years old, married to Jóannes and we have five children. I am a nurse and I work in an elderly home here in the capital. I want to be your voice in the Town Council. Birita Baldvinsdóttir Iversen, Candidate [...] rest of the country, when it comes to how we help newcomers to be integrated in a good way in our country. Of course it is a matter for the Council to give newcomers the best service. We must have employees [...] from other countries that newcomers often have a difficult start. Eventhough many things are different, we must in good relations find a gentle way of a good integration. And I think, that the Town Council

value, new career opportunities for many and a completely different playing field in the cheese industry. Based in world heritage site, lies a cheese company that from their own hard efforts can live their [...] Fredriksdals Kirsebærvin, Denmark The winner is a producer who organically makes a product which is sought after in the most prestigious restaurants in Europe. Trying new innovative ways to maximise the harvest [...] Sweden With a high market potential this entrepreneur is using raw tenacity to make a naturally sweet beverage in a harsh climate that nobody believed would succeed. The cold winter season, hard work and terroir

There was a great buzz about the place back in 1978. When I arrived first there was a lot of construction work going on; such as earth moving, civil construction work, laying the foundations for a lot of [...] where you can often be on a bus or a plane and you do not know anybody. ?We have also become a much more outgoing community and I think for the better of it. People have been actually come to live in Shetland [...] created a prosperous society that enjoys one of the highest standards of living anywhere in Britain. A unique partnership between the industry and the local authority has secured the islands a steady stream

ended with a year in which the price was down to under $10 a barrel at the beginning at up to more than $26 by the end but hopes were high that the new Millennium would bring new prosperity. A step towards [...] house if you can, I?m off.? Rear window stickers appeared in cars all over the city pleading with the Almighty for a second oil boom and promising, in less than reverend terms, not to waste a second opportunity [...] industry workers choose to make their homes in the Faroe Islands and push up the prices in the same way as happened in Aberdeen forcing them beyond the reach of most of those not involved in the industry

mass tourism. So ecotourism will be, and already is, a priority for Faroese tourism in the future. All in all – we can expect a great increase in the number of tourists over the next few years, so we must [...] visitors. The Faroese do not have a long tradition for a travel industry as such, so we need to make people in the Faroes more aware of the fact that they can earn a living from tourism. SamVit has set [...] Plays a Vital Role In order to achieve our goals, Internet marketing should play a vital role. People are no longer so dependent upon travel agencies to plan their trip; this can now be done in your own

are quite optimistic in their views that oil will be extracted from the Faroese CS. They are preparing themselves for a possible oil industry in the Faroes. Atlantic Supply Base in Runavik has been an active [...] active participant in the exploration drilling that have been made in the Faroes since 2001, i.e. 5 wells. ASB was founded in 1999. Now, new challenges are ahead of us. The Statoil explorations well “Brugdan” [...] says Eli Lassen. It is very important to be able to offer good conditions when a rig owner sends a rig for repair in a short/long period of time. The Oil Companies want sheltered water, and there is no

months. If we see hydrocarbon production on the Faroe Shelf in the future, the local industry will also face a new challenge with a marked increase in activity. According to the Faroese hydrocarbon act, all [...] invited back this year. Last year we were on the brink of a new industry in the Faroese context. Today we have three exploration wells behind us and a lot of experience which I am looking forward to hearing [...] conference. We have established that our subsoil holds hydrocarbon accumulations in significant volumes and that poses a new challenge for the authorities, the oil companies and the local industry. The large

benefit from a massive oil boom. To taste a flavour of the mood in the islands, look no further than the film Local Hero, a huge hit in Britain when it opened in cinemas across the country in 1983. One scene [...] many economic and social projects and continue to do so. A new cheese factory is about to open and work will soon begin on a modern new library in the Orkney capital, Kirkwall. Funding for both has come [...] and serves as a powerful symbol of the impact oil has had on the Orkney Islands. A huge orange flame has blazed above the Flotta Oil terminal for almost a quarter of a century now. It can be seen on clear

frameworks in order to reach a main objective: to ensure an excellent society for all citizens. Dual Strategies for Welfare The vision of welfare originates in a political ambition and it aims for a social [...] require daily assistance on residential homes. The legal framework in regards to welfare of the elderly will be carried out in a new law that ensures the elderly citizens’ rights and options. The Welfare [...] and economic spheres come together 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

authorities in the UK can?t afford, like ? a network of welfare centres, which are effectively old folk homes, built in Shetland?s more remote areas to allow vulnerable people to stay in the community; ? a network [...] He sees a good chance that some of the oil may come Shetland?s way, particularly if a »critical mass of discoveries« can not been made to justify the construction of a similar oil terminal in Faroe. »If [...] island community ? namely a landfall for oil from the huge fields in the East Shetland Basin ? rather than the islanders longing for the influx of a completely new world. In fact, considerable concern