to a greater or lesser degree have been active and have established representation here, we must acknowledge and confirm that they are good cooperation partners. We can still not call ourselves an oil-producing [...] activity – and there still is. Eleven licenses are still active and hopefully some more will be awarded towards the end of the year, when the result of a third round becomes clear. Six wells have been drilled [...] among the oil-producing nations. Several may also have harboured some fear, regarding how these multinational companies, which now were to invade our country, would conduct themselves. As time has passed,

ever hopeful and confident. No doubt our sense of oneness, our sense of inviolable identity as a people motivates us. Americans no doubt feel the same. We have preserved the rhythmic chain dance from the [...] distinction who have indeed served all humanity on a "broad scale", a scale that only future historians will be able to amply, describe and define. As Minister of Industry and Trade, I have watched with great [...] citizens. We are a country at a crossroads. Our wealth has flowed from the bounty of the sea for centuries. Ever since our first fishing schooners took to the seas in the 1870s, we have provided the world

century. Who is to know what would have happened if the Western powers, instead of ruining it, had chosen to support and defend this beacon of democracy in a Shia Muslim country in the Middle East? So, [...] to be a limit to human consumption has hitherto fallen on deaf ears. On a still deeper level there is, of course, the common European heritage, the Greek ideals, the Hellenic cradle of democracy. Viewed [...] classics. Today this treasure is part of the collection of books in our national library. Personally, I have benefited from this donation all my life. Nowadays, our link to Swedish culture is being maintained

ur in the North, and right across the same fjord the longest landing quay in the country was recently finished. We have several industrial areas in the municipality and more are underway. Expansions are [...] States of America, accompanied by one of the most important UN officials in history. Though our country may be small and our number of inhabitants low, Tórshavn is a modern city offering all the facilities [...] well over 1000 years ago. Today this assembly, called Løgtingið, is the Faroese Parliament and it still meets in Tórshavn. I am proud to say that it is considered the world’s oldest parliament. Tórshavn

looking forward to meeting them and listening to what they have to say. It is a great honour for us that they have set the time aside to stop in our country. We wish to receive them as the true dignitaries [...] in Iraq may have been avoided, which it has to be said is a large sorrowful event. As Mr Clinton and Mr Blix have been invited to the Faroes to talk, there can be no doubt that they will have very many [...] these two gentlemen have agreed to visit and I sincerely want to thank all those involved in making this exceptional visit possible. These are two huge names, which we over the years have become acquainted

leader. We may have been wrong as we cast our votes, but we were not that wrong. In these circum­stances Ben only has to explain where the Faroes are located; I have to try and explain my country’s entire foreign [...] next phase of our trip was to visit several of the world-famous Greek Isles. We have few friends from the United States who have enjoyed the cool white houses and bright blue waters of the isles, but we were [...] a number below 20. Bush in Greece After a few days of beaches and big meals we grew restless, and have since spent the last two weeks of travel staying with anyone who will take us in. Staying with locals

reality of what is the United States, I have not yet encountered this dream. And I doubt if I really believe in its existence. It’s simply too intangible an idea. To me, though the country still does seem [...] of the country is what makes it so full of opportunities for a person to shape life as he or she pleases. And coming in as an outsider is no barrier to fitting in and utilizing what the country has to [...] relations and fashion beyond the mid-1990s, the people whose lives have crossed mine (the majority of whom have been college students) all seem to have a great ability to actually get something of worth out of

meant that we have been, and still are heavily dependent upon fisheries and other marine activities. As a fisheries dependent country, we have an urgent need to diversify the economy. We have seen the economy [...] give a brief overview of what kind of entity our country is, and what kind of challenges and possibilities lie ahead. You may be aware that the Faroes as an autonomous country constitute a special territory [...] since the recovery from the recession of the early 90ies. What must be striking about the Faroese economy, seen from an outsider’s view, is that we have an extremely tiny economy in a population of just under

knowledge. I have had the privilege of speaking to Mr Hans Blix and his presence is always giving. The two speakers are heroes of to day and what they have given in the past and are still giving today [...] do so. The Faroes have not been independent since it came under first Norwegen than Danish rule. However the Faroes have also acted very independently and it seems like the Faroese have the oldest parliament [...] The interesting question then would be, what has the Faroes to give them? What could they gain from this visit and insight into Faroese history, current society and political situation? First of all, the

to another trait of the Faroese that I have found most intriguing. Surrounded by not much of anything except what their wits could claim from the sea, they have managed to produce a most remarkable society [...] task and over the years I have nurtured relationships with a variety of international business people, all of whom share a common vision in the potential of the Faroese and what could be their amazing destiny [...] Hawaii could be so enthusiastic about their rain-soaked country with its sodden economy. But I was indeed and the more I went about the country, and the more cups of coffee and sweet cakes I savored, the