Scottish officials on the country's remote Orkney Islands say they want to rejoin Norway, which gave the islands away as a royal wedding dowry more than 550 years ago.
Sick of being ignored by far-away politicians, officials on Scotland’s remote Orkney Islands are mulling a drastic solution: rejoining Norway, the Scandinavian country that gave them away as a royal wedding dowry more than 550 years ago.
But Stockan said Orkney gets less support from the Scottish government than other island communities in Shetland or the Hebrides, and is desperately in need of new ferries to keep its many islands connected. A report accompanying Stockan’s motion suggests Orkney should investigate options including a status like the Faeroe Islands, a self-governing dependency ofAnother option is emulating Britain’s Crown Dependencies such as the Channel Islands, which are largely self-governing tax havens.
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