The Faroese welfare state has great challenges ahead. Globalisation offers possibilities but also strains the economic sphere whilst growing demands from citizens and the labour market create outcomes [...] flexible welfare services of high standards. This is why Føroya Landsstýri - the Faroese Government - has implemented a long-term strategy process of the title ‘Vision 2015’. In this vision-plan which amongst [...] concerns. The principle of sector responsibility and cooperation amongst all authorities in question has to be adapted and improved. Another aim for this subject matter is that the working life of families

corridors of power in the world’s largest superpower. In the international history books, Mr Clinton has firmly written his name through his endeavours to reach a peace settlement between Israel and the [...] far and wide and personal attacks on him were ferocious at times. The aftermath of events however has proved his case. He was fully entitled to his stance and this in itself must be a resurrection after [...] Blix had been adhered to from the very beginning, the war in Iraq may have been avoided, which it has to be said is a large sorrowful event. As Mr Clinton and Mr Blix have been invited to the Faroes to

is highly developed and it offers everything required for both leisure and work. The municipality has an extensive network of harbor complexes, located in Tórshavn and the villages belonging to the mu [...] being developed. All common sports disciplines enjoy good installations in our municipality, which has a lot to offer its citizens in terms of social services and facilities, ranging from day nurseries

whose farsighted admonition that there ought, quite naturally, to be a limit to human consumption has hitherto fallen on deaf ears. On a still deeper level there is, of course, the common European heritage [...] commonwealth again From bitter searching of the heart. To play a greater part At the time of writing one has to acknowledge that the global prospects look grim indeed. The spectacle of leaders from some countries

is but another evidence of this remarkable and heartening trend. Our country has launched upon an ambitious program, which has come to be known as Vision 2015. The goal is to enable the Faroe Islands to [...] our indomitable nature. It rises out of the sea some 2500 feet and has withstood the onslaught of the sea for untold eons. Our society has experienced severe challenges, from the Black Death to economic chaos [...] governmental, but also among business and ordinary citizens. We are a country at a crossroads. Our wealth has flowed from the bounty of the sea for centuries. Ever since our first fishing schooners took to the

course we are all very excited to hear what a man, who has had the ultimate responsibility for the world’s most important and most difficult decisions, has to say to the people of the Faroe Islands. He will [...] considering his laden wallet that petty change is probably not why he is visiting. He has a story to tell. And a man who has been sparring with Al Gore for eight years should be able to convey a message to [...] the White House steering wheel is no average Joe. In addition to a good head on his shoulders, he has to wield a will of steel, be cunning and along with visions and ideals he must have the unshakable

inhabited approximately 1200 years ago, various forms of “løgting” our equivalvent to a Parliament has exisited in the Islands. The underlying parliamentarian principles were an integrated part of how the

future American president. The year in Arkansas was very important for Jens Olsen, he says, and it has influenced the choices he was made later in life. - Spending a year in the US taught me to respect [...] personal connections between nations, Jens Olsen explains. Clinton in the Faroes Apparantly, Bill Clinton has been in Faroese airspace before, and in May this year he was close to visiting the islands. But, weather [...] love to meet the President. I was impressed by his presidency, and I am just as impressed with how he has been handling his post-presidency, says the chief executive of the Faroese Fish Market.

language and our ancient culture, simultaneously as we accept all the new fangled ideas the world has to offer, has given us the strength to tackle international globalisation. Through our strong identity we [...] willing and prepared to share with the rest of the world. The Faroes are therefore a country, which has much to offer the world. On top of this comes a unique geographical location in an area, which both [...] l importance for both 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

measurable factors and the intangibles of style, aesthetics, and culture. And like an athlete, each island has a chance to improve. FAKTA Listin og stigini, tey 111 oyggjalondini hava fingið, sær soleiðis út: 87