Thursday, December 13, 2007

Axe-man arrested

I told you about the man who chased the woman with an axe. Well, now he's arrested, and will be put in jail for 4 weeks, while the investigations continue. He claims he's innocent.

Republican leader, attacked!

Reblican leader, Høgni Hoydal, got punched in the face, when he was in an hotel in Bergen, Norway, tuesday night. Another person from the Faroe Islands hit him in the face. This person has later apologized, and claimed the incident had nothing to do with politics. Høgni Hoydal, wont press charges against this man, and ends by saying, "I was just standing in the wrong place".

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Boys In A Band, named in Clash Magazine!

Clash Magazine, has this article on Boys In A Band:

http://www.clashmusic.com/node/3103

Bryan Adams coming to the Faroe Islands!

The international acclaimed artist, Bryan Adams, will be having a concert in the Faroe Islands, the 4'th of June, 2008. A press conference will be held tomorrow on this matter.

Sunday, December 9, 2007

Bjørk - Declare Independence

The controversial political song, Declare Independence, has been made into a video now, aaaand, here it is:



Check out the flags, which the soldiers have on their arms.

Oh, and on a more personal notice, i must say, the song itself, i don't like, but, the message it sends, i really like.

related links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declare_Independence

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Gondry (the director)

http://www.spinner.com/2007/11/29/bjork-the-making-of-declare-independence-video-exclusive/ (behind the scenes of the video)

Friday, December 7, 2007

Hans F. Hansen

I'm not getting any percentages or anything for plugging this, but. Hans Fróði Hansen, goes under the artist name, Hans F. Hansen is launcing a skincare collection for men.

I remember a YouTube segment once, where he was mingling with Pamela Anderson, while she was shaking her groove.

Check out his page here: http://www.hansfhansen.com/index1.html

He's put alot of effort into his business, i hope it goes well for him.

BREAKING NEWS!!!

The winner of GBOB 2007 are, Boys in a Band, from the Faroe Islands. They win 100.000 USD, and a world tour, congratulations!!!

http://www.gbob.com/gb_readarticle.asp?artid=655

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Last night, the Faroese prime minister announced that there will be an election for the parliament on the 19'th of January, 2008... this is announced 2 weeks earlier than they were hoping for.

... more news later.

Monday, December 3, 2007

Bits and pieces

Sorry for my awol's inbetween, but i am afraid they will occur from time to time.

Now for what's happening in my country.

The coalition has agreed to further their term with 2 weeks, shortening the election campaign from 6 weeks to 4 weeks. Republican leader Høgni Hoydal is furious at this decision, saying that only in countries we don't want to compare ourselves with, would such a thing like this happen.

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This next piece shocked me.

In a store in Tórshavn, at night, some people were at work. A woman sees a man she doesn't know at the counter, she approaches him, all of a sudden, he lifts an object, which she thinks is an axe, she runs off, he starts chasing her with this axe... she manages to escape. The man is not caught yet, but there is video footage of the incident.

A user on Kjak.fo said that this has to be a sign of we're a part of the globalized world... he was joking ofcourse.

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I see we're mentioned on http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22010639/ - Make sure to check that out. He gives a near to perfect picture of the Faroe Islands.

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Benjamin Jacobsen, Vatnsoyrar, is currently working with his PhD in Geology. The assignment is a collaboration between NASA, The Lunar and Planetary Institute and The University of California, Davis. You can read more about it here: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/releases/2007/J07-019.html
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