Earlier this week, the Orkney Islands council voted 15 to 6 in favor of a proposal to begin looking into “alternative forms of governance” beyond their status quo position within the UK and Scotland.

(CN) — Outside the northern coast of Scotland lies an archipelago of about 70 islands. Orkney and its around 22,540 habitants are unsatisfied with how things are run within the United Kingdom, making ...

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 ...

Orkney could leave the UK and become a territory of Norway under new proposals to explore “alternative forms of governance” for the archipelego. Shetlanders push for independence from Scotland One ...

Lossiemouth is located in northeast Scotland and is one of two RAF Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) stations tasked with protecting ...

More business closures were recorded in the Orkney Islands last year, new figures show – bucking the trend across the UK.