Governance and Society

The ‘Covid Passport’ regime introduced in early November 2021 is no longer in force in the Faroe Islands, health authorities have announced. Upon the request of the Faroese Government, the...

A bill has been passed in the Faroese parliament the Løgting to curb the ability of non-resident foreigners to buy up property in the Faroe Islands. The ability of foreigners...

“The Atlantic white-sided dolphin catch on Sunday 12 September has raised some issues about Atlantic white-sided dolphin catches, e.g. the number of dolphins taken in a single drive and hunting...

The Government of the Faroe Islands plans to make it a requirement for foreigners looking to purchase property in the Faroe Islands that they obtain a purchase permit. During his...

Citing a growing number of recent cases of persons testing positive for Covid-19 in the Faroe Islands, a number of festivals and cultural events have been either postponed or cancelled....

Hans Ellefsen, Assistant Professor of the University of the Faroe Islands, and Daniel Bromley, Professor Emeritus of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, have had a scientific report published on contemporary Faroese...

A growing proportion of the Faroese population now consists of ‘immigrants’ or ‘foreigners’ — people born in a foreign country or persons without citizenship in the Kingdom of Denmark. According...

Miljøstyrelsen, Denmark’s environmental protection agency, has granted 980,000 DKK for scientific research project ‘The Arctic Dilemma — Evaluating 40 years of risk communication on marine contaminants on the Faroe Islands.’...

With more than 84 percent of the nation’s working-age population part of the labor force, the population of the Faroe Islands still has the highest activity rate in Europe. According...