will give us a taste of some of what is on the program in Glasgow later in this year. Also with us here this evening is a delegation of key academic staff from the University of the Faroe Islands, who have [...] rest of the world. It is a symbol of our nationhood and national identity. But without the opportunity to raise our flag alongside the flags of other countries of the world, its significance would be lost [...] And that is what the whole story and the long struggle for our own flag has been all about: To become an equal part of the world. Taking our own responsibilities in the world together with the diverse peoples

there is the West Africa bonanza, which for now seems unstoppable. On the opposite side of the Atlantic to the North Sea, the story of oil has also been slow to unfold, though the potential of Eastern [...] discovery is made, initial optimism can quickly give way to pessimism. It has to be hoped this is not the fate of the Dooish well drilled by Enterprise (now part of Shell) in the Irish portion of the Rockall [...] contain the hoped for prize? The Marjun success represents a one in three hit rate for the Faroes. This is good for the European sector of the Atlantic Frontier, especially when set against UK west of Shetland

for the past 25 years - a sight as familiar to residents as the stars that fill the clear skies above the islands. Islanders treasure the winter spectacle of the aurora borealis. But the source of this [...] many of the benefits of oil developments without many of the less acceptable aspects.« »One of the big advantages here was the creation of the terminal on Flotta, a small island well away from the main [...] 1971. »One of the most important benefits of the oil era, and one often overlooked, is the way it restored confidence in the people of Orkney,« he said. »Until the 1970s, people across the islands were