disparate from my own. It is this diversity which has been my greatest teacher: By living, working, and laughing with humans that are different from me, I have learned that my way of doing things is not always [...] girl asked me if I didn’t think it was to far away to go. I had told her with great confidence that it was only a plane ticket away. That is not true. America is much further away than that. To come here [...] best way. Diversity is hard, but I it is crucial for growth. I am still Faroese, and I will always stick to Faroese values. But now I understand that even we can learn something from the global community:

the world. If we look at violence, the picture is the same. Natural balance Faroes is one of the very few modern places still in touch with nature. It is still an integrated part of nature to go fishing [...] The Faroes has herself never been to war. From remote to central The Faroes have always paid the price of being “The Far Away Islands”. But this remoteness is no longer an obstacle. Modern technology makes [...] and it is evolving. You might say that the change from remote to finally having opportunities like the rest of the world has demanded and created a fast and willing capacity building. The Faroes is now a

to talk politics. “It is clear to us, based on Iraq, that President Bush is mentally handicapped,” they told us earnestly as we visited and watched the sun set over the city. It is not a bad point, but [...] quickly that being American is not as valuable on this side of the Atlantic. The next phase of our trip was to visit several of the world-famous Greek Isles. We have few friends from the United States who have [...] Free from a daily schedule for the first time in months, Ben began to teach me essential Faro­ese. Unfortunately, as he spent most of his youth living in the Phi­lippines his spoken Faro­ese is not so

get when talking to people at home about studying in the U.S. is something like this: “I don’t think I could live there, it’s just too far away, and isn’t the crime rate pretty high over there? Oh, but [...] become completely demystified. This is not a dream, but real life – and I can’t do anything but love it. Rather than being intimidating, the size of the country is what makes it so full of opportunities [...] shape life as he or she pleases. And coming in as an outsider is no barrier to fitting in and utilizing what the country has to offer. It is made easy by the astonishing openness that the people has been

the economic sphere whilst growing demands from citizens and the labour market create outcomes of apt and flexible welfare services of high standards. This is why Føroya Landsstýri - the Faroese Government [...] of industry, research, innovation and globalisation, the very foundation is the development of the Faroese welfare society. This is why we for the first time with Vision 2015 have made strategic comprehensive [...] generates innovation, cooperation and growth. From a liberalistic market philosophy these two dimensions may seem antagonistic to one another. Yet, this is exactly what our welfare project attempts – namely

This, of course, is how we like to see ourselves and how we should like, hopefully, to introduce ourselves to two illustrious guests, from Sweden and the United States. Hanus Kamban is a Faroese short-story [...] should like other nations to learn from our experience with regard to this crucial area: This is the faith from which we start: Men shall know commonwealth again From bitter searching of the heart. To play [...] indeed. The spectacle of leaders from some countries in the Northern hemisphere rushing to grab as much as they can from the polar ice-cream, or what lies beneath it, is hardly edifying. In this situation

into my hand "Hi, what is your name?" I give him a smile and toss my hair "Mike! can I ask the same?" "´x´ is my name, how do you do?" Smiles and sends me his eyes. One hand is his, the other one pulled [...] pulled "Fine, but I gotta fly." His face fades from my mind In and out this night. When all is closed and people crowd The stranger is no where in sight. Oh well, I guess that´s that What more can I demand [...] be my friend. An infatuation is growing inside But it will probably end. We write together, laughs and jokes Yes I know, Cliché. But that´s how it always starts That´s how it started this day. Me and the

gathered on a mountain top. Far, far away. There were mixed feelings inside of them. What will he do? (...) The faith is born from what is heard. How can they hear if no one is there to tell them? Go to [...] gott trekk at byrja við hesum lagnum, tí tað slær til og dregur hugan beinanvegin. Seinna lagið »God is there« byrjar rátt við distortion á rútmusektiónini og røddini. Skiftir síðani yvir í reinan klang

which is worth reciting once again. It has been confirmed, that an active hydrocarbon producing system is present in the Faroe subsoil. Although this is an important confirmation, oil exploration is a far [...] payment, which is a fee the license holders have to pay for the licensed area, increases as the years pass. This is also an incentive for the companies not to drag their feet with this work. It is also very [...] administration be on par with the workload, so it can ensure the work is conducted in a sensible manner – both from a public viewpoint and from the viewpoint of the license holders. We must continually remind

essentially non-human persons. And that is why it is my sincere conviction that the killing of a whale, the killing of a dolphin, the killing of a pilot whale is – the moral equivalent of murder! These [...] really knows for sure how many there really are. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) states that the species is data deficient. In other words, no one knows just how many long-finned pilot [...] products from these industrial nations, and therefore, share in the responsibility for the high mercury and other heavy metal pollutants in the sea. The reality is that our oceans are dying from overfishing