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0	kvf	As you may have noticed, it may make sense to stay indoors today.
1	kvf	Many schools and daycares have closed for the day.
2	kvf	Klaksvík: All municipal daycare centres, all private daycares and Snjalla Bjalla are closed today, as is the á Skúlatrøð school and the technical school. The city bus service is also down for the day.
3	kvf	The City Council offices are closed, but the council is available as usual via phone and email.
4	kvf	Glasir college in Tórshavn and the Miðnám college in Kambsdalur are closed for the day.
5	kvf	Tvøroyri and Vestmanna: All schools and daycares are closed for today.
6	kvf	Fuglafjørður and Kambsdalur: All daycares are closed for the day
7	kvf	Runavík’s kommunuskúli and Skála skúli are closed for the day.
8	kvf	Vágur, Suðuroy: Pretty much everything is shut down.
9	kvf	Velbastaðar skúli is closed.
10	kvf	Other schools and daycares may also be closed. Contact your local school or daycare for further information.
11	kvf	Faroese elite athletes have been granted a total of DKK 1.63 million for 2024. Grants were handed out to 21 applicants – 16 individuals and five teams, representing ten sports disciplines.
12	kvf	The biggest amount went to the men’s national handball team and the U20 men’s national handball team, who received DKK 250,000 each.
13	kvf	The men’s national team recently took part in the European Championship and is currently preparing for the World Championship play-offs in May.
14	kvf	The biggest amount for an individual athlete, DKK 125,000, went to sprint runner Jónas Gunnleivsson Isaksen, who won 200-metre gold at the European Championships last year. His next target is the world championships in Peru in August.
15	kvf	Five young applicants also received grants. The were the U16/17 national volleyball team, handball U06, young elite swimmers, Ronja Johannesen (gymnastics) and Ranja Joensen (badminton).
16	kvf	he grant selection panel hailed a 'golden age' for Faroese elite sports and Faroese sports as a whole, citing surging participation and international success.
17	kvf	“2023 was an eventful year for Faroese sports. The standards of our athletes are improving every year. This is evidenced by the steadily increasing calibre of the elite sports grant applicants.”
18	kvf	A total of 37 applications came in for elite sports grants in 2024.
19	kvf	The six houseowners’ associations in Hoyvík have handed signatures to Tórshavn City council, complaining about ‘unbearable’ traffic conditions.
20	kvf	Specifically, the residents demand a roundabout or traffic lights at the Vegurin langi/Løgmannabreyt junction.
21	kvf	The city council says it will look into the matter and last week agreed to set aside DKK 350,000 to fund a feasibility study for installing a roundabout or traffic lights at the junction.
22	kvf	Preliminary estimates suggest that a roundabout would cost DKK 8 million and that traffic lights would cost about DKK 4 million.
23	kvf	The right of public access to the countryside has long been a contentious issue in the Faroes.
24	kvf	This issue has become increasingly charged as the number of tourists continues to rise.
25	kvf	Many solutions have been put forward, but now, finally, a law proposal has been presented as a potential compromise between conservation and accessibility.
26	kvf	Trade minister Høgni Hoydal, who administers tourism, yesterday presented his proposal consisting of four main themes.
27	kvf	The "use-by" date on pre-packaged food items indicates the deadline for safe consumption based on potential microbiological risk.
28	kvf	The "best-before" date refers to the quality, not safety.
29	kvf	According to the EU food information regulations, retailers in EU nations may make individual decisions about selling food that has passed its 'best-before' date.
30	kvf	This is not the case in the Faroes, where retailers are not allowed to sell any pre-packaged food that has passed its ‘use-by’ and its ‘best-before’ dates.
31	kvf	These rules do not apply to fresh fruit and vegetables, where it is easier for the consumer to determine the quality of the products.
32	kvf	The HFS conducts regular checks of all food retailers and producers.
33	kvf	“Our main objective is to guarantee high standards of food safety,” says Malan N. Mikkelsen, the head of the HFS food department.
34	kvf	“But we have also started looking at ways to ensure that this does not lead to excessive food waste.”
35	kvf	The police are on the lookout for a Faroese man who has been pocketing payments for nonexistent goods.
