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Outside the houses of Parliament, the iconic statue of poet and politician Rasmus Effersøe was surrounded by umbrellas
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Photos: ólavsøka 2023 – a washout
Photos: ólavsøka 2023 – a washout
Lots of people are celebrating the ólavsøka national holidays in Tórshavn, but most of them are keeping to indoor parties
Yesterday's ólavsøka opening ceremony.
29.07.2023 - 14:46
Some parts of the country have had decent weather in the past couple of days, but the capital, which hosts the ólavsøka festivities, has been drenched in rain pretty much non-stop.
Umbrellas were the order of the day yesterday, and that will most likely continue for the rest of today, too.
At about 3.30am this morning, reports emerged of a man who had fallen into the sea by the city’s ferry terminal. Police officers spent 15 minutes getting the man out of the water. He was taken to the National Hospital.
A little earlier, a car was reported stolen. The car had crashed into a street sign by the Dalavegur/Marknagilvegur crossing. Two men were arrested in connection with the car theft and have been charged with drink driving.
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A new sessional year of the Faroese Parliament started today at 1pm, with Prime Minister Aksel V. Johannesen delivering his ólavsøka speech (text in Faroese only).
Aksel V. Johannesen, ólavsøkurøðan hjá løgmanni 2023
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Prime Minister Aksel V. Johannesen delivered his ólavsøka speech this afternoon
KvF’s photographer, Bjarni Árting Rubeksen, went for a walk in the city centre to capture some ólavsøka moments.
ólavsøkuaftan 2023, ólavsøka 2023
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This year's ólavsøka speech was delivered by chess grandmaster Helgi Ziska
Read the Faroese versions of this article here and here.
More Faroese News in English.
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