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Canada and Denmark no longer on the brink of war

Cool, I’m glad it’s resolved, had no idea it was a thing. Even the journalist says there’s nothing there, but still governments can get excepted about even the smallest territory disputes.
 
I didn't realise Greenland was still part of Denmark - vaguely assumed it had become independent. But apprently it's still part of the "kingdom of Denmark", albeit "autonomous".

Also it apparently withdrew from the EU in 1982, after a referendum, in which the 'leave' side got 52% of the vote. Quite surprised this is the first time I've read about that.
 
ch33zw1z said:
Cool, I’m glad it’s resolved, had no idea it was a thing. Even the journalist says there’s nothing there, but still governments can get excepted about even the smallest territory disputes.
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My understanding of it is that it had actually evolved into a positive PR thing between our countries. Sad to see it go.
 
cytg111 said:
My understanding of it is that it had actually evolved into a positive PR thing between our countries. Sad to see it go.
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I guess they can continue to do enactments of the conflict for the future generations to learn of how we prevented the great artic war.
 
pmv said:
I didn't realise Greenland was still part of Denmark - vaguely assumed it had become independent. But apprently it's still part of the "kingdom of Denmark", albeit "autonomous".

Also it apparently withdrew from the EU in 1982, after a referendum, in which the 'leave' side got 52% of the vote. Quite surprised this is the first time I've read about that.
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They are semi-autonomous, and receive quite substantial financing from the Danish state every year. My understanding is that they are more positive now about staying in Denmark now than earlier, as they have been more involved in arctic policies. But the money helps as well....

And maybe they got a little scared when they found out that Trump wanted to buy Greenland.
 
Breum said that while both governments will say it's a "fabulous deal," it's taken a "really long time to resolve a very, very small issue."

"This is an example of how even the smallest piece of territory can excite governments to a point where even allies disagree for decades," he said.
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There was also very little need or incentive to work it out. Not like that were actively working on a solution for 50 years, just wasn't a priority to resolve.
 
Zorba said:
There was also very little need or incentive to work it out. Not like that were actively working on a solution for 50 years, just wasn't a priority to resolve.
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Exactly, but the Danes have a bad history of drawing sea borders. That's how Norway ended up with all the oil, and Denmark got a few small gas fields. So maybe they really wanted to be sure that the underground held absolutely nothing of value.
 
pmv said:
I didn't realise Greenland was still part of Denmark - vaguely assumed it had become independent. But apprently it's still part of the "kingdom of Denmark", albeit "autonomous".

Also it apparently withdrew from the EU in 1982, after a referendum, in which the 'leave' side got 52% of the vote. Quite surprised this is the first time I've read about that.
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More people became illuminated to to this conspicuous bit of nation status several years ago when president Dumbfuckistan mused about purchasing Greenland, for some fucking reason. Then the Danish suddenly had to weigh in and inform the world that they weren't interested in selling
 
It sure would make a nice place to deposit the leader of an insurrection.


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