36	kvf	He has been selling fishing licences, boat engines and groceries, often racking up thousands of krónur per sale.
37	kvf	The man has been identified but he has now escaped to Denmark, where authorities are working to locate him.
38	kvf	Sports play a huge role in Faroese society.
39	kvf	Not only are there thousands of active athletes; there is also a great deal of sports science taking place in the background.
40	kvf	Shedding light on all this activity, a conference, titled ‘Børnini, breiddin og tey bestu - hvat kunnu vit í Føroyum’ (‘The children, the breadth and the elite – the scope and potential of Faroese sports’) will take place in Tórshavn next Friday.
41	kvf	Organised by the national sports federation (ÍSF) and the University of the Faroe Islands (Setrið), the conference will be divided into three main themes.
42	kvf	The first theme will focus on children’s sports and sports in schools.
43	kvf	The second theme is about sports as medicine, exploring how sports participation can be integrated into preventive healthcare programmes.
44	kvf	The third theme is about elite sports, touching on the question of what unique factors contribute to the success of Faroese athletes on the global stage.
45	kvf	Faroese sports scientists will present their latest findings along with Danish researchers and representatives from ÍSF and Setrið.
46	kvf	Migrant workers often feel helpless and stranded when they run into trouble in the Faroes.
47	kvf	Unaware of their rights and with limited assistance from the authorities, they have no-one to turn to – unless there happens to be a fellow compatriot in the country who understands the system.
48	kvf	One of these is Polish-born Sabina Poulsen in Søldarfjørður, who has helped many Polish workers.
49	kvf	“I often receive calls from Polish workers, who feel utterly distressed after being dismissed from their jobs,” she explains.
50	kvf	“I then offer them to stay a few days in my holiday house and lend them money for a flight back home to Poland.”
51	kvf	Sabina is critical of how migrant workers are being thrown around in the Faroese system.
52	kvf	“When they contact the police, they are referred to a trade union.
53	kvf	But, as we have heard recently, the trade unions are overburdened with migrant worker issues, so these people have nowhere to go,” she explains.
54	kvf	“And many migrant workers are not members of a trade union, which obviously makes their situation even more difficult.”
55	kvf	Medical professionals are reporting a rise in harassing behaviour, prompting concerns about their safety and work environment.
56	kvf	Recent reports detail instances of direct threats and aggressive behaviour towards doctors, occurring in emergency rooms, outpatient wards and GP surgeries.
57	kvf	There are also many examples of direct and indirect threats on social media.
58	kvf	The association of medical professionals (Læknafelagið) is raising alarm on the surge in aggression against doctors, highlighting an increasingly unsafe work environment.
59	kvf	According to the association, many doctors are considering a career change. Some have reduced their work hours and others report feeling generally unsafe at work.
60	kvf	This has prompted the association to call for a stronger framework around work safety for medical professionals.
61	kvf	“Safety procedures for health professionals are unclear, escape routes are inadequate and there is a lack of safety instructions for health staff that are subjected to threatening behaviour or harassment,” the association writes in a public announcement.
62	kvf	Workers from abroad have played a crucial part in the great economic growth in recent years.
63	kvf	Faroese businesses currently report a staff shortage of about 220, and this shortage is expected to reach 750 in the next five years, according to the House of Industry.
64	kvf	Although the rapid increase in migrant workers is good for workers and employers alike, there is a downside.
65	kvf	As the number of migrant workers continues to grow, so do the problems that these workers run into.
66	kvf	Føroya Arbeiðarafelag, the Faroese Workers’ Union, which is one of the country’s largest trade unions, has long supported migrant workers facing hurdles.
67	kvf	However, the sheer volume of cases has now stretched the union's resources thin.
68	kvf	As a consequence, the union has restricted such assistance and now passes on cases to government agencies for processing.
