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I may possibly not get a job again as an auditor, but I don’t intend to apply for one anyway. And I’m so old now that it doesn’t matter much to me whether I have a clean criminal record, he says. | BLARK_translated | Eg fái møguliga ikki starv aftur sum grannskoðari, men tað ætli eg mær heldur ikki at biðja um. Og eg eri so mikið gamal nú, at tað hevur ikki stórvegis týdning fyri meg, um eg havi reina revsiváttan, sigur hann. |
Sveinur Tróndarson has great respect for well-known whistleblowers out in the world like Edward Snowden, who is currently hiding from American authorities in Russia. But he also does not think that his actions can be compared to what they have accomplished. | BLARK_translated | Sveinur Tróndarson hevur stóra virðing fyri kendum whistleblowarum úti í heimi sum Edward Snowden, sum í løtuni krógvar seg fyri amerikanskum myndugleikum í Russlandi. Men hann heldur ikki, at hansara gerðir tola samanbering við tað, ið hesir hava avrikað. |
I'm usually not a modest man, but what I have done can in no way compare to what a man like Edward Snowden has accomplished. He puts his life at risk to reveal his knowledge, while at worst I'll get a reprimand or perhaps a short prison sentence, he says. | BLARK_translated | Eg eri vanliga ikki nakar lítillátin maður, men tað, ið eg havi gjørt, kann á ongan hátt sammetast við tað, ið ein maður sum Edward Snowden hevur avrikað. Hann setur lívið í váða fyri at koma fram við síni vitan, meðan eg í ringasta føri fái eina átalu ella kanska eina stutta fongsulsrevsing, sigur hann. |
The matter of the private Skálafjørður Tunnel came like a bolt from the blue in June last year, when the National Broadcasting Service reported the news from an unnamed source that the Minister of Internal Affairs, Kári P. Højgaard, was ready to sign a contract with the Danish company CIP to build a tunnel under Skálaf... | BLARK_translated | Málið um privata Skálafjarðartunnilin kom sum ketta úr høvdatrog í juni í fjør, tá Kringvarpið bar tey tíðindi frá eini ónevndari keldu, at landsstýrismaðurin í innlendismálum, Kári P. Højgaard, var klárur at skriva undir ein sáttmála við danska felagið CIP um at gera tunnil undir Skálafjørð. |
Although it was the largest investment in the Faroe Islands’ history, the minister could sign the contract without asking anyone because he had been authorized by the parliament to make an agreement about a tunnel under Skálafjørður. But when the media revealed that the minister had made a secret contract with a Danish... | BLARK_translated | Hóast talan var um størstu íløgu í Føroya søgu, kundi landsstýrismaðurin skriva undir sáttmálan uttan at spyrja nakran eftir, tí hann hevði fingið heimild at gera avtalu um tunnil undir Skálafjørð frá løgtinginum. Men tá fjølmiðlarnir avdúkaðu, at landsstýrismaðurin hevði gjørt ein loyniligan sáttmála við eitt danskt f... |
A few days later the news editor at Sosialurin, Jón Brian Hvidtfeldt, also received a tip from an unnamed source. The source wanted to say that officials in the Ministry of Internal Affairs had a series of serious criticisms of the tunnel project that no one had been allowed to see. | BLARK_translated | Nakrar dagar seinni fekk tíðindaleiðarin á Sosialinum, Jón Brian Hvidtfeldt, eisini eitt prei frá ónevndari keldu. Keldan vildi vera við, at embætisfólk í Innlendismálaráðnum høvdu eina røð av álvarsligum atfinningum ímóti tunnilsverkætlanini, sum eingin var sloppin at síggja. |
He contacted a department head in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who confirmed that the ministry had written a document with professional assessments of the consequences of the tunnel agreement. The minister had requested the assessment, which the ministry had produced without getting to see the confidential contrac... | BLARK_translated | Hann setti seg í samband við ein deildarleiðara í Innlendismálaráðnum, sum váttaði, at ráðið hevði skrivað eitt skjal við fakligum metingum av avleiðingum av tunnilsavtaluni. Landsstýrismaðurin hevði biðið um metingina, sum ráðið hevði gjørt uttan at sleppa at síggja loyniliga sáttmálan. Fakligu viðmerkingarnar hjá Inn... |
Sosialurin requested access to the document but received a negative answer on the grounds that it was an internal document. Yet the story that the Ministry of the Interior had made professional assessments that no one outside the ministry was allowed to see appeared in the paper. | BLARK_translated | Sosialurin søkti um innlit í skjalið, men fekk noktandi svar við tí grundgeving, at talan var um eitt innanhýsis skjal. Men søgan um, at Innlendismálaráðið hevði gjørt fakligar metingar, ið eingin uttanfyri ráðið slapp at síggja, kom í blaðið. |
Two weeks after the news editor at Sosialurin had received a blunt answer to the request for comment, a journalist at Degi og Viku received an email from a well-informed source. Attached was the document with the confidential professional comments from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. That same evening they were print... | BLARK_translated | Tvær vikur eftir, at tíðindaleiðarin á Sosialinum hevði fingið noktandi svar uppá innlitsumbønina, fekk ein journalistur í Degi og Viku ein teldupost frá eini vælvitandi keldu. Viðfest var skjalið við teimum loyniligu fakligu viðmerkingunum hjá Innlendismálaráðnum. Sama kvøld vórðu tær blástar út í Degi og Viku. |
