A lawmaker representing Greenland in Denmark’s Parliament was asked to leave the podium of the assembly after she refused to translate her speech delivered in Greenlandic — the Inuit language of the sparsely populated Arctic island — into Danish, highlighting strained relations within the Danish Realm.

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Inuit lawmaker who intended to speak Greenlandic stopped from addressing the Danish Parliament

A lawmaker representing Greenland in Denmark’s Parliament was asked to leave the podium of the assembly because she refused to translate her speech into Danish.

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Inuit lawmaker asked to leave the podium at Danish Parliament after speaking only in Greenlandic

A lawmaker representing Greenland in Denmark’s Parliament was asked to leave the podium of the assembly because she refused to translate her speech into Danish

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Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A lawmaker representing Greenland in Denmark’s Parliament was asked to leave the podium of the assembly because she intended to speak only in Greenlandic. Aki-Matilda Hoegh-Dam, from the social democratic Siumut party, had distributed a written translation of her speech but was told she could only give it in Greenlandic if she also gave it in Danish immediately afterward. Hoegh-Dam is at the center of …

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- A lawmaker representing Greenland in Denmark's Parliament was asked to leave the podium of the assembly because she intended to speak only in Greenlandic -- the Inuit language of the sparsely populated Arctic island -- frustrating uncomprehending legislators and highlighting strained relations within the Danish Realm.

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A Greenlandic MP has caught flak in Denmark's parliament for refusing to translate her speech from Inuit to Danish.

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Inuit MP at centre of language row in Danish parliament

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A lawmaker representing Greenland in Denmark’s Parliament was asked to leave the podium of the assembly because she intended to speak only in Greenlandic — the Inuit language of the sparsely populated Arctic island

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A lawmaker representing Greenland in Denmark’s Parliament was asked to leave the podium of the assembly after she refused to translate her speech delivered in Greenlandic — the Inuit language of the sparsely populated Arcti

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A lawmaker representing Greenland in Denmark’s Parliament was asked to leave the podium of the assembly after she refused to translate her speech delivered in Greenlandic — the Inuit language of the sparsely populated Arctic island — into Danish, highlighting strained relations within the Danish Realm. Aki-Matilda Høgh-Dam, from the social democratic Siumut party, is at the center of a debate about whether lawmakers fr…

Inuit lawmaker asked to leave the podium at Danish Parliament after speaking only in Greenlandic

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