Islands make? In my view, it seems that remote places like the Faroes are becoming more and more interesting to more and more people. I believe that in a world of increasing globalisation the periphery inevitably [...] rely on a more creative and knowledge-based economy in the future. Effective Communication Strategies are Crucial I believe in the idea of looking toward the future with confidence yet with realism. In [...] people from countries with warmer and sunnier weather would be interested in visiting a place like this. So even if this country has developed into a modern society fully in line with our neighbours, we have
which meant high taxes - at the time.« »I got 83,000 (pounds) for 57 acres - a great deal of money in those days - but the Government took away more than 80 per cent in capital gains tax.« »That didn't leave [...] at the plant, oil and gasses more valuable than those that light the night sky are shipped by tanker to destinations throughout Britain and Europe. During negotiations with the original owners of the terminal [...] decline over the first 70 years of the 20th century.« To date, more than 2 billion barrels of crude oil have been processed at the terminal, along with almost 49 million barrels of propane gas. In addition, oil
about their rain-soaked country with its sodden economy. But I was indeed and the more I went about the country, and the more cups of coffee and sweet cakes I savored, the more I began to notice and appreciate [...] are starting more and more internationally interesting businesses. Local investors are lining up to take advantage of opportunities both within the Faroes and beyond, often linked with international and [...] of this, of course, when I first arrived with my wife some eleven years ago. Friends offered only that the archipelago was remote and gloriously peaceful with a pleasant, maritime climate, not too cold
quite without interest. Historically, together with six other North Atlantic islands and island groups, the Faroes were, in the Middle Ages, dependencies or tax lands of the Kingdom of Norway. However, while [...] the surface seem even more interesting than economics and technology. Edgar Allan Poe whose bicentenary many of us look forward to celebrate in January 2009 contributed, together with T.S. Eliot, to the creation [...] 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
