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Back to homepageFaroe Islands: Today marks the 25th anniversary of a horrific plane crash in the mountains west of Sørvágur
NordenBladet – A solemn day of remembrance in Vágar. Today marks the 25th anniversary of a horrific plane crash in the mountains west of Sørvágur. The 3rd of August 1996 is a day that lives vividly in the minds of
Read MoreFaroe 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: Vágar wants its own vaccination site
NordenBladet – Too many people being quarantined is becoming a problem for workplaces in Vágar. The two municipalities in Vágar have joined forces to set up a vaccination site on the island. Vága municipality and Sørvágs municipality have sent a
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: Norröna refurbished to the tune of 100 million DKK
NordenBladet – Norröna, the flagship of the Faroese merchant fleet and the only cruise liner sailing from the Faroe Islands on a regular basis, has completed a major overhaul. Having left the Faroes for refurbishment at the Fayard shipyard 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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