69	kvf	“A major obstacle for us in this context is that many of the migrant workers who contact us do not speak English, and many of them are not even members of our union,” says Georg F. Hansen, who heads Føroya Arbeiðarafelag.
70	kvf	“The more workers we need to support, the less capacity we have to help them due to this communication barrier.”
71	kvf	This has left the union with no choice but to refer non-member migrant workers to government agencies such as the Immigration Office or the House of Industry.
72	kvf	While recognising the challenges faced by some migrant workers, Jórun Gardar, deputy head of the House of Industry, argues that the frequency of reported problems is not representative of the overall situation on the Faroese labour market.
73	kvf	She does acknowledge that migrant workers experience problems but adds that such cases are rarely alarming.
74	kvf	“To address these concerns, work is underway to produce information material in multiple languages,” she says.
75	kvf	“This material seeks to inform migrant workers about their rights and duties and also to provide general information about the Faroese labour market and how the Faroese society functions.”
76	kvf	Instead of manually discounting near-expiry items, Bonus, Miklagarður and Mylnan are now automating near-expiry discounts with dedicated space, digital notifications and dynamic pricing.
77	kvf	“This systematic approach not only benefits shoppers with significant savings but also helps reduce food waste, a growing concern in the industry,” says Niels Mortensen, the head of the SMS consortium, which owns the Bonus, Miklagarður and Mylnan grocery stores.
78	kvf	“We’re moving away from manually discounting near-expiry items. We now use a program which identifies expiring items and recommends discounts.”
79	kvf	The new system applies to most groceries, but it cannot be used for fruits and vegetables.
80	kvf	“We are looking at a separate system for fruits and vegetables. We only receive these items twice a week, so we are at a disadvantage to mainland Europe in this regard. This is a challenge we are addressing."
81	kvf	Danish International Adoption, DIA, announced on Tuesday that it ceases to provide international adoption assistance.
82	kvf	As Faroese adoption is processed through the DIA, this means that it is currently not possible to adopt children to the Faroes.
83	kvf	The main reason for the DIA’s decision is that some of the donor nations are struggling to meet the formal requirements for adoption.
84	kvf	Consequently, the DIA says it can no longer guarantee that all adoption requirements can be fulfilled.
85	kvf	The Faroese Ministry of Justice, which administers adoption, says that prospective adoptive parents who have already been approved will have their cases processed.
86	kvf	It is currently unclear what happens to the remaining families on the adoption waiting list.
87	kvf	When ferry Norröna arrived in Tórshavn on Monday, customs officers found 24 kilos of cannabis in a car.
88	kvf	A man and a woman, both Danish, have been detained for four weeks as police investigations continue.
89	kvf	The street value of the cannabis is believed to be above DKK 7 million.
90	kvf	A higher pension age would bolster intergenerational solidarity through longer working lives and reduced financial strain on the pension system.
91	kvf	So argues the economic council in its new economic sustainability report, presented today in Tórshavn.
92	kvf	The council also recommends general optimisation of the public sector, especially in elderly care, to curb spending growth.
93	kvf	To further promote fiscal stability, local councils are encouraged to revise their fiscal policy systems to ensure balanced budgets in the long term.
94	kvf	Another recommendation is new initiatives to increase immigration while reducing emigration, especially of young people.
95	kvf	The tourism association opposes the planned ban on electric scooters in traffic zones, advocating instead for legalised rental scooter use.
96	kvf	To enhance safety for scooter riders and cyclists, the association proposes creating bicycle lanes and making helmets mandatory for all scooter users.
97	kvf	The association’s further recommendations for scooter use include: minimum age 15, one rider per scooter, mandatory front and rear lights, DKK 1,500 helmet fines and third-party insurance for renters.
98	kvf	The consumer watchdog has received three reports of SP/16 (Orkað) offering chimney services via calls and texts.
99	kvf	Unsolicited electronic marketing – through email, SMS, or phone – is prohibited by Article 6 of the marketing law.

