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RELATIONS BETWEEN Iceland and the Faroe Islands were under pressure yesterday after several Faroese MPs launched a homophobic attack on Iceland’s head of government.

Jóhanna Sigurdardóttir, the world’s first openly gay prime minister, was on an official courtesy visit to the Faroe Islands to try to boost political and cultural ties between the neighbouring territories.