To taste a flavour of the mood in the islands, look no further than the film Local Hero, a huge hit in Britain when it opened in cinemas across the country in 1983. One scene in particular struck a chord [...] 30,000 in 1901 to just 17,000 in 1971. »One of the most important benefits of the oil era, and one often overlooked, is the way it restored confidence in the people of Orkney,« he said. »Until the 1970s [...] glow for the past 25 years - a sight as familiar to residents as the stars that fill the clear skies above the islands. Islanders treasure the winter spectacle of the aurora borealis. But the source of

The question is being asked 'why is Statoil remaining in the Faroes for hydrocarbon exploration after drilling two dry wells?' Statoil answers this on several fronts. First it is a 30% partner in the exciting [...] hydrocarbons at the rate of 6,000 barrels a day. In addition and importantly, the structure of the Rosebank-Lochnagar field is similar to large structures mapped by Statoil and its partners in the Faroes offshore [...] untested exploration potential in the Faroes. In 2006 Statoil and its partners did drill the Brugdan prospect in the Faroes (well 6104/21-1); an analogous structure to Rosebank. The well was abandoned due to

There is a large fire developing at Varðin Pelagic, the large fish factory at Tvøroyri. The city of Tvøroyri has been evacuated, because there are large supplies of ammonia in the factory. Ammonia is very [...] cause lethal damage if it is breathed in. Citizens are adviced to go to the villages of Hov or Hvalba, where schools and sport-halls have been opened to receive visitors. Smyril is on his way south now with [...] with more fire-trucks. Earlier today the fire department decided to pull out of the building, because there was no possibility to contain the fire. Pictures and videos can be seen here.

virus, in 30 degrees Celsius, wearing three shirts to many, I did not have the sweet feeling of adventure I had expected. However, I was happy to be done traveling for now. In the car on the way to the school [...] wouldn’t want to go to school anywhere else. The school is excellent and the knowledge I have gained there is monumental. But my schooling has not only happened in the classroom. Before I left for America, a [...] We landed in Arkansas at around four in the evening, but for us - myself and my friend Samal, it could just as well have been four in the morning. Having traveled for three days, through three different

living that is the biggest threat for the whales alive. Your lifestyle contaminates and even poisons the whales - and you don´t seem to care. That is what threatenes all the whales in all the oceanes every [...] instance requires that the survival of the human is by killing the animals for food. We must respect the nature. Live with it, from it, and therefore we must do the hunting with respect for the sustainability [...] other creatures on earth are made for each other. The ecosystem is a food chain, which order is where the different organisms eat each order. We, the human beings are a part of this chain, though some

--------- During the debate of the PM’s speech, which he held to the nation on the national holiday the 29th of July, the Minister for hydrocarbon affairs, Mr Bjarni Djurholm had the following comments [...] autumn. It is too early yet to say anything about the interest for this third round, but based upon the activity level, which has been agreed for the Faroe area and the drillings on the UK side of the border [...] usage in connection with new-building and repairs of older constructions and housing in general. Investigations to date, in connection with the Nólsoy project, indicate that the island of Nólsoy is very

(Scientific American). The rise in ocean acidification is believed to contribute to this decline of the phytoplankton. The oceans are in trouble, and thus humanity is in trouble because if the oceans die – we [...] brought the horror of the Taiji dolphin slaughter to the attention of the world with the Academy Award-winning film The Cove, we now must turn the barrel of the most powerful weapon ever invented on the Faeroes [...] Faeroes – the camera! There is no place for this kind of barbaric tradition in the world of the 21st Century, in a world where species extinction is escalating, where the oceans are dying, and where the sheer

The first invitation was given by Editor-in-Chief Jan Müller in Copenhagen in 1999. Another invitation was delivered, together with a Present, by the Danish Embassy in Pretoria on the occasion of Nelson [...] Nelson Mandela’s 85th Birthday in 2003. Sosialurin is taking the opportunity of Bill Clinton’s visit to the Faroe Islands to ask him to be the courier for the latest invitation to Nelson Mandela; a man who [...] brought to bear on some of the seemingly intractable problems we face in the world today. The reason I am inviting you and your fellow Council members to the Faroe Islands is because of our strong belief

young people in that way educated in butchery felt indisposed, when he was observing the mass-slaughter in the East Harbour in Tórshavn. There´s no comparison between the bayonet lessons and the whales-slaughter: [...] Nólsoyarfjørð the fiord south-east of Tórshavn. The tide and darkness made the hunt compIicated for the small boates. In spide of the entired blackout because of the war a British officer in charge turned [...] long line) overboard on the edges of the scool…. The forman gives the order, and the slaughter begins…… When a whale is dead, a large iron hook is driven into its head and a rope is thrown ashore, so that

Hall in Reykjavík. Torbjørn Olsen is one of the most respected and talented Faroese painters, he is one of the best portrait painters in the Nordic countries, and his place as one of the greatest in the [...] Two of the greatest Faroese painters in Reykjavík Now that Culture Night is in Reykjavík, The Faroese Gallery Havnará is organizing an exhibition with Torbjørn Olsen and Zacharias Heinesen in the City Hall [...] best contemporary Faroese landscape painters. The exhibition is in City Hall in Reykjavík on Culture Night, Saturday 23 August at 10 am. 13.00 to 18.00.