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As you may have noticed, it may make sense to stay indoors today.

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Many schools and daycares have closed for the day.

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Klaksvík: All municipal daycare centres, all private daycares and Snjalla Bjalla are closed today, as is the á Skúlatrøð school and the technical school. The city bus service is also down for the day.

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The City Council offices are closed, but the council is available as usual via phone and email.

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kvf

Glasir college in Tórshavn and the Miðnám college in Kambsdalur are closed for the day.

5

kvf

Tvøroyri and Vestmanna: All schools and daycares are closed for today.

6

kvf

Fuglafjørður and Kambsdalur: All daycares are closed for the day

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kvf

Runavík’s kommunuskúli and Skála skúli are closed for the day.

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Vágur, Suðuroy: Pretty much everything is shut down.

9

kvf

Velbastaðar skúli is closed.

10

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Other schools and daycares may also be closed. Contact your local school or daycare for further information.

11

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Faroese elite athletes have been granted a total of DKK 1.63 million for 2024. Grants were handed out to 21 applicants – 16 individuals and five teams, representing ten sports disciplines.

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The biggest amount went to the men’s national handball team and the U20 men’s national handball team, who received DKK 250,000 each.

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The men’s national team recently took part in the European Championship and is currently preparing for the World Championship play-offs in May.

14

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The biggest amount for an individual athlete, DKK 125,000, went to sprint runner Jónas Gunnleivsson Isaksen, who won 200-metre gold at the European Championships last year. His next target is the world championships in Peru in August.

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Five young applicants also received grants. The were the U16/17 national volleyball team, handball U06, young elite swimmers, Ronja Johannesen (gymnastics) and Ranja Joensen (badminton).

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he grant selection panel hailed a 'golden age' for Faroese elite sports and Faroese sports as a whole, citing surging participation and international success.

17

kvf

“2023 was an eventful year for Faroese sports. The standards of our athletes are improving every year. This is evidenced by the steadily increasing calibre of the elite sports grant applicants.”

18

kvf

A total of 37 applications came in for elite sports grants in 2024.

19

kvf

The six houseowners’ associations in Hoyvík have handed signatures to Tórshavn City council, complaining about ‘unbearable’ traffic conditions.

20

kvf

Specifically, the residents demand a roundabout or traffic lights at the Vegurin langi/Løgmannabreyt junction.

21

kvf

The city council says it will look into the matter and last week agreed to set aside DKK 350,000 to fund a feasibility study for installing a roundabout or traffic lights at the junction.

22

kvf

Preliminary estimates suggest that a roundabout would cost DKK 8 million and that traffic lights would cost about DKK 4 million.

23

kvf

The right of public access to the countryside has long been a contentious issue in the Faroes.

24

kvf

This issue has become increasingly charged as the number of tourists continues to rise.

25

kvf

Many solutions have been put forward, but now, finally, a law proposal has been presented as a potential compromise between conservation and accessibility.

26

kvf

Trade minister Høgni Hoydal, who administers tourism, yesterday presented his proposal consisting of four main themes.

27

kvf

The "use-by" date on pre-packaged food items indicates the deadline for safe consumption based on potential microbiological risk.

28

kvf

The "best-before" date refers to the quality, not safety.

29

kvf

According to the EU food information regulations, retailers in EU nations may make individual decisions about selling food that has passed its 'best-before' date.

30

kvf

This is not the case in the Faroes, where retailers are not allowed to sell any pre-packaged food that has passed its ‘use-by’ and its ‘best-before’ dates.

31

kvf

These rules do not apply to fresh fruit and vegetables, where it is easier for the consumer to determine the quality of the products.

32

kvf

The HFS conducts regular checks of all food retailers and producers.

33

kvf

“Our main objective is to guarantee high standards of food safety,” says Malan N. Mikkelsen, the head of the HFS food department.

34

kvf

“But we have also started looking at ways to ensure that this does not lead to excessive food waste.”

