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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) – The Faroe Islands, a Danish autonomous territory, said Tuesday it had begun discussions about the future of its controversial dolphin hunt, with a decision expected in the coming weeks. A petition with almost 1.3 million signatures calling for a ban on the traditional hunt was submitted to the Faroese government on Monday, the prime minister’s office and whale conservation groups told AFP. At a meeting on Tuesday in Torshavn, the government […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines has included Faroe Islands and the Netherlands in its “red” list due to the COVID-19 situation there, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. With their inclusion, the Bureau of Immigration said those coming from those two places, or have been there in the last 14 days prior to arrival, are barred from entering the Philippines from November 16 until November 30. Filipinos coming from the archipelago and the European country may […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) – The Faroe Islands, an autonomous territory of Denmark, said Thursday it would take another look at the practice of dolphin-hunting after the slaughter of more than 1,400 of the mammals earlier this week sparked an outcry. “The government has decided to start an evaluation of the regulations on the catching of Atlantic white-sided dolphins,” the northern archipelago’s prime minister, Bardur a Steig Nielsen, said in a statement. “Although these hunts are considered […]
On Friday (March 20), people on the Faroe Islands will experience a total solar eclipse. The Faroe Islands, a self-governing nation within Denmark, estimates that around 8,000 visitors will visit the island of 50,000 for the big event. A total eclipse, when the moon blocks the sun and its shadow falls on the Earth, will sweep across the Atlantic but from land it will only be visible from the Norwegian Arctic islands of Svalbard and […]