It was a whistleblower who gave us the document. The same evening that we had the story about the document on Degi og Viku, we gained access to the document from the Ministry of Home Affairs, which we, like other media, had applied for. But without the whistleblower the document would hardly have emerged, says Liljan W... | BLARK_translated | Tað var ein whistleblower, ið gav okkum skjalið. Sama kvøld sum vit høvdu havt søguna um skjalið í Degi og Viku, fingu vit innlit í skjalið frá Innlendismálaráðnum, sum vit eins og aðrir fjølmiðlar høvdu søkt um. Men uttan whistleblowarin var skjalið neyvan komin fram, sigur Liljan Weihe, tíðindaleiðari í Kringvarpinum... |
Members of the Løgting and others were outraged about how sharp the criticisms that had been kept secret were. Among other things, lawyers in the Ministry of Justice warned that the confidential agreement with CIP would bind the government and the Løgting for 50 years. | BLARK_translated | Løgtingslimir og onnur vóru á gosi um hvøssu atfinningarnar, ið høvdu verið hildnar loyniligar. Millum annað gjørdu løgfrøðingar í Innlendismálaráðnum vart við, at loyniligi sáttmálin við CIP fór at stavnsbinda landsstýrið og løgtingið í 50 ár. |
If the media had not revealed the comments from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and followed the case so closely, we would probably have ended up with a private tunnel whose foundations only a very few people knew about, says Jón Brian Hvidtfeldt. | BLARK_translated | Høvdu fjølmiðlarnir ikki avdúkað viðmerkingarnar frá Innlendismálaráðnum og fylgt málinum so neyvt, so høvdu vit helst fingið ein privatan tunnil, sum bert nøkur heilt fá høvdu kent grundarlagið undir, sigur Jón Brian Hvidtfeldt. |
The warnings from management and staff had shaken people, and the pressure on the Social Services and the Minister of Social Affairs increased. An association was established to speak for those of the elderly, and several hundred employees and relatives protested at the Social Welfare Council. | BLARK_translated | Ávaringarnar frá leiðslu og starvsfólkum høvdu skakað fólk, og trýstið á Almannaverkið og landsstýriskvinnuna í almannamálum vaks. Eitt felag varð sett á stovn, ið skuldi tala søk teirra gomlu, og fleiri hundrað starvsfólk og avvarðandi mótmæltu í Almannamálaráðnum. |
It ended with the minister for social affairs having to go to the parliament to obtain an additional appropriation so they could avoid the harshest cuts that the coalition itself had originally put on the table. | BLARK_translated | Endin var, at landsstýriskvinnan í almannamálum mátti í løgtingið at fáa eina eykajáttan, so sleppast kundi undan teimum ringastu sparingunum, sum samgongan sjálv upprunaliga hevði sett út í kortið. |
Public employees have reason to fear consequences if they are too outspoken. This is shown, among other things, by a survey that the political scientists Doris Bjarkhamar and Elin Michelsen conducted in 2007. They asked several employees in the national administration whether they spoke with the media, and what experie... | BLARK_translated | Almenn starvsfólk hava orsøk at óttast fyri avleiðingum, um tey eru ov opinskáraði. Tað vísir millum annað ein kanning, ið stjórnmálafrøðingarnir Doris Bjarkhamar og Elin Michelsen gjørdu í 2007. Tær spurdu fleiri starvsfólk í landsfyrisitingini, um tey tosaðu við fjølmiðlar, og hvørjar royndir tey høvdu av hesum. |
Being a civil servant is like being serf-bound. You can never speak out. If you do, it costs too much. If you express your opinion, you will be heard and perhaps even feel the consequences. You will be shot in the feet for having spoken out — both by the management and by the politicians, said a respondent in the surve... | BLARK_translated | At vera embætismaður er sum at vera stavnsbundin. Tú kanst ongantíð úttala teg. Gert tú tað, kostar tað ov nógv. Sigur tú tína hugsan, so fært tú at hoyra og kanska eisini føla fyri tað. Tú fært skotið í skógvarnar, at tú hevur úttalað teg – bæði av leiðsluni og av politikarunum, segði ein fulltrúi í kanningini. |
Several officials were embarrassed that they could not exercise their otherwise constitutionally guaranteed freedom of speech. | BLARK_translated | Fleiri embætisfólk vóru ørkymlaði av, at tey ikki kundu brúka sítt annars grundlógartryggjaða talufrælsi. |
That the public employees as a whole are very reluctant to say anything is well known to journalists. | BLARK_translated | At almenn starvsfólk sum heild eru ógvuliga trek at fáast at siga nakað, vita fjølmiðlafólk alt um. |
My experience as a journalist is that it is extremely difficult to get public sector employees to come forward with information. They are afraid that there will be unpleasant consequences for them if they talk to journalists, says Sveinur Tróndarson, who is editor at. | BLARK_translated | Mínar royndir sum blaðmaður eru, at tað er ógvuliga trupult at fáa starvsfólk hjá tí almenna at koma fram við upplýsingum. Tey eru bangin fyri, at tað fær keðiligar avleiðingar fyri tey, um tey tosa við tíðindafólk, sigur Sveinur Tróndarson, ið er redaktørur á. |
There are far too many who keep themselves away. It is easier to stay silent than to say something, and they would rather hide behind the desk than risk getting involved in something, he says. | BLARK_translated | Tað eru alt ov nógv, ið bera seg undan. Tað er lættari at tiga enn at siga nakað, og tey vilja heldur goyma seg aftanfyri skrivaraborðið enn at risikera at verða blandað uppí okkurt, sigur hann. |
The editor clearly understands that public employees are afraid to give the media information about questionable matters. | BLARK_translated | Redaktørurin á skilir væl, at almenn starvsfólk eru bangin fyri at geva fjølmiðlum upplýsingar um ivasom mál. |
