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Kvf.fo writes that "the Danish woman told the Court of Lyngby in Denmark that she felt compelled to "give something back" to the 42-year-old Faroese man she had been chatting with on LinkedIn in order to keep up the contact with him."

Reigning Faroese premier division champions Víkingur have sacked new coach Maurice Ross after just 11 league games following a less than impressive start to the 2018 season.

One single schooner in Iceland costs a whopping $14.50 (ISK 1163.79, i.e. DKK 70). In the Faroe Islands, beer prices are generally slightly cheaper than in Iceland, with the average price of around DKK 50-60 for a pint.

Salmon production behemoth, Marine Harvest, has gained ownership of Bakkafrost’s Strendur plant, which has become “surplus to requirements” following the construction of the two-year-old, larger Glyvrar plant.

Heri Joensen, the lead singer of Faroese folk metal band Týr, has claimed that Sea Shepherd Conservation Society founder Paul Watson made no attempt at talking to him after the band's concert in San Diego earlier this week.

If you had trouble accessing Local.fo early Thursday morning, the problem wasn't on your end. It appears hackers have taken aim at Local.fo following the Gøtuvík Beach whale slaughter earlier this week.

Paul Watson, the controversial Canadian-American marine wildlife conservation and environmental activist who founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, is infuriated after 145 pilot whales were killed on Gøtuvík Beach in the Faroe Islands yesterday.

How has the international audience reacted to and received the documentary The Islands and The Whales? The director Mike Day will screen the film in The Film Society at Havnar Bio with following discussion at the Paname Café.

Around 150 pilot whales were killed today on the beach in the village Gøta (Gøtuvík) on Eysturoy. Faroese news webpage Portal.fo writes that the killings went fast and well and that many people came to the beach to witness the killings.

It was shortly after 11 o'clock this morning when a boat first sighted a pod of pilot whales around 6 miles from Borðoyanes in the northern part of the Faroe Islands.