from achieving
independence from Denmark. It has only been in recent years that Greenland
has been economically able to exist independently. So, can Greenland achieve independence from
Denmark? Well, their power struggle dates back to 1721,
when a Danish-Norwegian missionary first colonized the Greenland region.
Denmark and Norway split a century later, leaving Greenland completely under Danish
rule. Greenland took their first step toward independence
in 1953, when they g...