The news editor at Sosialurin considers it a serious problem that public employees do not dare to come forward with what they know. | BLARK_translated | Tíðindaleiðarin á Sosialinum heldur tað vera ein stóran trupulleika, at almenn starvsfólk ikki tora at koma fram við tí, tey vita. |
Public employees should think longer-term than what is easiest to do right now. | BLARK_translated | almenn starvsfólk eiga at hugsa longri enn, hvat er lættast at gera beint nú. |
It happens quite often that we get a tip about something that we should investigate further. Such tips can come in many different ways. Often they come from good sources we know, but they can also be anonymous people who call or write, says Jón Brian Hvidtfeldt. | BLARK_translated | Tað hendir rættiliga ofta, at vit fáa eitt prei um okkurt mál, sum vit áttu at kanna nærri. Tílík prei kunnu koma á nógvar ymiskar mátar. Ofta eru tað góðar keldur, sum vit kenna, ið koma við teimum, men tað kunnu eisini vera dulnevnd fólk, ið ringja ella skriva, sigur Jón Brian Hvidtfeldt. |
Journalists do not reveal people who provide confidential information and want to remain anonymous. But they would like to know who the source is. | BLARK_translated | Fjølmiðlafólk avdúka ikki fólk, ið koma við loyniligum upplýsingum og vilja vera dulnevnd. Men tey vilja helst vita, hvør keldan er. |
The more hidden the information is, the more difficult it is to handle the case. People should have confidence in the media that we process the information correctly and look after the people who provide it, says Jón Brian Hvidtfeldt. | BLARK_translated | Jú meira duldar upplýsingarnar eru, jú truplari er at viðgera málið. Fólk eiga at hava tað álit á fjølmiðlunum, at vit handfara upplýsingarnar rætt og ansa eftir teimum fólkunum, ið koma við teimum, sigur Jón Brian Hvidtfeldt. |
Many private companies in Denmark have whistleblower systems where employees can anonymously report colleagues or managers who in some way violate laws or rules in the workplace. Such systems provide employers with valuable information about what is happening at the workplace, and several public institutions have also ... | BLARK_translated | Nógvar privatar fyritøkur í Danmark hava whistleblowerskipanir, har starvsfólk dulnevnd kunnu koma við fráboðanum um starvsfelagar ella leiðarar, sum onkursvegna bróta lógir ella reglur á arbeiðsplássinum. Tílíkar skipanir geva arbeiðsgevarum virðismiklar upplýsingar um, hvat ið fer fram á arbeiðsplássinum, og eisini f... |
A year ago, the Copenhagen Municipality introduced a whistleblower system. The municipality has an online portal where employees and partners of the municipality can report irregularities or inappropriate conduct by staff or managers without having to reveal their identity. | BLARK_translated | Fyri einum ári síðani fekk Keypmannahavnar kommuna eina whistleblowerskipan. Kommunan hevur ein netportal, har starvsfólk og samstarvsfelagar hjá kommununi uttan sjálvi at standa fram kunnu boða frá óreglusemi ella óhóskandi atburði hjá starvsfólki ella stjórum. |
In the first year the system has been in operation, it has received just over 30 reports. 20 of them have been serious enough for the administration to be instructed to investigate the cases further. | BLARK_translated | Fyrsta árið skipanin hevur verið í gildi, hevur hon fingið gott 30 fráboðanir. 20 av teimum hava verið so álvarsligar, at fyrisitingin hevur fingið boð um at kanna málini nærri. |
Whistleblower schemes protect employees who report irregularities from consequences, because they can be anonymous. But not everyone is happy about them, because they also give employees good opportunities to harm colleagues or managers whom they bear a grudge against. | BLARK_translated | Whistleblowerskipanir verja starvsfólk, ið boða frá óreglusemi, móti avleiðingum, tí tey kunnu vera dulnevnd. Men øll eru ikki fegin um tær kortini, tí tær geva samstundis starvsfólkum góðar møguleikar at skaða starvsfelagar ella leiðarar, ið tey hava ilt eyga á. |
The Danish government says in its coalition agreement that it wants to work to ensure that public | BLARK_translated | Danska stjórnin sigur í samgonguskjali sínum, at hon vil virka fyri, at almenn |
Employees must be able to speak publicly about irregularities without having to fear professional consequences. | BLARK_translated | starvsfólk skulu kunna úttala seg alment um óreglulig viðurskifti uttan at nýtast at óttast fyri starvsligum avleiðingum. |
The Danish Ministry of Justice has appointed a committee to examine what measures can be implemented to ensure freedom of speech for public employees. The committee should also outline the advantages and disadvantages of a whistleblower system in the public administration and provide recommendations on how such systems... | BLARK_translated | Danska Løgmálaráðið hevur sett eina nevnd at kanna, hvørji tiltøk kunnu setast í verk fyri at tryggja talufrælsi hjá almennum starvsfólki. Nevndin skal eisini lýsa fyrimunir og vansar við whistleblower-skipanum í almennu fyrisitingini og koma við tilmæli um, hvussu tílíkar skipanir eiga at vera. |
Since then nothing more has been heard about whistleblower schemes and the right of public employees to blow the whistle in the Faroe Islands. | BLARK_translated | Síðani hevur einki verið at hoyrt aftur um whistleblower-skipanir og rættin hjá almennum starvsfólkum at varskógva í Føroyum. |
