the Viking Age show no signs of weapons and during the World War II the Faroe Islands were occupied by allied troops from Great Britain. As far as we know there has been no war in this very place you are [...] create an image of power, endurance and dialogue. We sincerely hope this positive image you have built up will be continued in American politics and we would welcome your wife as a successor of this image. [...] challenge of a globalized world. We highly respect your efforts for dialogue and peace and the professional way you have been coping with it. By visiting the Faroe Islands you create a bridge of peace rang­ing

for the next leg of the trip, we happily set out for Prishtina, the capital of Kosovo, on the green velveteen seats of a Soviet-era train. When we arrived we saw something jarringly out of place amidst crumbling [...] together in Klaksvik. After a week of marriage, we left my home in rural America, a place of big highways, big sky and a big family, to travel across the Balkans, a land of young coun­tries, local cheese and [...] realized quickly that being American is not as valuable on this side of the Atlantic. The next phase of our trip was to visit several of the world-famous Greek Isles. We have few friends from the United States

mention the town of Reykjavik, people say this was the town, which was at the centre off, and created the framework for one of the most important meetings ever held regarding the dismantling of the nuclear [...] Ronald Reagan and the Russian head of state, Mr Mikhail Gorbatjov held a high level meeting in Reykjavik. This was a visit, which projected Iceland firmly on to the map of the international world. It is still [...] nuclear weapons race. Photos of the two men and the environment in Reykjavik were broadcast around the world. We of course aspire to the same ambition, which is that when two such dignitaries visit our country

well understand that the first shock after an atrocity of such dimension may make any president overreact BUT to the President of the mightiest nation of the world it is unseemly to lose composure and promise [...] saying something that I must keep in mind She said: Now it is you Americans who have become the victims of a terrible crime and you must suffer horrors that we are so used to Now you can feel on your own skin [...] justify ongoing TERRORS - and be supported by co-religionists who wait for their chance to declare HOLY WAR! Will they ask you: ARE YOU FREE FROM SIN? Can you put your hand on your heart and - to the American

the resurgence of barbarity. Contrary to former predictions of many Enlightenment figures, the world seems to be on the threshold of a new era of modern crusades, with members of two monotheistic creeds pursuing [...] challenges of the modern world make this last perspective take on a growing urgency. I am referring, of course, to poverty, aids, the environmental blowback, the bleak prospect of a new, cold war and the [...] instead of ruining it, had chosen to support and defend this beacon of democracy in a Shia Muslim country in the Middle East? So, in addition to honesty, humility and the revival of the principles of true

he was one of the rather capable ones in that office. Bush senior once said that the reason for his defeat in 1990 was the misfortune of being sandwiched between two of the finest orators of our time: Reagan [...] a gateway into the halls of political power. He was determined to rule what is the only empire of our days and yet he has smoked pot, is an excellent sax player and a sort of right-wing socialist, who [...] merciless and powerful light of the whole world’s projectors to the combatants in the Laugardals hall, Fischer and Spassky, as well as to the rest of the Icelandic society. This battle of wits turned out to be

case of a quarrel between two neighbours. - She gave the impression of a very professional and tough attorney, says Naina Jacobsen. Little did they know, however, that they were in the presence of yet another [...] respect people of different cultures and backgrounds. And even though I was only there for a year, the country is still dear to my heart. When Jens Olsen thinks of the US, he thinks of his American family [...] family. And that is indeed one of the main goals of the student-exchange organisation AFS. - The organisation was established by some ambulance drivers from World War II, who said that the only way to achieve

became one of the leading states in America. America, accepted under your leadership both the immensely important role as the protector of democracy and the peace creating and retaining factor of the world [...] world. In the aftermath of all this, you have spent much energy in the prevention of the many dangers and evils threatening the well-being and welfare of this world. Mr President, You are visiting the world’s [...] material wealth and all of our culture is reflected and conditioned by the intimate association with the sea. The sea around the Faroes – a sea, which encompasses the whole of the Northern hemisphere,

eisini fortald. Samlaða myndin er eitt hugtakandi land, har tú næstan væntar at møta einum hobbiti úr Lord of the Rings aftan fyri hvørt húsahorn; eitt sterkt fólk, sum heldur fast í grindadráp og umsitur tað

broytingini. Og seinni varð hann innsettur sum prestur og stovnaði egnu samkomu sína “The Church of Lord Jesus Christ” í Texas. Eftir dystin í 1977 hevði Foreman, sum í næstu viku verður 59 ára gamal, ein