Craig Murray, former British diplomat turned political activist, human rights campaigner and whistleblower, has astonishingly claimed that he had the Danish/Faroese delegation room bugged during the Shetland/Faroese maritime boundary negotiations in 1991.
Canada, Norway, Russia, the United States, China, Iceland, Japan, South Korea, Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands) and the European Union have signed the legally binding “Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean”
Fisheries minister Høgni Hoydal (Tjóðveldi) has made it abundantly clear that the current Faroese government has no plans to ban dolphin killings.
Work to prepare for the construction of the ultra-ambitious subsea tunnel between the southern islands of Sandoy and Suðuroy will continue in 2019.
On 24 August this year, the Faroese minister for foreign affairs and trade, Poul Michelsen, signed a new memorandum of understanding with Russia via the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), a Moscow-led trade bloc. It is safe to say that this has not gone down well with Danish politicians.
Climate issues and the Arctic will be in the spotlight when the Nordic Council kicks off this autumn’s political activities with meetings on 12 and 13 September in Nuuk, Greenland. Evidence of global warming in Greenland is palpable, and this is reflected in the agenda.
The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) and the Faroe Islands have signed a memorandum of understanding. The document was signed by EEC minister in charge of Integration and Macroeconomics Tatyana Valovaya and minister of foreign affairs and trade of the Faroe Islands Poul Michelsen.
“What I am thrilled to say is that he is more popular than any president in the history of modern presidency at this point of his presidency. He is fulfilling his campaign promises to the American people,” argued US ambassador to Denmark Carla Sands on Faroese national television.
“When the Danish royal house offers to be a host in the Faroe Islands, then it is against my firm nationalist persuasion,” states Mr. Páll á Reynatúgvu.
Since the first exploration took place on the Faroese continental shelf in 2001, nine wells have been drilled. However, the discovery of commercial quantities remains elusive. In spite of all this, Faroese ministers still remain hopeful that the Faroes will become a glorious oil nation.