Public administration in the Faroe Islands is considerably more closed than administrations in neighboring countries. While other countries strive to achieve greater transparency and openness in public administration, Faroese authorities are trying to reduce the public’s ability to follow what the administration is doi... | BLARK_translated | Almenna fyrisitingin í Føroyum er munandi meira afturlatin enn fyrisitingarnar í grannalondunum. Meðan onnur lond stremba eftir at fáa størri gjøgnumskygni og opinleika í almennu fyrisitingini, royna føroyskir myndugleikar at skerja møguleikarnar hjá almenninginum at fylgja við tí, ið fyrisitingin ger. |
In Denmark, the Ministry of Justice has appointed a committee to examine how people who publicly point out problems at their workplaces can be protected against consequences. In Sweden, public employers are penalized if it has consequences for employees’ career prospects that they have spoken publicly about their area ... | BLARK_translated | Í Danmark hevur Løgmálaráðið sett eina nevnd at kanna, hvussu fólk, ið alment vísa á skeivleikar á teirra arbeiðsplássi, kunnu verjast móti avleiðingum. Í Svøríki verða almennir arbeiðsgevarar revsaðir, um tað fær avleiðingar fyri starvsmøguleikarnar hjá starvsfólkum, at tey hava úttalað seg alment um teirra arbeiðsøki... |
The Parliament's Ombudsman, Sólja í Ólavstovu, regrets that the political system in the Faroe Islands appears to want to pull Faroese society in the opposite direction from the neighboring countries. | BLARK_translated | Løgtingsins Umboðsmaður, Sólja í Ólavstovu, harmast um, at politiska skipanin í Føroyum tykist at vilja toga føroyska samfelagið øvugtan veg enn grannalondini. |
Elsewhere they place great emphasis on openness and transparency as a part of democracy. In the Faroe Islands we go the opposite way and talk about cutting the public's opportunities to gain insight into the work of the administration. That ought to be unheard-of in 2014, she says. | BLARK_translated | Aðrastaðni leggja tey stóran dent á opinleika og gjøgnumskygni sum ein part av fólkaræðinum. Í Føroyum fara vit øvugtan veg og tosa um at skerja møguleikarnar hjá almenninginum at fáa innlit í arbeiðið hjá fyrisitingini. Tað átti at verið óhoyrt í 2014, sigur hon. |
The Ombudsman of the Faroese Parliament receives a number of complaints from the media and others who have difficulty gaining insight into matters being handled in the public administration. | BLARK_translated | Løgtingsins Umboðsmaður fær hópin av kærum frá fjølmiðlum og øðrum, sum hava trupult við at fáa innlit í mál, ið verða viðgjørd í almennu fyrisitingini. |
We have shown time and again that according to the law access must be provided as soon as possible and not 10 days after the request, which is the maximum time limit in the law for when the applicant must receive an answer. The authority can also provide more access than the law requires. But the many complaints from t... | BLARK_translated | Vit hava víst á ferð eftir ferð, at sambært lógini skal innlit gevast so skjótt sum gjørligt og ikki 10 dagar eftir umbønina, sum er evsta mark í lógini fyri, nær umsøkjarin skal hava svar. Eisini kann myndugleikin geva meira innlit enn tað, ið lógin krevur. Men nógvu kærurnar frá fjølmiðlunum benda á, at hugburðurin í... |
People are terribly afraid to speak out publicly. They fear that it will have consequences for their employment prospects if they speak out publicly, and that can easily happen too. | BLARK_translated | Fólk eru øgiliga bangin fyri at úttala seg alment. Tey óttast fyri, at tað fær avleiðingar fyri teirra starvsmøguleikar, um tey úttala seg alment, og tað kann tað eisini lætt fáa. |
The department head may perceive it as disloyal, and it can create unrest in the workplace and cooperation problems if employees speak out about matters that could cast the workplace in an unfavorable light. | BLARK_translated | Stovnsleiðarin kann uppfata tað sum illoyalt, og tað kann skapa øsing á arbeiðsplássinum og samstarvstrupulleikar, um starvsfólk úttala seg um viðurskifti, ið kunnu seta arbeiðsplássið í keðiligt ljós. |
Some employees are, however, more than others bound by a duty of loyalty to their employer, which can limit what they can say about their opinions. | BLARK_translated | Nøkur starvsfólk eru tó meira enn onnur bundin av eini loyalitetsskyldu móti teirra arbeiðsgevarara, ið kann avmarka, hvat tey kunnu siga sína hugsan um. |
There is no doubt that this is a breach of the trust that management must be able to have in its employees, if | BLARK_translated | Tað er eingin ivi um, at tað er eitt brot á tað álitið, ið leiðslan eigur at kunna hava á sínum starvsfólkum, um |
Administration in the Faroe Islands is young, and we must achieve a change in mindset so that it will work for greater transparency instead of trying to restrict public insight, before we can consider implementing new systems. | BLARK_translated | Fyrisiting í Føroyum er ung, og vit mugu fáa eina hugburðsbroyting, so hon fer at virka fyri størri opinleika í staðin fyri at royna at avmarka innlitið hjá almenninginum, áðrenn vit kunnu fara at hugsa um at seta nýggjar skipanir í verk. |
The rich are getting richer, and the gap between rich and poor is becoming larger. That has been the trend in the Western world over the past twenty years. Robert Wade, a professor at the London School of Economics, warns that the rich are gaining increasing influence over political decisions, and that can have serious... | BLARK_translated | Tey ríku gerast ríkari, og munurin millum rík og fátæk verður størri. Tað hevur verið gongdin í vesturheiminum seinastu tjúgu árini. Robert Wade, professari á London School of Economics, ávarar um, at tey ríku fáa alsamt størri ávirkan á politisku avgerðirnar, og tað kann fáa álvarsligar avleiðingar ikki bert fyri fólk... |
