Tomas Tranströmer. From Poe to Gore Vidal To most of us the United States constitute, not only a nation, but almost a universe, a multi-national and multi-cultural empire whose industrial magnetism still [...] administrative or economic entity, but a spacious cultural and spiritual domain embracing giant nations such as the United States as well as tiny states-to-be, such as the Faroes. The challenges of the [...] Any modern dialogue is by its very nature a process of give and take. We, as a small Scandinavian nation, have much to learn from the United States. We look with admiration at the quality of American research

I was lucky to watch you on the TV screen when you delivered your address to the American nation, but it was also to me and all peoples and to everybody in the whole world, because the deed was not only [...] 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) On the screen I also [...] president to ask God to bless the whole world and to protect us all After all, America is not the ONLY nation in the world we shall ALL LIVE TOGETHER HOMO SAPIENS Are we not boasting af belonging to this noble

parts of globalization. I would also like to extend a warm welcome to Mr. Hans Blix from our sister nation Sweden. ??Your experience and knowledge is our learning and inspiration. ??

other aspects tried to balance the country’s economy. He also endeavoured to improve and develop the nation’s educational system and address the national social imbalance. Simultaneously he tried to tighten [...] Foreign Minister and Ambassador, Mr Hans Blix, who may be best known for his role as the United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq, where he lead the inspection team looking for weapons of mass destruction

in a expanding dialectic synthesis. This is how we will achieve to be amongst the most advanced nations. We see great ideals in the Nordic welfare model: • with structures and finance of universal welfare

in the Faroe Islands, too. On this stepping stone between Sweden and America you will find a micro nation that is older and younger than the United States. In this modern globalized micro society you will

three countries a year have abolished the death penalty for all crimes. Despite this trend some nations continue to execute their citizens. During 2006, at least 1,591 people were executed in 25 countries

managed to create a viable economy, even though it is very tiny and very remote from most other nations, where the standard of living is among the medium-high range compared to Western Europe as a whole

are ready for the world. Being small means being dependent on the outside world and being a fishery nation means dependency on a balanced nature, two of the most crucial pillars of the future world society

dream, which fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation”. Both the largest democray in the world, America, and Faroes, the smallest one, will benefit of