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 what is the only empire of [...] Islands. He will be paid a few dollars for it, well then, but considering his laden wallet that petty change is probably not why he is visiting. He has a story to tell. And a man who has been sparring [...] Three months before he was born, his father 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

able to preserve our language, which is, incidentally, like Icelandic a direct descendant of the language of the Vikings. In possession of a language, a history and a cultural identity, the Faroese were [...] invisibility shall, for a couple of hours, be suspended. Swedish generosity Sweden to us in the Faroes is a cousin. And Swedish is, like the other branches of the Scandinavian language-tree, a sister-tongue. Older [...] 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

mind She said: Now it is you Americans who have become the victims of a terrible crime and you must suffer horrors that we are so used to Now you can feel on your own skin how it is to be in our stead (shoes) [...] - declare a clear YES HARDLY and, is it necessary to give examples? HARDLY. Dear George W. Bush. If you as a true President, could announce to the ILL-DOERS: Listen to me all of you I have a PROPOSITION [...] think along quite different lines that we are used to see What I mean is, we are used to the old saying: an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. On the other hand I don't agree that if you have been hit

Nelson Mandela; a man who he greatly admires and counts as a personal friend. The text of the invitation is set out below: Dear Nelson Mandela On two previous occasions I have sent you a written invitation [...] Faroe Islands is because of our strong belief that it would be an ideal location for you to conduct your deliberations. Our country offers a secluded stress-free environment enhanced by a closeness to nature [...] Another invitation was delivered, together with a Present, by the Danish Embassy in Pretoria on the occasion of Nelson Mandela’s 85th Birthday in 2003. Sosialurin is taking the opportunity of Bill Clinton’s visit

urge Mr. Bill Clinton to bring back a message to Mrs. Clinton, who is running for President of the United States. A strong message that there is a need for change – a need for universal values and respect [...] innocent lives and is applied unfairly, why retain it?  Amnesty International believes that the world is moving towards being execution-free. The question is when this will be achieved and how many people will [...] the world still disagree about whether it is legitimate to take the lives of those who have themselves taken life. To Amnesty International, the death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading

following: The level of economic activity is high, with a record low unem­ployment rate now at 1.4 %. We have somehow managed to create a viable economy, even though it is very tiny and very remote from most [...] Home Rule, is a basic condition for the positive deve­lop­ment of our society. That is also why we are still expand­ing our degree of political independence. We are convinced that no one is better situated [...] pollution and ac­cidents, which of course is a serious matter, and luckily a matt­er that we know that also the oil industry itself takes very seriously. Second, there is the whole issue of fossil fuels and

organizer of the conference, Mr. Pál Weihe is Faroese and his study are based here. As the Faroes are a homogeneous, isolated population with a lot of data going many years back in time, it might become very [...] contract in the Faroes is strong, there is a strong culture and pride in having remained the Faroese language in spite of being at very small population. But it has also been a struggle to do so. The Faroes [...] power from the sea. The idea is to use the power waves give when they reach the shore, a process the company Sewave is working hard on being the world leader in. If it turns out a success, the Faroes will

Holland, not surprisingly, a book on how to build a windmill. Apparently for years it was the largest collection of books in America. Now Jónas knew the realities of living in a harsh environment and he [...] sea, they have managed to produce a most remarkable society and at the very heart of that society is a streak of practicality that the world would do well to adopt. A case in point involves that remarkable [...] not, it was a very practical solution to a very intractable situation. The Faroes is now faced with another intractable situation: accelerating globalization and the critical need to fashion a profitable

n, just a highway, a couple of fast-food restaurants, and miles upon miles of fields: I had landed in Hicks­ville, I just wasn’t aware of it. On the way to school, we stopped at a Wal-Mart, a gigantic [...] anywhere else. The school is excellent and the knowledge I have gained there is monumental. But my schooling has not only happened in the classroom. Before I left for America, a girl asked me if I didn’t [...] 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 was like going to another planet where

resources within the people is utilised. That a Government of men only and a Parliament consisting almost entirely of men is sending a signal to the rest of the world of a one-eyed parliament instead of [...] in environmental issues, which is the world’s greatest threat today – possibly even more so than acts of terror. A Clinton is definitely better than a Bush, if the USA is to join in the small club of countries [...] Please do us a favour: Whisper into the ears of our politicians and business leaders alike, that a precondition for a country – large or small – to cope being a nation in the world today is that the full