Those who get to use the resources have the opportunity to earn very high incomes, and with that comes the possibility of influencing the country's politics. | BLARK_translated | Tey, ið sleppa at brúka tilfeingið, hava møguleika fyri at fáa ógvuliga høgar inntøkur, og við tí fylgir eisini møguleikin at ávirka politikkin í landinum. |
The political conflict in a country that exports raw materials is between the exporters and those who live in the country. The exporters want no or very low taxes and preferably also public subsidies and other benefits, and they want free trade with other countries so they can buy equipment and other things on the worl... | BLARK_translated | Politiski tvídrátturin í einum landi, sum útflytir rávøru, stendur millum útflytararnar og hini, sum búgva í landinum. Útflytararnir vilja hava ongan ella ógvuliga lágan skatt og helst eisini almennan stuðul og aðrar fyrimunir, og teir vilja hava frían handil við onnur lond, so teir kunnu keypa útgerð og annað á heimsm... |
The problem with the political system that the exporters want is that it does not create many jobs in the country. The export industry requires capital and advanced production equipment, but it does not create many jobs. | BLARK_translated | Trupulleikin við tí politiska stýrinum, sum útflytararnir vilja hava, er, at tað ikki skapar nógv arbeiðspláss í landinum. Útflutningsvinnan krevur kapital og framkomin framleiðslutól, men hon skapar ikki nógv arbeiðspláss. |
In countries that live off exporting raw materials, only a few people work directly in the export industry. Everyone else in society must have something else to live on, and they only get that if a portion of the profits is taken from the exporters and directed into other activities. | BLARK_translated | Í londum, sum liva av at útflyta rávøru, arbeiða bert fá fólk beinleiðis í útflutningsvinnuni. Øll hini í samfelagnum skulu hava okkurt annað at liva av, og tað fáa tey bert, um ein partur av vinninginum verður tikin frá útflytarunum og leiddur yvir í annað virksemi, |
In the USA it is the financial support from private individuals and not the voter that decides who is elected. A politician who has no wealthy supporter has no chance of being elected. And the supporter of course expects something in return if he is to support a politician. | BLARK_translated | Í USA eru tað fíggjarligi stuðulin frá privatum og ikki veljarin, ið ger av, hvør verður valdur. Ein politikari, ið ongan ríkan stuðulsveitara hevur, hevur ongan møguleika at verða valdur. Og stuðulsveitarin krevur sjálvandi nakað afturfyri, um hann skal stuðla einum politikara. |
He believes it is a threat to democracy that the rich have gained so much power over politicians in several countries in the Western world. | BLARK_translated | Hann heldur tað vera eina hóttan móti fólkaræðinum, at tey ríku hava fingið so stórt vald á politikarunum í fleiri londum í vesturheiminum. |
Politicians are forced to do as the rich say after they are elected, because otherwise they lose support and will not be re-elected. Thus it is no longer the voters, but the rich who decide what policies are pursued, says Robert Wade. | BLARK_translated | Politikararnir verða noyddir at gera, sum tey ríku siga, eftir at teir eru valdir, tí annars missa teir stuðulin og verða ikki valdir aftur. Sostatt verðar tað ikki longur veljararnir, men tey ríku, sum gera av, hvør politikkur verður førdur, sigur Robert Wade. |
The rich have completely different interests than everyone else in society, and therefore it can have serious consequences for the population if the rich are allowed to control politics, says Robert Wade. | BLARK_translated | Tey ríku hava heilt onnur áhugamál enn øll hini í samfelagnum, og tí kann tað fáa álvarsligar fylgjur fyri fjøldina, um tey ríku sleppa at stýra politikkinum, heldur Robert Wade. |
Several studies show that social problems and poor health are significantly more widespread in countries where there is a large financial inequality among people. | BLARK_translated | Fleiri kanningar vísa, at sosialir trupulleikar og vánalig heilsustøða eru munandi meira útbreidd í londum, har stórur fíggjarligur ójavni er millum fólk. |
In the Nordic countries the gap between rich and poor is smaller than in the other OECD countries, and the social problems are also much less serious here, and people’s health is better. | BLARK_translated | Í Norðurlondum er munurin millum rík og fátæk minni enn í hinum OECD-londunum, og her eru sosialu trupulleikarnir eisini nógv minni álvarsligir, og heilsan hjá fólki er betri. |
A study shows that people in countries where there is little income difference are happier than people in countries with large financial inequality. | BLARK_translated | Ein kanning vísir, at fólk í londum, har lítil munur er á inntøkuni, eru hægri enn fólk í londum við stórum fíggjarligum ójavna. |
Studies in the USA also show that there is a close connection between financial inequality and social and health problems. In the states where the difference in people’s incomes is smaller than elsewhere, people live longer, fewer people have substance abuse problems, and fewer teenagers become parents. | BLARK_translated | Kanningar í USA vísa eisini, at neyvt samband er millum fíggjarligan ójavna og sosialar og heilsuligar trupulleikar. Í teimum statunum, har munurin á inntøkuni hjá fólki er minni enn aðrastaðni, liva fólk longri, færri fólk hava misbrúkstrupulleikar, og færri tannáringar gerast við barn. |
