00:00Greenland opened its polls for parliamentary elections on Tuesday.
00:05Around 41,000 people are eligible to vote and 31 lawmakers will be elected.
00:11Several parties are participating in the election, including the left-wing party Inuit Atakatigit,
00:18led by incumbent Prime Minister Mute Burup, and the Simut, which has led the parliament
00:25in the past.
00:26Unofficial election results are expected soon after 10 o'clock this evening.
00:31Greenland occupies a strategic location in the North Atlantic, halfway between the US
00:37and Russia, and contains rare earth mineral primal in driving the global economy.
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