Greenland will continue to use the Danish krone as its currency after the ruling government declined to adopt the National Bank’s new printed notes. Speaking in the latest parliamentary session Juliane Henningsen, political spokeswoman for the Innuit Ataqatigiit Party has said that the government will introduce a proposal to clarify its position on the currency debate. Read the full story

Greenland celebrated the beginning of Self Rule from Denmark yesterday. While differences on a daily basis will be few, the move gives Greenland a renewed sense of nationhood and gradually increasing control over its own destiny, including policing, justice and 50 percent of energy and mineral revenues. Read the full story

After more than 300 years of Danish oversight, the Arctic island of Greenland has officially assumed self-rule. This is one more step towards full independence from Denmark, but there are still many issues that need to be overcome before that last final leap can be made. Read the full story

The main opposition party in Greenland has won a major victory in yesterday’s historic elections held just before the country transforms from ‘Home Rule’ to ‘Self Rule’ on 21 June, Sermitsiaq reports. Read the full story

In the general government election held just days before Greenland adopts greater independence from Denmark, the territory’s main opposition party won by a landslide according to the Home Rule Office. Suggesting that Greenland’s indigenous people want more say in their island’s new government, the leftist Inuit Ataqatigiit (Eskimo Brotherhood) party took 43.7 percent of the votes. Read the full story

It’s been 37 years coming, but a Greenlandic bowhead whale has been hunted and caught near the town of Qeqertarsuaq, thus finally filling its special quota to catch a single whale. In 1973, the historic Greenland whaling town was granted permission to hunt a single whale in commemoration of the town’s 200th anniversary. Read the full story

To mark the beginning of its Self Rule in June, Greenland will host a major trade expo in the capital, Nuuk. Sermitsiaq reports that the trade fair will be called the ‘Greenland Expo – Business and Investment Potentials.’ Read the full story