This is an interesting conclusion, one can agree or disagree with. But it is in any case clear that financial inequality has major consequences for people’s social standing and health, says Robert Wade. | BLARK_translated | Hetta er ein áhugaverd niðurstøða, sum ein kann vera samdur ella ósamdur í. Men tað er í øllum føri greitt, at fíggjarligur ójavni hevur stórar avleiðingar fyri sosialu støðuna og heilsuna hjá fólki, sigur Robert Wade. |
There is a risk that the resource fee will be very low because the fisheries minister will be influenced by the large shipping companies. Economically, it is a better solution to have some kind of auction where people can bid for the right to fish. | BLARK_translated | Vandi er fyri, at tilfeingisgjaldið verður ógvuliga lágt, tí fiskimálaráðharrin verður ávirkaður av stóru reiðarunum. Búskaparliga er tað ein betri loysn at hava okkurt slag av uppboðssølu, har fólk kunnu bjóða uppá rættin at fiska. |
What should be done first and foremost is to place much higher taxes on profits and property. Capital gains should be taxed at the same rate as wage income, and the inheritance tax should be significantly higher than it is today, says Robert Wade. | BLARK_translated | Tað, ið fyrst og fremst eigur at verða gjørt, er at leggja nógv hægri skatt á vinning og ognir. Kapitalvinningur eigur at vera skattaður við sama prosentsatsi sum lønarinntøka, og arvaavgjaldið eigur at verða munandi hægri enn í dag, heldur Robert Wade. |
It is also important that the public authorities charge a fee for the right to utilize natural resources and other public assets and systems. | BLARK_translated | Eisini hevur tað týdning, at tað almenna tekur gjald fyri rættin at gagnnýta náttúrutilfeingi og aðrar almennar ognir og skipanir. |
Countries that to a large extent live off exporting natural resources should not allow a few to exploit those natural resources without giving something back to society, he says. | BLARK_translated | Lond, sum í stóran mun liva av at útflyta náttúrutilfeingi, eiga ikki at lata nøkur fá sleppa at gagnnýta náttúrutilfeingið uttan at geva samfelagnum nakað afturfyri, sigur hann. |
However, he doubted whether it is correct that the Minister of Fisheries sets the resource fee. | BLARK_translated | Hann ivast tó í, um tað er rætt, at fiskimálaráðharrin ásetir tilfeingisgjaldið. |
The wealthy businesspeople often warn that it will harm the country's economy if higher taxes are imposed on businesses. But politicians should not listen to such threats, because the richest often do not leave much behind in the country, Robert Wade will contend. | BLARK_translated | Tey ríku vinnulívsfólkini ávara javnan um, at tað fer at skaða búskapin í landinum, um hægri skattur verður lagdur á vinnuna. Men slíkum hóttanum eiga politikarar ikki at lurta eftir, tí tey ríkastu leggja ofta ikki nógv eftir seg í landinum, vil Robert Wade vera við. |
In a small society like the Faroe Islands it becomes easily very visible if a few are much richer than the others. That can be both an advantage and a disadvantage. | BLARK_translated | Í einum lítlum samfelagi sum Føroyum verður tað lættliga sera sjónligt, um nøkur fá eru nógv ríkari enn hini. Tað kann bæði vera ein fyrimunur og ein vansi. |
In one way it is easier to accept that some own more than others, because people know each other. But on the other hand it is also clearly seen when some drive around in expensive cars and build multi-story houses for themselves that others cannot afford to even dream of, and that can make people angry. | BLARK_translated | Á ein hátt er tað lættari at góðtaka, at nøkur eiga meira enn onnur, tí fólk kenna hvønn annan. Men hinvegin sæst tað eisini væl, tá nøkur koyra runt í dýrum bilum og byggja sær marglætishús, sum onnur ikki kunnu loyva sær at droyma um, og tað kann fáa fólk at ilskast. |
The population in the Faroe Islands is declining. The fertility rate has fallen significantly. The age and gender distribution in society is skewed. Outmigration and insufficient immigration are the biggest challenges that the Faroe Islands face today. | BLARK_translated | Fólkatalið í Føroyum er í minking. Burðartíttleikin er nógv minkaður. Aldurs- og kynsbýtið í samfelagnum er skeiklað. Fráflytingin og vantandi tilflyting eru størsta avbjóðingin, sum Føroyar hava í dag. |
Competing with these countries in every respect is quite hopeless, Stefan and Marita agree, but we have so many other things that can attract. Beautiful and magnificent | BLARK_translated | At kappast við hesi lond í øllum høpi er rættiliga vónleyst, eru Stefan og Marita samd um, men vit hava so mangt annað sum kann draga. Vakra og stórsligna |
nature and strong family bonds, which are very valuable. And we support each other in a very different way than people do elsewhere in larger countries. Children can play safely and freely outside over a large area, and we have little crime. Kindergarten places meet the need and are cheaper here, and in many cases bett... | BLARK_translated | náttúru og sterk familjubond, sum eru sera virðismikil. Og vit koma hvørjum øðrum við á heilt annan hátt enn fólk aðrastaðni í størri londum. Børnini kunnu spæla trygt og frítt úti á stórum øki, og vit hava lítlan kriminalitet. Barnagarðspláss nøkta tørvin og eru bíligari her, og í mongum førum betri, enn aðrstaðni. |
