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 in particular struck a chord with [...] fallen steadily from 30,000 in 1901 to just 17,000 in 1971. »One of the most important benefits of the oil era, and one often overlooked, is the way it restored confidence in the people of Orkney,« he said [...] One thing is for certain, though. The locals of Flotta did not get rich in the way they - and their film counterparts - had hoped. In Local Hero, villagers relish swapping their homes for oil dollars and
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 a week of marriage, we left my home in rural [...] 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 [...] that awaits us in the Faroes, but I highly anticipate the natural beauty, a new family and community, and the wool. If you see me on the street over the next year shout out a greeting: We can count to 20
told them ?Sell the 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 [...] industry can bring with the retention of the islanders? core values and the very special atmosphere of the islands. The first gas was discovered in the North Sea by BP in their West Sole Field in 1965 and [...] 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 which, although
Sosialurin you have in your hand has been prepared in co-operation with numerous Faroese companies that are participating in Offshore Europe 2007. In co-operation with companies that are active in the exploration [...] information in the Faroes. Our focus has primarily been on the Atlantic Margin. In the course of covering developments, we have been present at most of the ONS and Offshore Europe exhibitions in Stavanger [...] this year. It will be interesting to see what the William well might uncover. In the meantime the Faroese can take some comfort in the fact that the UK Rosebank discovery operated by Chevron seems to be a
og Umbrellas In The Rain, ið á onkran hátt tykjast heldur anonym í mun til hini løgini á fløguni. Tey liggja eisini millum tvey sera sterk løg Great Balls Of Fire og veitslukenda Boy, She Can Sing. Men í [...] eisini spentur, at hoyra hvat svenski framleiðarin Martin Terefe hevði fingið burtur úr løgunum. Europe sangarin Joey Tempest, tosaði sera jaliga um Terefe, tá eg tosaði við hann í sambandi við G!Festivalin [...] løtulýsingar av upplivingum hjá einsamøllum fólki. Her eru løg sum I Run The Carousel, Thief About To Break In, Hitchhiker og Waiting For Mars To Come Out, sum øll eru í serflokki. Sera ymisk løg, har tónleikurin
likely the oldest parliament in Europe, and therefore we believe the Faroe Islands to be the correct location for historical agreements to be negotiated.? ?I kindly requst you to convey this greeting and [...] is a special day for all of us, that you as a representative for the world’s largest democracy is visiting one of the world’s smallest democracies. History is in the making and hopefully a bridge is being [...] place for such negotiations can be difficult to find. I will allow myself to offer the potential of the Faroe Islands as a secure place for any such future summit meetings in the future.? ?History conveys
