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NSÍ Runavík's team bus went off the road near the village of Skipanes on Friday night. The bus was carrying the Betri Division side to a top-flight game at Skála when the bus came off the road. Luckily, no one was injured.

Alex Bærendsen, arguably the most popular and beloved country music singer in the Faroe Islands over the last thirty odd years, died in a tragic work-related accident in the southern village of Tvøroyri yesterday.

Faroese Fisheries Minister Høgni Hoydal told AFP: ”We base our whole existence and our modernization as a welfare society and as a part of the world on the sustainable use of the living resources of the sea. The pilot whale has been part of that for more than a thousand years.

A female tourist from Germany got an unpleasant surprise yesterday when she found out that she had caught the wrong afternoon ferry from Tórshavn. Instead of boarding Smyril Line's Norröna from Tórshavn to Iceland, she accidentally boarded Smyril to Suðuroy.

Local.fo has released a new magazine whose main aim is to reach tourists who come to the Faroe Islands. In the magazine at hand, you can read about the Faroese cuisine from handmade chocolates to the only Michelin-star restaurant on the islands, both proudly basing their products on using almost solely local ingredients.

NSÍ Runavík have been drawn to face Hibernian F.C. from Scotland in the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round. The ties are scheduled for July 12 and 19, with Hibs at home in the first leg.

Belgian benefit biker Stefaan Lehoucq, who visited almost every island in about 9 cycling days on his mountain bike earlier this month, has managed to raise over 3.500 euro for Humival, a home for mentally disabled people, in his home area in Belgium.

The Faroe Islands has had the highest birth rate in Europe for decades, with around 2.5 children per woman, according to World Bank figures. But this does not stop Faroese women from pursuing a career. 82% of women have a job compared to 59% in the European Union.

A new youth hostel has opened on the island of Svínoy. The first public event at the hostel, locally known as Gamligarður, was a free-for-all breakfast last weekend as part of the Outlying Islands Festival.

This afternoon one car came off the road which leads to the village of Saksun on Streymoy. A tourist drove the car which ended up in the river next to the road.