Those at the Business House are pleased with the uptake the website has received since its launch last summer. But they believe it could be even better if more people made use of this opportunity. | BLARK_translated | Tey í Vinnuhúsinum lata væl at undirtøkuni, sum heimasíðan hevur fingið síðani byrjan í fjør summar. Men ongantíð betri um enn fleiri gjørdu nýtslu av hesum møguleika, halda tey. |
Marita Rasmussen has no doubt about what should primarily be done to achieve population growth in the Faroe Islands. | BLARK_translated | Marita Rasmussen er ikki í iva um hvat fyrst og fremst eigur at verða gjørt fyri at fáa fólkavøkstur í Føroyum. |
a job, but these opportunities are not in the Faroe Islands, and the manager of Vinnuhúsið believes that something must be done about it. | BLARK_translated | einum arbeiði, men hesir møguleikar eru ikki í Føroyum, og tað heldur stjórin í Vinnuhúsinum at nakað má gerast við. |
A major problem for many, especially for those who are students in the Faroe Islands, has been and still is that they have too few opportunities to obtain suitable places to live. "Housing" has now started to provide people with other housing solutions. Student apartments are part of the plans, and the director of Vinn... | BLARK_translated | Ein stórur trupulleiki hjá mongum, serliga hjá teimum sum eru lesandi í Føroyum, hevur verið og er framvegis, at tey hava ov lítlar møguleikar at fáa hóskandi stað at búgva. „Bústaðir“ eru nú farin undir at útvega fólki aðrar bústaðarloysnir. Lestraríbúðir er partur av ætlanunum, og tað fegnast stjórin í Vinnuhúsinum u... |
In a free country no one shall have unemployment benefits or other public provisions. "Social dumping" shall create growth and development. And when workers are freed, there is nothing. | BLARK_translated | Í einum fríum landi skal eingin hava arbeiðsloysisstuðul ella aðrar almennar veitingar. „Sosial dumping“ skal skapa vøkstur og menning. Og tá starvsfólk eru fræls, er einki. |
At the general meeting of the Civil Servants' Association on March 8, the chairwoman lit the beacons that she believes the Faroe Islands should steer by. | BLARK_translated | Á aðalfundi Starvsmannafelagsins, 8. mars, tendraði forkvinnan teir vitar, sum hon heldur, at Føroyar skulu stýra eftir. |
Her report was printed in the last Starvsblað. And it is terrifying. Antidemocratic, totalitarian communist thought radiates from every sentence. | BLARK_translated | Frágreiðing hennara varð prentað í síðsta Starvsblaði. Og hon er skelkandi. Antidemokratisk, totaliter kommunistisk hugsan spríkir úr hvørjum setningi. |
I cannot cover everything in this column, so I will only say a little about ALS. | BLARK_translated | Eg kann í hesi klummu ikki taka alt fram, og fari tí bert at siga eitt sindur um ALS. |
The chairwoman talked a lot about ALS. She also discussed the dispute with the former director, and said: “That must not happen again. However, the case did have the positive consequence that when the position was advertised again, the salary was reviewed and also reduced.” | BLARK_translated | Forkvinnan tosaði nógv um ALS. Hon umrøddi eisini gøluna við fyrrverandi stjóranum, og segði so at: „Slíkt má ikki endurtaka seg. Tó fekk málið í hvussu er ta positivu avleiðing, at tá tað aftur bleiv søkt eftir stjóra, bleiv lønin endurskoðað og eisini lækkað.“ |
has not knocked for the money – only received it. And therefore he thinks he can do with it whatever he wants. What then? | BLARK_translated | hevur ikki knossað fyri pengarnar – bara fingið teir. Og tí heldur hann seg kunna gera við teir, sum hann vil. Hvat tá? |
Instead, a new manager was appointed, and the system continues. | BLARK_translated | Í staðin varð nýggjur stjóri settur, og skipanin heldur fram. |
It also naturally makes the economy smaller and weaker than it could have been. | BLARK_translated | Eisini tað ger sjálvsagt búskapin minni og veikari, enn hann kundi verið. |
But ALS – like all other social systems – also poisons the morality of those who financially sit in society’s “upper ranks.” What do these people think when they see someone who needs help or support? Do they think: Should I lend a hand? Or: Should I lend an ear? No – their upbringing in the social-democratic “welfare ... | BLARK_translated | Men ALS – eins og allar aðrar sosialar skipanir – eitrar eisini moralin hjá teimum, sum fíggjarliga sita á samfelagsins „ovastu rókum“.Tí hvat hugsa hesi fólk, tá tey síggja ein, sum tørvar hjálp ella stuðul? Hugsa tey: Hasum má eg rætta eina hond? Ella: Hasum má eg lata eitt oyra? Nei – teirra uppaling í sosialdemokra... |
It is often asked whether it is not a "sin" for those who do not have work or are otherwise badly off. | BLARK_translated | Ofta verður spurt, um tað ikki er „synd“ í teimum, sum ikki hava starv ella eru illa fyri á annan hátt. |
Fortunately, there are still some "nooks" in Faroese society where personal responsibility still prevails. | BLARK_translated | Tað finnast tíbetur nakrir „lummar“ í føroyska samfelagnum, har persónlig ábyrgd framvegis anir. |
Then it will not be necessary for publicly appointed "igniters" for ALS to "activate" the unemployed by getting them to plant strawberries for nothing. | BLARK_translated | Tá verður ikki neyðugt hjá alment settum „kveikjarum“ hjá ALS at „aktivera“ arbeiðsleys við at fáa tey at planta jarðber fyri einki. |
“Social dumping” is a new socialist rallying cry. But “social dumping” is just another word for competition. And preventing free competition is preventing progress! | BLARK_translated | Sosial dumping“ er eitt nýtt sosialistiskt rakstrarróp. Men „sosial dumping“ er bara eitt annað orð fyri kapping. Og at forða fríari kapping er at forða menning! |
