Self-rule Introduced in Greenland

World | June 21, 2009, Sunday // 14:59|  views

Greenland Prime Minister Kleist has promised to focus on social problems. Photo by EPA/BGNES

The Arctic island of Greenland is assuming self-rule, in the latest step towards independence from Denmark, BBC reported.

The move follows a referendum on greater autonomy in November. It will see Greenland take a greater share of revenues from its natural resources.

The local government is taking control of the police and the courts. Greenlandic - or Kalaallisut - becomes the official language.

Denmark has the final say in defence and foreign-policy matters.

Copenhagen has ruled Greenland for three centuries. It granted the territory limited sovereignty in 1979.

But the new self-rule system takes the Arctic island and its 57,000 inhabitants closer to independence.

Greenlanders - most of whom are native Inuit - will be treated as a separate people under international law.

 

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