Faroe Islands
Faeroe IslandsThe Faroe Islands - BBC News
Those prospective assets have added value to the case of full Danish autonomy. However, a scheduled plebiscite on this subject was postponed in 2001 after Denmark said it would cease assistance within four years if the electorate supported the proposed independent status. For the first time the Faroe Islands were populated by Christian friars in the sixth cent. AD.
According to the Home Rule Act of 1948, the islands were self-governed. Hunting for minkeheads has been a tradition among the island' s inhabitants and has drawn considerable interest internationally.
Stories from the Faroe Islands
- for the rest of their lives. Mykines is located in a trough on the side of a huge vulcanic tart. Mynhard is the third generating mailman in his small Skúvoy isle. He will be the last, because his kids have gone to the larger cities of the Faroe Islands.
There are no kids on Skúvoy. Janus and Eva would bring their relatives here. They' made the place they were raised back home. There are Janus and Eve's parents living next to each other. In between the houses the kids are playing in a stony alley. From the Faroese Islands capitol, Tórshavn, Janus and Eva have returned to the islands to keep the business alive.
Robert provides many packages from the web for youngsters. 19 year old Annika recently left Denmark for the small hamlet of Eiði. She' re relying on the post office to buy clothing in the big shops. "Youngsters are trying to keep up with the trend in Norway, Denmark and Iceland," he says.
Goonnhild works in a grocery store on the most southern of the islands Suðuroy. Eliasen works on the Isle of Kalsoy. It was a mailman, agriculturist, lighthouse attendant and cabbie. Joanne is the mailman in the town of Kirkja.