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24 May 2021 Final Results and Notice of AGM   Greenland and Finland, is pleased to announce its final results for the ended 31 December 2020.  The Company also gives notice that its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") will be held on 17th June at 2021 at 11:00 at The Washington Mayfair Hotel, 5 Curzon Street, London, W1J 5HE. Copies of the Notice of AGM, together with the Form of Proxy and Annual Report will be posted to shareholders tomorrow and available to view on the Companys website shortly...

At a meeting of Arctic Council foreign ministers in Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the group should maintain its focus on peaceful cooperation on environmental issues, maritime safety and the well-being of indigenous people in the region. Blinken left Iceland after the meeting to deliver the same message in Greenland, which attracted international attention when former President Donald Trump expressed interest in buying the worlds largest island ...

US not seeking to buy Greenland anymore, says Blinken

Blinken’s Arctic Opportunities Get all our news and commentary in your inbox at 6 a.m. ET. email Secretary of State Antony Blinken, newly embarked on a swing through Arctic countries, may need the extended summer daylight to handle the crisis in the Middle East as well as his scheduled talks. But Blinken has a real chance to bolster U.S. national and climate security interests in Denmark, then Iceland—where he will participate in the Arctic Council Ministerial, and finally Greenla...

Talk about a year. A record hurricane season, renewed focus on the Arctic and counternarcotics, vessel construction, even greater emphasis on professional development, COVID-19, and a continued focus on diversity efforts—the U.S. Coast Guard saw a little bit of everything in 2020. In it all, the common denominator was people. The Coast Guard would not have been able to continually answer the call if not for its service men and women. It has always understood the power of a diverse workforce�...

Date Time United States and Kingdom of Denmark: Strengthening Our Alliance “In that spirit, as other countries strive to meet and raise their climate targets, the United States will mobilize resources, institutional knowledge, and technical expertise from across our government, the private sector, civil society, and research universities to help.” – Secretary Antony J. Blinken, April 22, 2021 Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to the Kingdom of Denmark on May 16-17 and 20, 2...

62 Shares Resistance to the Kuannersuit mining project had a decisive impact on Greenland’s general election on 6 April. The project would have granted rights to exploit one of the largest undeveloped deposits of rare earths and uranium in the world. writes that while the results of the election may have put the Kuannersuit project on hold, Greenland’s new government is eager to initiate other mining projects and remains open to investment from China. He argues it is time for t...

Greenland’s Rare-Earth Election May 3, 2021 Share Tunulliarfik Fjord has always played an outsize role in global history. One thousand years ago, the Viking Erik the Red settled there, the last outpost in the Norse expansion into North America. When the United States established a protectorate over Greenland during World War II, it built one of its first airports in what is now Narsarsuaq, a large town on the fjord. And now Tunulliarfik is the site of a mining project that has overturned poli...

Share Here is a letter from Hjörtur Smárason, the new managing director at Visit Greenland about how the country aims to become one of the world’s leading destinations in sustainable tourism. I have had a strong connection to Greenland for a long time. I first came here when I was only 14 years old. This was with a group of young people from the small village of Bildudalur in Iceland, who were on a 10-day visit to its ‘twin town’ of Kulusuk. Since then, I have been to Greenland countles...

The rapid spread of the virus over the past year means few places remain untouched The remote Peruvian mining community of La Rinconada. Alamy Longyearbyen, the world’s most northerly town on the Norwegian Island of Spitsbergen. Getty Images The Greenland town of Ittoqqortoormiit. Alamy Palmerston Island has yet to record a Covid-19 case. Alamy Utqiagvik, the most northerly town in the United States. Alamy Tristan da Cunha, seen from the sea. Alamy The winter sunset in one of the coldest plac...