Updates Week 07 - 2010

Update Sunday Feb 21, 2010: Anna Is Through To Another Round in X-Factor Music News: Faroese singer, Anna Nygaard, made it again this weekend at the Danish X-Factor Show! She is through to another round. Watch her latest amazing performance singing the Michael Jackson song "What ever happens" on the  Music News page. Shrimp war: Faroe Islands blast Canada’s ports ban in fishing dispute. Read Articles: "Canada’s decision last week to bar Danish-flagged fishing ships from East Coast ports as punishment for the alleged overfishing of shrimp has been slammed as “heavy-handed” and “unacceptable” by the Faroe Islands, whose fleets were targeted by the measure." Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com Avantgarde Fashion: bARBARA i gONGINI Continues To Get Rave Reviews Read Articles. Faroese designer, bARBARA i gONGINI, is taking on the catwalks around the world and continues to impress style reviewers everywhere . View some reviews HERE Update Saturday Feb 20, 2010: Funny Story About Faroese Drunken Sailors in 1972 Read Blogs: Shetland Times March 10, 1972: "Faroese terrify Unst families. A detachment from the RAF station at Saxa Vord rushed to the aid of Unst lightkeeper's families in the early hours of friday morning when three drunken Faroese fishermen created havoc at the shore station at  Burrafirth." Read more here: ahistoryofrafsaxavord.blogspot.com Update Thursday Feb 18, 2010: Another Timelapse Video From The Faroes This is the view standing at the rear end onboard Norrøna ferry embarking for Iceland from Tórshavn harbour in the Faroe Islands. Again, look how the clouds in the sky change: Update Wednesday Feb 17, 2010: Funny Ride From Tórshavn To Klaksvík This is a timelapse video of a trip which normally takes a little over an hour: The trip is captured here in 1429 pictures / 20 pictures per minute. The vid shows 19 pics per second. What is interesting about the vid, among other things, is the way it shows how fast weather changes in the Faroe Islands - here, of course, even faster. Watch here: Update Tuesday Feb 16, 2010: Interview With Dutch Film Director And Author Threes Anna Listen to Podcasts: In Podcast 42, Matthew Workman talks with Threes Anna. She's a Dutch author and director and she's spent the past month in the Faroes doing research for a new novel. The Podcast also check in on Anna Nygaard's progress on X-Factor and visits yet another village that just could be the most beautiful in the Faroes. You can read Threes Anna's bio here: http://www.threesanna.com/threes-anna Guest: Threes Anna (www.threesanna.com) Listen to the Podcast directly here: http://media.libsyn.com/media/faroepodcast/Podcast_42.mp3 Oil-Industry: Three Wells In Prospect Off The Faroes Read Articles: TORSHAVN, Faroe Islands – "The Faroe Islands’ Minister of Trade and Industry Johan Dahl has approved extensions for three hydrocarbon exploration licenses. Included in this agreement is a firm commitment for an exploration well." Read the article here:  www.offshore-mag.com Shrimp War Continues: Faroes And Greenland Make Breaking News In Canada Read Articles: HALIFAX, Canada - These days the Faroe Islands and Greenland have made headlines in media all over Canada. Canada followed through Monday on a threat to close East Coast ports to fishing vessels from Greenland and the Faroe Islands after the Danish negotiation delegation failed to agree to a 334-tonne shrimp quota in international waters off the Newfoundland coast. Get the links to some of the articles in Canadian Press on the page Read Articles. Remember the old 'hit' "Farewell Faroe Islands"? Music News: An old song from the mid-eighties made by German composer Karl-Heinz Merkel sung by the singer Cherry Laine has been saved from oblivion. Listen to the song here. Update Monday Feb 15, 2010: Anna Nygaard Made It To The Next Round Of The Danish X-Factor Show Music News: Anna Nygaard, the Faroese participant in the Danish X-Factor Show, made it this weekend to the next round. The Danish voters made sure that they will see her perform again at the show next weekend. Watch Anna Nygaard perform another Amy Whinehouse song "You know I'm no good" this Friday 13 Feb 2010 - here. Faroese Short Film "A Bad Day" Screens At European Indie Film Festival 2010 Read articles: A short film by Faroese film-maker Bjarki Thomsen "A Bad Day" will be screened at the European Independent Film Festival (ÉCU) which screens the very best independent films from around the world to a large audience of filmmakers, film industry professionals and a public that craves the energy and free spiritedness of creative independent films. ÉCU 2010 will be held at Le Grand Action Cinema in Paris, France from 12th-14th March, 2. Read an interview with film-maker Bjarki Thomsen here: www.fest21.com Watch the trailer to "A Bad Day" here.