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Back to homepageFaroe Islands: Thousands gather for cancelled ólavsøka´s singalong
NordenBladet – Like last year, the popular midnight singalong at Ăłlavsøka was cancelled out of Covid concerns and, like last year, thousands ignored the ban. The head of the epidemic commission is slightly annoyed after hearing that people ignored the
Read MoreFaroe Islands: Queen visits the Faroes
NordenBladet – Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark arrived at Vágar Airport this morning.Queen Margrethe cut a fine figure in her Faroese national dress at the official royal reception in TĂłrshavn city centre earlier this afternoon. The 81-year-old queen
Read MoreFaroe Islands: Plans to set up a credit union for workers because of BankNordik increased bank fees
NordenBladet – BankNordik is charging its customers too much, and the time has now come to set up a credit union for workers. So says SĂşni Selfoss, chairman of trade union StarvsfelagiĂ°, referring to Thursday’s news about BankNordik’s hike in
Read MoreFaroe Islands: Power production performance aligned with simulated predictions in Faroe Islands
NordenBladet – As part of a continued operations program in its tidal energy project in the Faroe Islands, technology developer Minesto has made significant progress related to electricity generation to grid — the company’s DG100 power plant has reached peak
Read MoreFaroe Islands: 10 percent of Faroese population Covid vaccinated
NordenBladet – Ten percent of the total Faroese population of just over 53,000 has been vaccinated for Covid-19, according to public health information website Corona.fo. As per the government-issued information source, some 5,300 individuals have been vaccinated in the island
Read MoreFaroe Islands: Covid testing requirement for arrivals to Faroe set for one-year extension
NordenBladet – The Finance Committee of the Faroese Parliament has, after reviewing a proposed bill from Finance Minister Jørgen Niclasen, stated that they agree with a suggested one-year extension of the current legal requirement that people traveling to the Faroe
Read MoreFaroe Islands’ longest sea cable for aquaculture installed
NordenBladet – Earlier this month, electrical engineering firm JT Electric completed the latest installation of their 5.6-kilometer sea cable to a Bakkafrost fish farming site in the Faroe Islands. The cable provides power from Bakkafrost’s hatchery at Strond near KlaksvĂk
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Faroe Islands: Faroese labor force remains Europe’s most active
NordenBladet – With more than 84 percent of the nation’s working-age population part of the labor force, the population of the Faroe Islands still has the highest activity rate in Europe. According to a recent labor force survey published by
Read MoreFaroe Islands: Lena Anderssen’s Letters From The Faroes wins Album of the Year at JPF Music Awards in Los Angeles
NordenBladet – Faroese-Canadian singer-songwriter Lena Anderssen claimed an award at the JPF Music Awards in Los Angeles, with her 2012 album Letters From the Faroes earning the Album of the Year title. JPF is short for Just Plain Folks, a
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Faroe Islands: Nordic film stars cast in first crime/drama series filmed in the Faroe Islands
NordenBladet – The Faroe Islands’ biggest film production ever will feature high profile names in film. Actors Ulrich Thomsen (The New Pope, 2020; Blacklist, 2016), Maria Rich (Follow The Money, 2018) and Olaf Johannesen (The Bridge, 2015) will star in
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