Tag: Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands: Thousands gather for cancelled ólavsøka´s singalong

NordenBladet - Like last year, the popular midnight singalong at ólavsøka was cancelled out of Covid concerns and, like last year, thousands ignored the...

Faroe 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...

Faroe Islands: Plans to set up a credit union for workers because of BankNordik...

NordenBladet - BankNordik is charging its customers too much, and the time has now come to set up a credit union for workers. So says...

Faroe 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...

Faroe 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...

Faroe 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...

Faroe 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...

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...

Faroe Islands: Lena Anderssen’s Letters From The Faroes wins Album of the Year at...

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...

Faroe Islands: Nordic film stars cast in first crime/drama series filmed in the Faroe...

NordenBladet - The Faroe Islands’ biggest film production ever will feature high profile names in film. Actors Ulrich Thomsen (The New Pope, 2020; Blacklist,...