World-famous skateboarder to visit Faroese skateboard association
Diego Fiorese is coming to the Faroe Islands from the 15th of October to the 19th of October, to teach skateboarding to kids, youngsters and adults.
Atlantic Airways to commence flights to Amsterdam
According to Faroese news website In.fo, Atlantic Airways is going to fly to Amsterdam from next summer. In.fo writes that Atlantic Airways will initially offer flights between Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Vagar Airport three times a week.
Faroese Postal Service helps Greenland shop online
The Faroese Postal Service, Posta, has developed a system that will help Greenlanders order products online and have them sent to their address, no matter where in Greenland they are located.
Faroe Islands keen to strengthen ties with Aberdeen as oil and gas drilling activities heat up west of Shetland
A five member delegation from the Faroe Oil Industry Group (FOIB) has been in Aberdeen this week for discussions with five key oil companies, the Oil and Gas Authority, Oil and Gas UK and at least one major subsea contractor regarding future Atlantic Frontier prospects.
Hotel capacity in capital to double by 2020
Two new hotels are set to open in the Faroe Islands in 2020, doubling the capital’s current bedroom capacity to approximately six hundred. There are currently an additional one hundred hotel bedrooms spread across the country.
#Great Britain’s watching you: Murray ‘the whistleblower’ claims he had Faroese delegation room bugged during 1991 maritime boundary negotiations
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.
USA, Russia, Danmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands) et al enter into historic agreement to ban commercial fishing across much of the Arctic
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”
Atlantic Airways named best Charter Company at Danish Travel Awards 2018
Atlantic Airways has been named the best Charter Company at Danish Travel Awards 2018, which took place last night in Copenhagen
Chinese/Faroese dictionary to be published next year
The first edition of a Chinese/Faroese dictionary will be published in February 2019 by Faroese publishing house, Sprotin.
Foody lesson: Faroe Islanders simply adore fermented lamb, wind-dried fish and sheep’s head
Traditional Faroese food is of great significance to the locals; not only the part where you get to dig in and satisfy those taste buds, but also the other stages, from hunting and killing to preserving and preparing.