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Several countries have recently changed or debated laws criminalizing sexual acts with animals (commonly called bestiality or zoophilia). Denmark banned bestiality in 2015 amid concerns it made the co...
Greenland’s legal path to independence is spelled out primarily in the 2009 Greenland Self-Government Act: a Greenlandic decision in favour of independence would trigger negotiations with Denmark, req...
Denmark implemented a law banning full-face coverings, including the niqab and burqa, in public in 2018; the Danish parliament passed the bill on 31 May 2018 and the law entered into force on 1 August...
to sell to cleared the Danish lower chamber but failed in on a tie vote, halting a $5 million transfer that had already ratified . Proponents emphasized economic relief for a chronically unprofitable ...
on Self-Government transferred substantial domestic powers—legislative, executive and many judicial competences—in enumerated fields to Greenland’s institutions and gave Greenland control over its sub...
The failed sale attempt was framed largely as a stalled, politically awkward transaction—one that collapsed amid parliamentary deadlock and complaints about haggling over price—whereas the negotiation...
’s move from colony to a high degree of autonomy unfolded through a series of legal statutes, referendums and negotiated transfers of authority — most importantly the 1979 and the 2009 — each building...