35

kvf

The police are on the lookout for a Faroese man who has been pocketing payments for nonexistent goods.

36

kvf

He has been selling fishing licences, boat engines and groceries, often racking up thousands of krónur per sale.

37

kvf

The man has been identified but he has now escaped to Denmark, where authorities are working to locate him.

38

kvf

Sports play a huge role in Faroese society.

39

kvf

Not only are there thousands of active athletes; there is also a great deal of sports science taking place in the background.

40

kvf

Shedding light on all this activity, a conference, titled ‘Børnini, breiddin og tey bestu - hvat kunnu vit í Føroyum’ (‘The children, the breadth and the elite – the scope and potential of Faroese sports’) will take place in Tórshavn next Friday.

41

kvf

Organised by the national sports federation (ÍSF) and the University of the Faroe Islands (Setrið), the conference will be divided into three main themes.

42

kvf

The first theme will focus on children’s sports and sports in schools.

43

kvf

The second theme is about sports as medicine, exploring how sports participation can be integrated into preventive healthcare programmes.

44

kvf

The third theme is about elite sports, touching on the question of what unique factors contribute to the success of Faroese athletes on the global stage.

45

kvf

Faroese sports scientists will present their latest findings along with Danish researchers and representatives from ÍSF and Setrið.

46

kvf

Migrant workers often feel helpless and stranded when they run into trouble in the Faroes.

47

kvf

Unaware of their rights and with limited assistance from the authorities, they have no-one to turn to – unless there happens to be a fellow compatriot in the country who understands the system.

48

kvf

One of these is Polish-born Sabina Poulsen in Søldarfjørður, who has helped many Polish workers.

49

kvf

“I often receive calls from Polish workers, who feel utterly distressed after being dismissed from their jobs,” she explains.

50

kvf

“I then offer them to stay a few days in my holiday house and lend them money for a flight back home to Poland.”

51

kvf

Sabina is critical of how migrant workers are being thrown around in the Faroese system.

52

kvf

“When they contact the police, they are referred to a trade union.

53

kvf

But, as we have heard recently, the trade unions are overburdened with migrant worker issues, so these people have nowhere to go,” she explains.

54

kvf

“And many migrant workers are not members of a trade union, which obviously makes their situation even more difficult.”

55

kvf

Medical professionals are reporting a rise in harassing behaviour, prompting concerns about their safety and work environment.

56

kvf

Recent reports detail instances of direct threats and aggressive behaviour towards doctors, occurring in emergency rooms, outpatient wards and GP surgeries.

57

kvf

There are also many examples of direct and indirect threats on social media.

58

kvf

The association of medical professionals (Læknafelagið) is raising alarm on the surge in aggression against doctors, highlighting an increasingly unsafe work environment.

59

kvf

According to the association, many doctors are considering a career change. Some have reduced their work hours and others report feeling generally unsafe at work.

60

kvf

This has prompted the association to call for a stronger framework around work safety for medical professionals.

61

kvf

“Safety procedures for health professionals are unclear, escape routes are inadequate and there is a lack of safety instructions for health staff that are subjected to threatening behaviour or harassment,” the association writes in a public announcement.

62

kvf

Workers from abroad have played a crucial part in the great economic growth in recent years.

63

kvf

Faroese businesses currently report a staff shortage of about 220, and this shortage is expected to reach 750 in the next five years, according to the House of Industry.

64

kvf

Although the rapid increase in migrant workers is good for workers and employers alike, there is a downside.

65

kvf

As the number of migrant workers continues to grow, so do the problems that these workers run into.

66

kvf

Føroya Arbeiðarafelag, the Faroese Workers’ Union, which is one of the country’s largest trade unions, has long supported migrant workers facing hurdles.

67

kvf

However, the sheer volume of cases has now stretched the union's resources thin.

68

kvf

As a consequence, the union has restricted such assistance and now passes on cases to government agencies for processing.

