Products in the World The waters around the Faroe Islands are said to be the cleanest in the world. The perfect mix of the warm Gulf Stream from the south and the Arctic waters from the north produce a paradise [...] 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, and [...] colours of the rainbow, where people live together in peace, feeling content and safe. The crime rate here is among the lowest in the world, the average life expectancy is among the highest in the world, and
Elin Heinesen, as managing director of the organisation. Unspoiled Territory to Explore What advantages do the Faroe Islands have as a travel destination? The fact that our country is a small archipelago [...] Mustn’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bath Water So in a way, the Faroes sell themselves as a tourist destination, but since we have not really developed a real tourism industry yet, it is essential that [...] Opening up the Faroe Islands as a tourist destination is one of our goals, because the tourist industry can lead to so much more and create grounds for other industries as well. A New Course for the Tourism
ummæli, har m.a verður sagt: It’s not often you come across a record as packed with sideways punches as “Confessions,” the wonderfully unpredictable song cycle by composer Nico Muhly and the Faroese si [...] lly by his first name only). The texts are mundane stretches of prose gleaned from the Internet — musings, private anecdotes and so on — and nearly every song begins in a bone-dry expository mode. Les [...] com/album/confessions-mw0002971025 The Line of Best Fit 8/10 Les meira: https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/nico-muhly-teiturs-confessions-is-chamber-music-for-the-2016-everyman < https://www.t
The main theme tonight is of course the Faroe Islands, and indeed the whole area between the Faroes and Shetland, as an area for oil and gas exploration. As a Minister for Research, I find it tremendously [...] where the standard of living is among the medium-high range compared to Western Europe as a whole. Astonishingly as it may sound, and very pleasing for me as Minister for Research and Education, the Faroese [...] activities. As a fisheries dependent country, we have an urgent need to diversify the economy. We have seen the economy grow and diversify for more than a decade now, since the recovery from the recession
wages. The objective of the FAS arrangement is that the shipping companies get refunded a part of the wages paid to their employees. The objective of the special rules for taxation on crew?s wages is that [...] order to be covered by FAS it is also necessary that the ship owner in question is a resident in the Faroe Islands. If the ship owner is a company it has to be registered in the Faroe Islands and its real [...] case it is only the part of 500,000 DKK or less that is reduced. The taxable income assessed like this is taxed in accordance with the ordinary tax rates. The same applies to limited tax liability as explained
knowledge and the exchange of knowledge. That is at any rate the view held by the Danish company DONG, which, as a member of The Faroes Partnership, is participating in the drilling of the third exploratory [...] reason for the savings is that the drilling team has been able to optimise the drilling work as the programme has proceeded »When one drills so many wells, one acquires a thorough knowledge of the subsoil [...] develop human resources both on the Faroe Islands and at DONG. »One of the main aims of our activities is to support the development of competence within the oil industry on the Faroe Islands,« says Jan Terje
knowledge and the exchange of knowledge. That is at any rate the view held by the Danish company DONG, which, as a member of The Faroes Partnership, is participating in the drilling of the third exploratory [...] reason for the savings is that the drilling team has been able to optimise the drilling work as the programme has proceeded »When one drills so many wells, one acquires a thorough knowledge of the subsoil [...] develop human resources both on the Faroe Islands and at DONG. »One of the main aims of our activities is to support the development of competence within the oil industry on the Faroe Islands,« says Jan Terje
never regained the same volume as earlier. Today the trade between USA and Faroes is on a very small scale which I feel is not satisfactory. Still the US fish market is attractive and offers good opportunites [...] with. Both the faroese fish industry and the faroese society benefited immensely by the american market. When the faroese fish industry collapsed in the sad 90ies the export to USA came to a halt and never [...] In the early 1970 the Faroese fish industry started to export frozen fish to USA. This export was a co-operation with the Icelandic company Cold Water which had established themselves in USA and very
If so, did you notice that the music sounded »duller« than it would if you had been in the same room as where it was being played? In fact, the reason the music sounded dull is not just because your tastes [...] turn means that the airguns have to be both deeper in the water, and four or five times the normal size used for exploration. As a result, the equipment required for this type of survey is far from standard [...] than the higher pitched notes (»high frequencies«) that usually carry the tune. As a result, the high notes are relatively weak, and music coming from another house or room typically sounds like a deep
by setting your mind to it, and at the same time it is an opportunity to shed light on what we as a small society have to offer the world. ??At Eik Banki, we are in a process of spreding our activites abroad [...] es. It is a process of strategic riskspreading, but also an opportunity to cross borders, exchange ideas and extend boundaries. A visit from a former great president of the United States and a former UN [...] company anywhere in the world, bank or otherwise, which is why we did not hesitate to grant our support to the organisers of the visit. At Eik Banki we believe, that this visit is an excellent opportunity