The Faroe Islands has killed more than
500 dolphins since its controversial hunt resumed in May, local authorities in
Denmark's autonomous territory in the north Atlantic said on Thursday.
Denmark's autonomous Faroe Islands have renewed a fishing quota deal with Russia for one year despite Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, a local minister said on Saturday.
The prime minister of the Faroe Islands called for early elections Wednesday after sacking a minister over homophobic comments caused him to lose his majority in the local parliament.
Denmark’s election on November 1st could conceivably be settled by four parliamentary seats allocated to representatives from Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
The Faroe Islands, a Danish autonomous territory, said Sunday it would provisionally limit its controversial dolphin hunt to 500, following public outcry over the practice.
Denmark and the Faroe Islands announced on Thursday installation of a new radar which they said would improve surveillance coverage of Faroese airspace.
The Faroe Islands, a Danish autonomous territory, says it has begun discussions about the future of its controversial dolphin hunt, with a decision expected in the coming weeks.
Every summer in the Faroe Islands hundreds of pilot whales and dolphins are slaughtered in drive hunts known as the "grind" that residents defend as a long-held tradition.
China's ambassador to Denmark pressured the Faroe Islands to hire telecommunications giant Huawei to build a 5G network, according to a newspaper report in the Scandinavian country.
After fuelling hopes of independence from Denmark at the turn of the millennium, the Faroe Islands' dreams of an oil bonanza have turned out to be more of a mirage than a miracle.
Enough is enough: for the Faroese sailor Birgir Enni, having spent more than half a millennium under Danish rule means it's about time for the North Atlantic autonomous archipelago to break away.
The Faroe Islands, a Danish autonomous territory, will resume its search for oil soon, launching the fourth licensing round for exploration since 2000 and the first since 2008.
The Faroe Islands, an autonomous archipelago in Denmark, said on Wednesday it wanted to negotiate on a fisheries agreement with the Britain after its exit from the EU, a concern for the Faroese economy.
Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd said on Wednesday it planned to use a conviction against one of its members for breaching the Faroe Islands' animal welfare law to stop the archipelago's controversial whale hunt.
The Faroe Islands could become the final Nordic territory to recognize same-sex unions after the centre-left opposition won a general election, results showed on Wednesday.
Faroe Islanders headed to the polls on Tuesday to elect a new parliament following a one-month campaign dominated by gay marriage and whether to raise taxes on fishing firms.
After Denmark's autonomous Faroe Islands announced Monday that they had refused entry to a ship carrying 21 activists from the militant conservation group Sea Shepherd, the group has accused Denmark of “illegal” and “dubious” actions.
Denmark's autonomous Faroe Islands announced Monday that they had refused entry to a ship carrying 21 activists from the militant conservation group Sea Shepherd who were trying to disrupt traditional whale hunts.
Five activists from the militant Sea Shepherd conservation group have been ordered to leave the Faroe Islands after they tried to disrupt a traditional whale hunt in the autonomous Danish province, police said Saturday.
Two volunteers from the militant conservation group Sea Shepherd have been arrested and charged with interfering in the annual whale hunt in the Faroe Islands, the group has announced.
The annual whale hunt is about to get underway on the autonomous Faroe Islands and Sea Shepherd will once again will try to disrupt the "barbaric" ritual.
Animal activists were stopped from their attempts to save a pod of pilot whales, while American actor Charlie Sheen says "Denmark is complicit in the killing".