69

kvf

“A major obstacle for us in this context is that many of the migrant workers who contact us do not speak English, and many of them are not even members of our union,” says Georg F. Hansen, who heads Føroya Arbeiðarafelag.

70

kvf

“The more workers we need to support, the less capacity we have to help them due to this communication barrier.”

71

kvf

This has left the union with no choice but to refer non-member migrant workers to government agencies such as the Immigration Office or the House of Industry.

72

kvf

While recognising the challenges faced by some migrant workers, Jórun Gardar, deputy head of the House of Industry, argues that the frequency of reported problems is not representative of the overall situation on the Faroese labour market.

73

kvf

She does acknowledge that migrant workers experience problems but adds that such cases are rarely alarming.

74

kvf

“To address these concerns, work is underway to produce information material in multiple languages,” she says.

75

kvf

“This material seeks to inform migrant workers about their rights and duties and also to provide general information about the Faroese labour market and how the Faroese society functions.”

76

kvf

Instead of manually discounting near-expiry items, Bonus, Miklagarður and Mylnan are now automating near-expiry discounts with dedicated space, digital notifications and dynamic pricing.

77

kvf

“This systematic approach not only benefits shoppers with significant savings but also helps reduce food waste, a growing concern in the industry,” says Niels Mortensen, the head of the SMS consortium, which owns the Bonus, Miklagarður and Mylnan grocery stores.

78

kvf

“We’re moving away from manually discounting near-expiry items. We now use a program which identifies expiring items and recommends discounts.”

79

kvf

The new system applies to most groceries, but it cannot be used for fruits and vegetables.

80

kvf

“We are looking at a separate system for fruits and vegetables. We only receive these items twice a week, so we are at a disadvantage to mainland Europe in this regard. This is a challenge we are addressing."

81

kvf

Danish International Adoption, DIA, announced on Tuesday that it ceases to provide international adoption assistance.

82

kvf

As Faroese adoption is processed through the DIA, this means that it is currently not possible to adopt children to the Faroes.

83

kvf

The main reason for the DIA’s decision is that some of the donor nations are struggling to meet the formal requirements for adoption.

84

kvf

Consequently, the DIA says it can no longer guarantee that all adoption requirements can be fulfilled.

85

kvf

The Faroese Ministry of Justice, which administers adoption, says that prospective adoptive parents who have already been approved will have their cases processed.

86

kvf

It is currently unclear what happens to the remaining families on the adoption waiting list.

87

kvf

When ferry Norröna arrived in Tórshavn on Monday, customs officers found 24 kilos of cannabis in a car.

88

kvf

A man and a woman, both Danish, have been detained for four weeks as police investigations continue.

89

kvf

The street value of the cannabis is believed to be above DKK 7 million.

90

kvf

A higher pension age would bolster intergenerational solidarity through longer working lives and reduced financial strain on the pension system.

91

kvf

So argues the economic council in its new economic sustainability report, presented today in Tórshavn.

92

kvf

The council also recommends general optimisation of the public sector, especially in elderly care, to curb spending growth.

93

kvf

To further promote fiscal stability, local councils are encouraged to revise their fiscal policy systems to ensure balanced budgets in the long term.

94

kvf

Another recommendation is new initiatives to increase immigration while reducing emigration, especially of young people.

95

kvf

The tourism association opposes the planned ban on electric scooters in traffic zones, advocating instead for legalised rental scooter use.

96

kvf

To enhance safety for scooter riders and cyclists, the association proposes creating bicycle lanes and making helmets mandatory for all scooter users.

97

kvf

The association’s further recommendations for scooter use include: minimum age 15, one rider per scooter, mandatory front and rear lights, DKK 1,500 helmet fines and third-party insurance for renters.

98

kvf

The consumer watchdog has received three reports of SP/16 (Orkað) offering chimney services via calls and texts.

99

kvf

Unsolicited electronic marketing – through email, SMS, or phone – is prohibited by Article 6 of the marketing law.