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A lucky Faroe Islander has won no less than DKK 20 million in Danske Spil's Lotto. The winning mega millions lottery ticket was allegedly sold in the Effo gas station in the village of Tvøroyri on Suðuroy.

According to Statistics Faroe Islands, 10.1% of the 2016 Faroese population were deemed to live below the poverty line. The first poverty line figures for the Faroes were published in 2009 when 8.8% of the population were deemed to live below the poverty line.

It has been very foggy in the North Atlantic archipelago today - as it often is in this part of the world in July -, and this has had a negative impact on air traffic in and out of the Faroes.

A 29-year-old man has died falling around 300-400 meters from a mountain above the village of Trøllanes on Kalsoy.

Fewer women are choosing to leave the Faroe Islands as the population continues to grow. However, this does not mean that women earn the same as men in the Faroese job market. Not yet, at least.

The think-tank institute has just published the Global Peace Index 2018, which ranks major nations around the world by how safe they are. For an 11th consecutive year, Iceland was ranked as the world's safest place.

According to Sheriff Karl Johansen, the small pod of whales will shared between those who participated in the hunt. Mr. Johansen adds that the hunt went well. Borðoyavík is of one of the new ”pilot whale bays” in the Faroe Islands.

Due to a shortage of burial plots and land and an ever increasing population work has begun on a new cemetery in Hoyvík, a suburb of Tórshavn. Construction firm KONSAX has been commissioned to complete the work, which is estimated to cost DKK 8.5 million.

The Effo gas station in Kollfjarðadalur, near the village of Kollfjørður on Streymoy, is arguably THE go-to station for people, traveling to Vágar airport. Thus, it is perhaps only appropriate that it also visited by some of our dear and oh-so lovable grass-eating furry friends.

A mountain cottage at the southernmost tip of the island of Borðoy last night burned to the ground. Thankfully, no people were harmed in the fire. The cottage, which was built in 2014, was used by shepherds to shelter.