Voters in Iceland went to the polls Saturday to decide whether the country should resume long-stalled negotiations to become a member of the European Union, in the shadow of President Trump's threats to control nearby Greenland.
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Country holds a knife-edge referendum that cuts across political divides on taking step closer to Brussels after Trump threats towards Greenland ...
Voters in Iceland are heading to the polls to decide whether the country should resume long-stalled negotiations on becoming a member of the European Union and they are doing so in the shadow of U.S. President Donald Trump's threats on nearby ...
Truth commission to be established after two expert reports failed to agree whether scheme constituted genocide.
Experts examined the use of forced contraception on the Inuit community during the 1960s and 70s.
Two reports investigating the forcible contraception of thousands of Indigenous women and girls in Greenland by Danish health authorities for decades were split over whether the practice constituted genocide.
Iceland will decide whether to restart talks on joining the European Union in a referendum on Saturday, with President Donald Trump's threat to annex Greenland a motivating factor.
Trump's push to acquire Greenland and growing uncertainty over U.S. security commitments have added a geopolitical dimension to Iceland's EU debate.
For decades, Denmark implanted intrauterine devices in women in Greenland in an effort to keep down the island's population. On Thursday, the government passed a compensation bill.
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