Sea Shepherd targets Faroe Islands whale hunt
The conservation activist organization, Sea Shepherd, have announced plans to disrupt or stop the Faroe Island annual whale hunt tradition, known loca...
Iceland and Faroese complain about EU fish sanction threats
Iceland’s Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson has claimed the European Union’s ongoing campaign of threats is against international fish quota...
European Parliament rules in favour of Iceland mackerel sanctions
European officials have backed calls for sanctions against Iceland and the Faroe Islands amid a fishing industry dispute. Major European fishing natio...
Iceland and Faroe Islands threatened over mackerel dispute with EU
The EU plans to bring forward its decision on sanctions against Iceland and the Faroe Islands over the ongoing mackerel dispute. Irish officials say i...
Iceland ‘mackerel war’ negotiations end in failure
This week’s Reykjavík mackerel fishing negotiations between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one side and the EU and Norway on the other have en...
New ‘mackerel war’ negotiations taking place in Iceland
Steingrímur J. Sigfússon, Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries, has told the media that he is optimistic for a positive outcome to new mackerel negot...
Icelandic charity concert to support Faroese search & rescue teams
A fundraising campaign has kicked off in Iceland to collect money for the Faroe Islands’ search & rescue organisation, which worked extremel...
Two suspected murder cases in the Faroe Islands
Police in the Faroese capital of Tórshavn yesterday evening cordoned off parts of the city centre after a man was found dead in a public area.