harsh American accent that makes him cringe. My biggest accom­plish­­ment so far has been with counting, and I can now tell Ben the price of something in Faroese so long as it is a number below 20. Bush [...] eagerness to talk politics. “It is clear to us, based on Iraq, that President Bush is mentally handicapped,” they told us earnestly as we visited and watched the sun set over the city. It is not a bad point, but [...] Americans was pleasant and unexpected. It is the only group of people in the world who are able to reconcile Cinton, Bush and Iraq, and still come out loving the U.S. It is Clinton, though, who holds the key

like this: “I don’t think I could live there, it’s just too far away, and isn’t the crime rate pretty high over there? Oh, but it’s great that you’re doing it! Living the American Dream!” In the reality [...] doubt if I really believe in its existence. It’s simply too intangible an idea. To me, though the country still does seem vast, it did not take long for it to become completely demystified. This is not [...] not a dream, but real life – and I can’t do anything but love it. Rather than being intimidating, the size of the country is what makes it so full of opportunities for a person to shape life as he or she

Of course nothing comes from nothing, and it is not just a question of luck or coincident that the Faroe Islands suddenly get huge world-media coverage. It turns out that the origin of the recent flood [...] travelled all the way from the North Pole. But in order to sell the Faroes to his editors, he needed a more solid story. And the story that got him here was the one about the Faroese professor, Bogi Hansen [...] remote places can be seen as even cooler than New York if they market them selves the right way. Now it is our turn. The Clinton visist is an opportunity to draw attention to our country and create opportunities

invitation and on this occasion to extend it to your colleagues on the recently formed Council of Elders. The founding of this body is indeed a momentous development. It can only be an immense new force for [...] inviting you and your fellow Council members to the Faroe Islands is because of our strong belief that it would be an ideal location for you to conduct your deliberations. Our country offers a secluded stress-free [...] visitor President Clinton has kindly agreed to forward this letter to you and I am sure that he will be more than happy to give his own personal testimonial about the unique attributes of the Faroe Islands.

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 is administered by a [...] As one of the smallest capitals in the world, it is a great honor for us to receive a former president of the United States of America, accompanied by one of the most important UN officials in history [...] six-member two-party opposition. Tórshavn is a modern city; its infrastructure is highly developed and it offers everything required for both leisure and work. The municipality has an extensive network of

AND HOW CAN WE MAKE UP FOR IT? You yourself have stressed that you will fight for a DEMOCRATIC system in the open society for JUSTICE and PEACE in the world With that in mind: How can it be right to attack [...] American nation, but it was also to me and all peoples and to everybody in the whole world, because the deed was not only committed towards the USA, but also against the whole world. It did sadden me 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 retaliation (revenge)

can from the polar ice-cream, or what lies beneath it, is hardly edifying. In this situation, one warms to any voice of restraint and rationality. The more so, when these voices embody the professionalism [...] Faroes eventually passed from Norway to be governed for centuries, at an agreeable distance, by the more easy-going Danes. Thanks chiefly to this single fact we were able to preserve our language, which [...] into its sphere. To some of us, nevertheless, the cultural currents underlying the surface seem even more interesting than economics and technology. Edgar Allan Poe whose bicentenary many of us look forward

coverage as well and more Internet users per capita than the United States. Admittedly, we experience more cloudy days than a typical region in the United States, but we actually have more sunny days than Cold [...] the millennia, it was ravaged by ice and wind, but we have endured. The towering crag of Enniberg, reputedly the highest sea cliff in the world, perhaps symbolizes our indomitable nature. It rises out of [...] written in 1803 to James Monroe that some men were born to serve the human race on a "broad scale". It is an immense pleasure to welcome to our distant shores these two men of distinction who have indeed

for mankind. This Danish dependency at 62 degrees in the North Atlantic will probably be getting more than it gives. Even though we lag politically behind those nations, which have assumed responsibility [...] difficult decisions, has to say to the people of the Faroe Islands. He will be paid a few dollars for it, well then, but considering his laden wallet that petty change is probably not why he is visiting. [...] strides out into the international maelstrom, which spins ever faster. If we handle this correctly, it should boost our brand in global society unlike ever before. The organization of this visit is a great

NATO as well as the Warszawa Pact countries. Fortunately the North Atlantic has become a more peaceful ocean since. It ought therefore to go without saying, that any future American President took steps to [...] guests from abroad may meet us as a people exceptionally rich in culture and art, and which we are more than willing and prepared to share with the rest of the world. The Faroes are therefore a country [...] We wish you all the very best and once again, thank you very much for visiting our country, Should it ever occur to your wife, Hillary to visit our beautiful islands, she would be most welcome. We also