Politics
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483UK signs new trade continuity agreement with the Faroe Islands
With almost £200 million worth of fish and crustaceans brought into the UK from the Faroe Islands in 2017, this agreement will...
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165Faroe woe as MSC suspends North East Atlantic mackerel certification
Mackerel caught on or after 2nd March 2019 cannot be sold as ‘MSC certified' or bear the blue MSC label. The suspension...
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209Denmark regains its position as the country with the perceived lowest corruption in the world
The 2018 Corruption Perception Index (CPI), released by anti-corruption campaign group Transparency International on Tuesday, ranks perceptions of corruption levels amongst officials...
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268Tough in the Making: Fisheries Reform Adopted
Arguably one of the most debated political topics in the history of the Faroe Islands, the Act on the Management of Marine...
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650Faroe Islands to sign post Brexit free-trade deal with UK
The Faroe Islands and the UK will sign a free-trade agreement later this month to keep trade going after Brexit. “Trade with...
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820Tórshavn Joins International Climate Protest
Greta Thunberg, a fifteen year-old climate activist from Sweden, gained international attention recently after staging a school-strike for the climate in August...
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297“The sooner the UK is out of the Common Fisheries Policy the better,” fume Shetlanders in wake of EU-Faroe mackerel deal
Shetlanders argue that the EU has allocated far more to the Faroe Islands than to the island’s own eight pelagic boats. They...
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937Faroe Islands sign up to agreement which protects patients against doubtful nomadic doctors
The countries that have already signed up to the agreement are Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland. Greenland and the Faroe Islands...
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1.1KThe Arctic is taking the scene in Brussels this week
The Arctic is taking the scene in Brussels this week with the annual conference, Arctic Futures Symposium, and an Arctic short films...
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493SEV signs agreement with Swedish marine energy developer to install tidal energy kites in Faroese waters
Faroese electrical company SEV has signed an agreement with Swedish marine energy developer Minesto AB to install two DG100 tidal energy converters...
