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Much of Greenland will change time zones next year and move one hour closer to Europe on the clock. The Greenlandic parliament decided this on Thursday, as a spokeswoman confirmed on Friday. According to this text, most Greenlanders move their clocks forward one hour to summer time in the spring, but not to winter time in the fall. This means that the capital of Greenland, Nuuk, is no longer in the time zone UTC-3, but in UTC-2 – with a three-hour time difference between New York (UTC-5) and Copenhagen (UTC+1).

According to Greenlandic media reports, some politicians had expressed concern that the time zone change could have an impact on the health of the population. The Greenlandic economy, on the other hand, has been pushing for a change to allow their working day to overlap more with European companies – in Copenhagen, for example – it said.

The change is possible because Greenland has been able to determine its own four time zones since May, after an agreement with the Danish government. The Arctic island belongs to the Danish kingdom, but is now largely autonomous. Denmark is primarily responsible for foreign and defense policy. (saw/sda/dpa)