Tag Archives: Faroe Islands

EIB and Arion Bank Partner to Boost Blue Economy Financing for SMEs in Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands

(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank has extended a €100 million loan to Arion Bank in Iceland to finance sustainable fisheries, land-based aquaculture and other marine industries across Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, marking the first EIB operation of … Read the full press release

Firm archaeological evidence: Faroes human colonization happened 300-500 years before the Vikings

The Faroe Islands were colonized much earlier than previously believed, and it wasn’t by the Vikings according to new research. 23-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — New archaeological evidence places human colonization in the 4th to 6th centuries AD, at least 300-500 years earlier … Read the full press release