wages. The objective of the FAS arrangement is that the shipping companies get refunded a part of the wages paid to their employees. The objective of the special rules for taxation on crew?s wages is that [...] question is a resident in the Faroe Islands. If the ship owner is a company it has to be registered in the Faroe Islands and its real head office has to be located in the Faroe Islands. Lastly, the crew in [...] place. Also in this case it is only the part of 500,000 DKK or less that is reduced. The taxable income assessed like this is taxed in accordance with the ordinary tax rates. The same applies to limited
challenge for the authorities, the oil companies and the local industry. The large quantities of data which has been collected from the drillings this summer will be subjected to intense studies over the coming [...] were to be expected when you combine the traditional working methods of the oil industry with the stipulations of the hydrocarbon law and the expectations of the local business community. Let me first [...] countries is the need for evaluating the activities as we progress. There have been two meetings recently where lessons learned were on the agenda. In addition the Ministry of Petroleum will meet with the oil
Council (NBC) are behind the award. It is also supported by the Nordic Council of Ministers and is part of the New Nordic Food III programme. The Norwegian Farmers' Association hosted the awards in Oslo on 20 [...] are the winners of the Embla Food Prize During a grand award ceremony in Oslo, the Embla Food Awards 2021 was handed to the best people and companies within the Nordic food scene. The best in the Nordic [...] living on the edge. The food is prepared and adjusted the special dietary needs of the homeless people. The project has many social dimensions: Homeless people, young people who gets ready for the labour
decades. The world needs to know what is happening in the Faeroes and just as we brought the horror of the Taiji dolphin slaughter to the attention of the world with the Academy Award-winning film The Cove [...] question now is when. Our task now is to make the rest of the world view the grind for what it is – an obscenity and a disgrace upon the escutcheon of humanity. And hopefully more and more Faeroese will view [...] They say the sea is cold, but the sea contains the hottest blood of all, and the wildest, the most urgent. -D.H. Lawrence There is a profound intelligence in our oceans. This intelligence is embodied within
down in the Faroes, a local company launched what is reputedly the world’s first commercially viable DTT system. The company does not boast a staff of hundreds, nor even dozens. On the contrary, it has but [...] practical. The United States as well is well known for its practical nature and everyone knows that teamwork and practical collaboration is the spirit of the age these days, but the Faroese and the Americans [...] now all that remains is but to execute it. I refer, of course, to the country’s Vision 2015, the hope and dream that the Faroes will become one of the most progressive nations of the world by 2015. A bit
Stevie Wonder, ið tykist vera óvanliga bergtikin av loftsprýðinum. Michael Moore spyr: ?Was it all a dream? Did the last four years really happen?? Innan sløk 30 sekund hevur filmsskaparin sostatt fangað lagið [...] has a hard-on!?; Moore klippur, og har er ?Oh, I did it again? Spears kunngerandi?mest álíkt einum ørindasveini hjá Mao?at ?we should just support the President in everything he does... We should just trust [...] út av hevdaðu kúganarroyndunum við tí endamáli at støðga kelivættið hjá honum nú marknaðarført sum ?The Film They Didn?t Want You To See?, at tað er umráðandi at adressera hetta fyrst. Bara fyri at fáa hetta
this way: »It’s a cosmic experience. The Faroe Islands is a country which is – and is not. It is in constant flux. It keeps disappearing: One moment it’s lost in the fog, and suddenly – there it is again in [...] the World The waters around the Faroe Islands are said to be the cleanest in the world. The perfect mix of the warm Gulf Stream from the south and the Arctic waters from the north produce a paradise for [...] often used when trying to describe the feel of the Faroes – and the fact that everything is close, whether you want it or not. People are fascinated by the contrasts and the Faroe Islands are truly a land
to diversify the economy. We have seen the economy grow and diversify for more than a decade now, since the recovery from the recession of the early 90ies. What must be striking about the Faroese economy [...] connecting six of the islands whith over 80 % of the population. Moreover, the IT penetration is near 100 %. We are now about to undertake significant investments in the Vagar airport both with the aim to modernise [...] The main theme tonight is of course the Faroe Islands, and indeed the whole area between the Faroes and Shetland, as an area for oil and gas exploration. As a Minister for Research, I find it tremendously
Creating Communities of the Future and with the progress being made in implementing it. Clearly Renewable Energy is vital to all the islands groups and it was good to see real, sustainable jobs being created [...] common interest but too seldom do we get the chance to visit each other and see what is happening on the islands. This annual joint meeting with Faroes and the Scottish islands councils provides that chance [...] pleasure to welcome the Prime Minister of the Faroes and my fellow island Convenors to this second annual meeting following the initital meeting last year in Torshavn. I believe the visit marked a number of
story’s focus sharpens, what matters here are the characters: their emotions and worried words, how they hold it together and fall apart, their individual habits and shared habitat.” Filmsfelagið 25/9 kl 20:00 [...] “Totem is a coming into consciousness story about a child navigating realms — human and animal, spiritual and material — that exist around her like overlapping concentric circles. Yet even as the story’s