What do you do with those whose “claim” to a job is not fulfilled? Well — you give them compensation for having had their “rights” violated. — Unemployment benefit! | BLARK_translated | Hvat ger mann so við tey, hvørs „krav“ um starv ikki verður eftirlíkað? Jú – mann gevur teimum kompensatión fyri at hava brotið teirra „rættindi“. – Arbeiðsloysisstuðul! |
We could, as a start, cancel both ALS and collective wage negotiations. | BLARK_translated | Vit kundu sum eina byrjan avtikið bæði ALS og kollektivar lønarsamráðingar. |
After hearing so many stories about how exciting and fun it is for people to travel with a caravan, we got the idea and wanted to try the same, and started looking for a suitable caravan. We succeeded, and last year we bought a used caravan for 45,000 kroner that was in very good condition, explains Sofus Hansen. He do... | BLARK_translated | Eftir at hava hoyrt so mangar søgur um hvussu spennandi og stuttligt fólk hava tað at ferðast við kampingvogni, fingu vit brell, og vildu royna tað sama, og fóru at skimast eftir einum hóskandi vogni. Tað eydnaðist, og í fjør keyptu vit fyri 45.000 krónur ein brúktan vogn, ið var í sera góðum standi, greiðir Sofus Hans... |
As more and more people have acquired caravans, the camping facilities in the Faroe Islands have also become quite good. Ann and Sofus can confirm that too. | BLARK_translated | So hvørt sum alt fleiri fólk hava ognað sær kampingvogn, eru eisini kampingumstøðurnar í Føroyum vorðnar rættiliga góðar. Tað kunnu eisini Ann og Sofus váttað. |
It seems that the various regions of the country are competing to create the best possible conditions for campers. More and more campsites are being arranged around the country, and many of them with all the desired conveniences. For example, a new campsite has been set up at Gjógv, where we plan to be in connection wi... | BLARK_translated | Tað tykist sum tey ymisku økini í landinum kappast um at gera best møguligar umstøður fyri kampingfólk. Alt fleiri kampingpláss verða skipað kring landið, og fleiri teirra við øllum ynskjandi hentleikum. Eitt nú er nýtt kampingpláss skipað við Gjógv, har vit hava ætlanir um at vera í sambandi við útoyggjastevnuna. Somu... |
Sofus thinks that people who are thinking of buying a caravan should start by buying a used one, like | BLARK_translated | Sofus heldur, at fólk, sum ganga í tonkum at keypa sær ein kampingvogn, eiga at byrja við at keypa ein brúktan, eins og |
The caravans are usually parked for the winter, but that does not mean the camping club is idle, because once a month the club organizes an event in the scout house in Kollafjørður, where they, among other things, make plans for the summer. | BLARK_translated | Kampingvognarnir eru vanliga parkeraðir fyri veturin, men við tí er ikki sagt, at kampingfelagið liggur lamið, tí eina ferð um mánaðin skipar felagið fyri onkrum tiltaki í skótahúsinum í Kollafirði, har tey m.a. leggja ætlanir fyri summarið. |
It is so carefree, says Sofus. We are like snails; we carry our house with us, and it contains everything we need. Good sleeping and cupboard space, water, a cold box, stoves, a toilet and all the other conveniences. This really is a life of leisure, Ann and Sofus agree. | BLARK_translated | Tað er so ómakaleyst heldur Sofus. Vit eru eins og snigilin; vit hava húsið við okkum, og har er alt sum okkum tørvar. Góð koyggju- og skápspláss, vatn, kuldaskáp, komfýrur, wc og annars allir aðrir hentleikar. Hetta er av sonnum frítíðarlív, eru Ann og Sofus samd um. |
A new survey in EU countries shows that in 2020 the most common disease is stroke. | BLARK_translated | Nýggj kanning í ES londunum vísir, at í ár 2020 er mest vanliga fólkasjúkan strongd. |
But why do people think the situation will be as bad as the survey shows? | BLARK_translated | Men hví man støðan verða so vánalig sum kanningin vísir? |
One of my messages is that people in public employment are exposed daily to the threat of dismissal. It has become routine that the political system threatens with cuts, mergers, rationalizations and so‑called efficiencies. | BLARK_translated | Eitt av mínum boðum er, at fólk í almennum starvi dagliga eru útsett fyri hóttanum um uppsøgn. Tað er eftirhondini gerandisdagur, at politiska skip anin hóttir við sparingum, samanleggingum, rationaliseringum og sonevndum effektiviseringum. |
Another thing that is also terrifying to hear is that the Labour Inspection has no preparedness when it comes to the psychological work environment. There is no plan and no workforce to take care of this serious matter. | BLARK_translated | Eitt annað, sum eisini er ræðandi at hoyra, er, at Arbeiðseftirlitið onga tilbúgving hevur tá tað ræður um sálarliga arbeiðsumhvørvið. Har er ongin ætlan og ongin arbeiðsmegi, at taka sær av hesum álvarsmáli. |
To me it looks as if the political system wants full control over everything. The Labour Inspection as an institution was abolished in 2011 and placed under the Public Health Authority. The coalition has also pushed to reduce the possibilities for public transparency, and the public broadcasting service has been cut ba... | BLARK_translated | Fyri mær sær tað út sum um, at politiska skipanin ynskir alt eftirlit har piparið grør. Arbeiðseftirlitið sum stovnur var avtikið í 2011 og lagdur undir Heilsufrøðiligu Starvstovuna. Samgongan hevur eisini róð uppundir at skerja møguleikarnar fyri almennum innliti og almenna Kringvarpið er skorið inn á bein seinastu ár... |
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