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Who Runs the Faroese Police?

A proposal to put policing under Faroese control has split lawmakers over when the islands should take responsibility from Denmark.

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Odd Inge Teige
Nov 14

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The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Faroese Parliament filed its report on November 12 on a bill to transfer policing, prosecution and corrections to the Faroe Islands. The committee majority wants to wait for a fresh assessment, while the minority favors a transfer in 2030, two years later than the original proposal, ac…

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