foreign workers arrive here eager to start work, eager to meet new people and to experience a new culture. Just as when we travel abroad, just as when we let our children go to other countries to work, educate [...] people from around the world in the supermarket, on the streets, etc. It gives me a feeling that even though I live in the Faroe Islands we are a part of the globalized world. In conclusion, I would like to [...] page ads in English with the sarcastic subject "Welcome, foreign workers" is completely incorrectly addressed. It has been addressed directly to the foreigners, who have received a job offer in the Faroe

died in a traffic accident. A setback of a magnitude hard to grasp on our latitudes where the social safety net is supposed to catch everyone and ensure that we all get the same opportunities in life. [...] moved to Oxford, then Yale. This paints him as a rather atypical young man with ambitions in a country where a military career often is a gateway into the halls of political power. He was determined to rule [...] age of flower power and might have given in to the times once or twice, smoked a joint and perhaps participated in a protest march, you are capable of governing a world power responsibly. Furthermore, nobody

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

will start life together in Klaksvik. After a week of marriage, 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 [...] recite with a harsh American accent that makes him cringe. My biggest accom­plish­­ment so far has been with counting, and I can now tell Ben the price of something in Faroese so long as it is a number below [...] 20. Bush in Greece After a few days of beaches and big meals we grew restless, and have since spent the last two weeks of travel staying with anyone who will take us in. Staying with locals is a great o

the Faroes a perfect 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 [...] changes can get answers. In May the worlds leading experts in the field fetal programming and developmental toxicity met in the Faroes for the first international conference on the subject. It was in the Faroes [...] nature to go fishing and having sheeps in the mountains. All though most youngsters live a life similar to other young people in the western world, it still comes with a touch and respect of nature, and when

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

countries like the Faroe Islands can now become the focus of attention and therefore – in a way – become a new centre. A New Frontier There are still new frontiers to be discovered in the world – and the Faroe [...] burning question is: What role can a little nation like the Faroe Islands play in a globalised world? In my view information, communication and technology are creating a new reality. It’s the ‘levelled playing [...] 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

will be of great importance for a potential future oil industry to flourish. There is a lot of excitement in the air this autumn with the drilling of the William well in October and the third licensing [...] es in this new industry in the Faroes. The aim is to increase the Faroese companies’ com­petences, and to develop and improve their skills. The Faroese Oil Industries Association was established in April [...] with the oil-operators in Faroese territory – has developed a standard contract for minor onshore business. The forerunner of Faroese Oil Industry Associa­tion – an oil work group in Faroese Employers’ A

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

who also have a share in Supply Service, and through them we have access to a large amount of knowledge in this field, and this is a great advantage. If we are to establish ourselves in an oil industry [...] which come in addition to the international demands. – They have for example a special duty on NOX. This means that a maximum has been set for how much detrimental waste can come from a vessel. In practical [...] terms, this means that a badly polluting vessel must pay so much in duties, that it is not competitive, thereby excluding itself from working in a Norwegian oil industry. He says that in Norway this duty is