beaches. Free from a daily schedule for the first time in months, Ben began to teach me essential Faro­ese. Unfortunately, as he spent most of his youth living in the Phi­lippines his spoken Faro­ese is not [...] is one of the first lessons the Mother Continent (Europe, ed.) taught my husband and I on our month-long honeymoon trip en route to the Faroe Islands where we will start life together in Klaksvik. After [...] 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 small cars. Our first stop was Athens, Greece

begin a new chapter of my life in their country, I was utterly convinced that very few Americans were normal according to the standards on which I usually judge people. In addition, the country simply seemed [...] seemed too big to grasp fully, mysterious in some ways, and maybe even a little dangerous. The usual reaction I get when talking to people at home about studying in the U.S. is something like this: “I don’t [...] you’re doing it! Living the American Dream!” In the 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

constitute a special territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Situated between Scotland and Iceland, the Faroes are together with Shetland situated in the area, which is known in oil circles as the Atlantic Margin [...] extremely tiny economy in a population of just under 50,000, and a total workforce of 26,000, of which 66% are employed in the service sectors, while under 20 % are employed in the fisheries sector. This [...] are approaching the wider world, not least the EU, in many ways to engage in negotiations and deals, which we think will provide better opportunities in the future. - - - - Regarding a coming oil industry

society, yet. Oldest parliament in the World The social contract in the Faroes is strong, there is a strong culture and pride in having remained the Faroese language in spite of being at very small population [...] most respected scientists in the field, Bogi Hansen, here in the Faroes. Maybe this is where the question of climate changes can get answers. In May the worlds leading experts in the field fetal programming [...] programming and developmental toxicity met in the Faroes for the first international conference on the subject. It was in the Faroes because one of the leading experts in the field and organizer of the conference

Take Jónas Bronck, for example. Born in Copenhagen, the son of a Danish Lutheran minister, he was raised in the Faroes. As one could well imagine, growing up in the Faroes Jónas was quite at home on the [...] proceeded to found Rome. A few odd centuries later in 1639, Jónas Bronck sailed westward across the Atlantic in his sturdy Fire of Troy and settled a bit of land in the new world that would later be known as The [...] collection of books in America. Now Jónas knew the realities of living in a harsh environment and he brought along good quantities of building supplies (scare at even the best of times in the Faroes) and skilled

We landed in Arkansas at around four in the evening, but for us - myself and my friend Samal, it could just as well have been four in the morning. Having traveled for three days, through three different [...] caught a virus, in 30 degrees Celsius, wearing three shirts to many, I did not have the sweet feeling of adventure I had expected. However, I was happy to be done traveling for now. In the car on the way [...] n, just a highway, a couple of fast-food restaurants, and miles upon miles of fields: I had landed in Hicks­ville, I just wasn’t aware of it. On the way to school, we stopped at a Wal-Mart, a gigantic

be possible to have more women participate in politics. Even if female representation in the Faroese Parliament is just 9%, 0% in local government and 23% in town councils we believe that it is possible [...] unequal situation dominant in our society. We do hope that such a visit may become possible in the future! Yours sincerely Demokratia Demokratia is a committee appointed by Parliament in 2006 to increase the [...] monitoring her campaign and give her our full support. Irrespective, if she is successful in her endeavour to become the first female President of the United States or not, she has already become an inspiration

here in the Faroes we are waiting in suspense for the result of a future American presidential election. In is of course exciting in its own right if a woman was to become the very first President in the [...] Madeleine Albright. The very first woman to be elected to such a high office in the history of America – today Ms Condolisa Rice holds this office. Mrs. Albright sat there in Oslo surrounded by an aura of [...] just small group have the opportunity to hear them in the Nordic House. Personally, I »met« Mr Clinton on the 2nd of November 1999, at a Remembrance Day in Oslo – the fourth anniversary for the killing of

experience in a radio programme in this way: »It’s a cosmic experience. The Faroe Islands is a country which is – and is not. It is in constant flux. It keeps disappearing: One moment it’s lost in the fog [...] ly.« This is – in my view – a beautiful poetic description of The Faroes. And let’s stay in the poetic corner. Danish author and jazz singer Suzanne Brøgger, who visited the islands in March this year [...] fog, and suddenly – there it is again in all its magnificent beauty. Like magic. Like reality and fairytale in one. In these majestic surroundings you become almost painfully confronted with life’s vulnerability

til ampa hjá nøkrum, eins og harði rock- og punktónleikurin kanska var tað. Løg sum Roxanne, Message in a Bottle, I can’t stand loosing you og Every little thing she does is Magic eru kend løg hjá bólkinum [...] vónleyst at fáa fatur á júst eftir eina konsert og bussarnir líktust teimum, ið ein sær myndir av í India og har á leið, so fullir vóru teir. Við hjálp frá vinfólki eydnaðist at “tumla” og tveir fittir mans