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02.04.2019
The Faroese economy is more self-sufficient and independent than ever State budget returns will be 500 million DKK next year, national debt will decrease by more than a billion, health services receive unprecedented supplementary funding and subsidie
29.03.2019
The Faroe Islands seek membership in WorldSkills Europe   Minister of Education Hanna Jensen has signed an application for the Faroe Islands to become a member of WorldSkills Europe. WorldSkills Europe is an organization with a missio
27.03.2019
Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Faroe Islands to meet Commissioner Malmström On Thursday, Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Poul Michelsen will meet EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström in Brussels to continue the dialogue on stronger political cooperat
20.03.2019
The Sustainable Development Goals are setting our course Last week PM Aksel V. Johannesen was a Keynote speaker in a hearing on the Sustainable Development Goals, held in the Danish Parliament. In his address, the Faroese Prime Minister
04.03.2019
FaroeseSeafood.com – new online information on seafood from the Faroe Islands www.FaroeseSeafood.com is a newly-launched information platform introducing seafood from the Faroe Islands to a broad international audience. In addition to giving an overview of t
04.02.2019
The Faroe Islands and the United Kingdom sign free trade agreement (Poul Michelsen, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, George Hollingbery, Minister of State for Trade Policy and George Eustice Minister of State at the Department for Environmen
04.02.2019
Catalonia and the Faroe Islands agree to pursue cooperation and new solutions based on Advanced Digital Technologies The Catalan minister Jordi Puigneró met this morning with the prime minister of the Faroe Islands, Aksel V. Johannesen Catalonia and Faroe Islands have reached a collaboration a
01.02.2019
Jordi Puigneró, Minister of Digital Policies of Catalonia, visits Faroe Islands Yesterday, Kristina Háfoss, Minister of Finance welcomed Jordi Puigneró, Minister of Digital Policies and Public Administration of Catalonia, to the Faroe Islands. The Minister wil
04.12.2018
POLITICO: Guðrið Højgaard one of 28 people who will shape Europe in 2019 The annual POLITICO list of 28 people to look out for in the coming year was announced at a special gala event in Brussels on Monday 3 December. Guðrið Højgaard, director of Visit
24.08.2018
Joint Communiqué Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Faroe Islands and Eurasian Economic Commission During her official visit to the Faroe Islands Ms Tatiana Valovaya, Minister in charge of Int
02.07.2018
Office hours for Government of the Faroe Islands, summer 2018: Office hours for Government of the Faroe Islands, summer 2018:  From Monday July 2nd through Friday August 13th, the reception and telephone hours are between 10am and 2pm.
03.01.2018
The Faroese Parliament passes fisheries reform On 13 December 2017, the Faroese Parliament passed a bill that represents a major reform of national fisheries management in the Faroe Islands. The Act on the Management of Marine
28.08.2017
The Free Trade Agreement with Turkey entered into force The Free Trade Agreement between the Faroe Islands and Turkey will now be implemented. The Turkish national assembly agreed to the arrangement earlier this year, and the Turkish go
19.06.2017
Russian Cabinet Minister on Official Visit to the Faroe Islands Ilya Shestakov, Russia’s deputy Agriculture Minister and Director of the Federal Fishery Agency, arrived in the Faroe Islands for an official visit Monday afternoon. Accompanying t
15.06.2017
New fisheries reform introduced to parliament The Government has introduced a bill to parliament, which substantially seeks to reform fisheries policies and the administration of the country’s most vital resource. The histori
05.05.2017
Maintaining a close relationship with the UK and the EU post-Brexit Faroese fisheries and trade are particularly likely to be affected by Britain leaving the European Union. The Faroese Government wants to ensure a close future relationship both wi
27.04.2017
Seafood from the High North – sustaining and enhancing the EU market Seminar organised by the Mission of the Faroes to the EU and the North Norway European Office, Thon Hotel EU, Brussels, 26 April 2017 Over 100 people attended the seminar, which f
07.04.2017
The population of the Faroe Islands reaches 50,000 An historical milestone has now been reached with the official population of the Faroe Islands exceeding 50,000. The latest report from Statistics Faroe Islands concludes that on 1
03.03.2017
Government helps combat South Sudan famine The World Food Programme has welcomed the single largest aid donation ever by the Faroese Government. After the first famine in the world since 2011 was declared in South Sudan l
22.02.2017
Michelin star to Restaurant KOKS is an outstanding achievement Today the Faroe Islands received the first Michelin star ever when Restaurant KOKS was honored in the 2017 Michelin Guide Nordic Countries. Poul Michelsen, Minister of Foreign Aff
21.02.2017
Launching the largest infrastructure project in the Faroe Islands Reducing the distance will enhance the possibilities, was one of the main statements the Prime Minister stated in Strendur today when drilling for the sub-sea tunnel to Eysturoy fr
11.02.2017
Referendum on Faroese Constitution to be held on 25 April 2018 The Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands, Aksel V. Johannesen, announced yesterday that the referendum on the Faroese constitution will be held on 25 April 2018. The Government is a
14.10.2016
The Faroe Islands apply for membership in the Nordic Council and Nordic Council of Ministers The Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade have on behalf of the Government of the Faroes submitted an application for full membership in the Nordic Council and t
22.08.2016
WEST NORDIC FOREIGN MINISTERS’ JOINT STATEMENT The Ministers for Foreign Affairs from the three West Nordic countries, Poul Michelsen, Faroe Islands, Lilja Alfreðsdóttir, Iceland and Vittus Qujaukitsoq, Greenland, met in Tórsha
12.07.2016
Opening hours for the Prime Minister’s Office this summer From Monday July 11th until Friday August 12th the office is open from 10am to 2pm. July 28th 29th the office is closed. For urgent matters please call +298 556020.
21.06.2016
United States Secretary of the Navy visits the Faroe Islands United States Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus, is visiting the Faroe Islands this week. He will arrive on Thursday 23 June and on Friday 24 June he has meetings with Prime Ministe
27.04.2016
Time for a 21st century relationship between the Faroe Islands and the EU Meeting European Commissioner for Trade, Cecilia Malmström in Brussels for the first time this week, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Poul Michelsen, used the opportunity to
14.03.2016
Eyðgunn Samuelsen, Minister of Gender Equality takes part at The UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York On Monday 14 March, the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the biggest international body in the world dedicated to greater gender equality, opens its annual session. Tho
10.03.2016
Clarifications made in Grindalógin On March 10 the Minister of Fisheries tabled a proposal for amendments to the Faroese whaling law (Grindalógin), which includes a modification of the requirement to report a sighti
21.01.2016
UPR hearing in Geneva Opening Statement by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Poul Michelsen at Universal Periodic Review (UPR) hearing on the 21th of January in Geneva  Mr. President, distinguishe
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