2024 in Greenland

Greenland-related events during 2023

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24 June – The international airport terminal partially opens in Nuuk.^[1]
25 June – Google Translate adds support for Kalaallisut.^[2]
27 June - A polar bear is sighted in Disko Bay near Alluttoq Island, north of Ilulissat.^[3]
29 June - The yearly Danish royal visit begins. King Frederik and Queen Mary land at Pituffik Space Base and are greeted by Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede.^[4]
30 June - Two people are hospitalized after a fire in Paamiut.^[5]

21 July - Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson, the founder of Sea Shepherd, is arrested shortly after arriving in Nuuk for a refueling stop aboard the vessel John Paul DeJoria by virtue of an Interpol notice requested by Japan in 2012.^[6]

Source:^[7]^[8]

^ "Mittarfiup terminalia nutaaq kiisami ammarpoq. Malittarisassalli nutaat piffissamik atuinarsinnaasut". Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
^ "Kalaallisut oqaatsivut savalimmiullu oqaasii Google Translatemut ilanngunneqartut". Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
^ "Nanoq Ilulissat avannaaanni takuneqartoq". Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
^ "Assit takukkit: Kunngikkormiut Pituffimmut tikipput". Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
^ "Paamiuni illut uiguleriit ilaanni ikuallattoqartoq". Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
^ "Denmark awaits Japan's extradition request for anti-whaling activist". France 24. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
^ "Greenland Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
^ "Holidays and Observances in Greenland in 2024". Time and Date. Retrieved 4 March 2024.