Society
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146Amnesty Faroes committee decides to prioritize climate change and human rights teaching
A new Amnesty Føroyar committee has been elected. At the annual general meeting last month, 7 out of 8 board members were...
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151Great Prayer Day’s coming up…and Faroe Islanders are ready for a day off from work
Tomorrow is a public holiday in the Faroe Islands. Every 4th Friday after Easter, the three nations that make up the Danish...
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280Faroes are seeing a boom in American and Canadian tourists
The number of nights spent in hotels and hostels in the Faroe Islands grew by 4.6% to 21.478 in the first quarter...
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1.1KWoman runs into burning Klaksvík home to save those inside
A heroic woman in the northern town of Klaksvík ran into a burning house Thursday morning to save three people inside. According...
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464It’s getting more expensive to live in Iceland and the Faroe Islands
Prices in Iceland are 84% higher than the European Union average in 2017, and are affecting the enjoyment tourists get out of...
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165Online dictionary and translation service reaches milestone
Looking up words in paperback dictionaries now seems like an ancient way of retrieving definitions and translations. Today, this information is found...
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190Faroese public TV on air for 35 years
1 April 2019 marked 35 years since the first Faroese programme was aired on Faroese public television. Prior to 1 April 1984,...
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188May Day cry: “The class war is far from over,” warns union leader
A few hundred people gathered at Vaglið Square outside the Faroese parliament for May Day. The Faroese economy is in very good...
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208May 1st: Cancellations On Route 7 (Tvøroyri-Tórshavn)
Strandfaraskip Landsins (ssl.fo) has announced that due to maintenance work the journeys at 16:00 and 18:45 will be cancelled on route 7...
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644Norwegian couple gets married on Hotel Føroyar’s grass roof
As you may already know, grass roofs are a distinguishing feature of the Faroe Islands. There are more grass-roofed houses in the...
