role in Faroese society. The interest in music might be greater here than anywhere else in the world – this may be a result of the times we live in or the nature surrounding us, or it may be the inspiration [...] Whatever the reason, the inclination to make music here grows day by day. The music scene in the Faroes is very diverse, offering everything from metal bands to singer-songwriters, jazz, blues, country, folk [...] also offered the Faroese music industry to be inspired and to establish contacts with people in the industry through workshops and meetings. A similar project for the US market is in the pipeline. FIE

when the Faroese community in the UK has come of age. John Rajani the newly appointed as representative in Britain had invited Faroese people living in the UK as well as those with Faroese connections [...] A whole cross section of the Faroese community in the UK was represented. There were the war brides including Nicolena Prince whose story of coming to the UK was told in the book ?Karleikur undir krignum [...] times change and the focus of Faroese interests in the UK has moved south to London. The great days evoked in ?Tevatn og Breyð? of Faroese ships landing Ice Fish in Aberdeen are long gone. The connection provided

will be placed in the hands of the practiced professionals from the Foreign Office who will do everything to ensure that the visitor leaves with the best impressions of the host country. They will be wined [...] doorstep in the early 1990?s. Instead Britain is finally carrying out constitutional reform in a conscious attempt to adapt to its modern place in the world. New centres of poser have been created in Scotland [...] captivated by the beauty of the scenery and the special qualities of the people in the Same way as William Morris, John Buchan and John Betheman and many of their compatriots have been over the years. These

one of the leading banks in the country, I wish to welcome you to the Faroe Islands. Your visit transcends mental barriers. It shows the surrounding world and ourselves that the Faroe Islands and the Faroese [...] Tinganes in Tórshavn and the White House in Washington is immense. Thousands of kilometers divide the United States from the Faroe Islands. But this did not deter the Norse a thousand years ago. In fragile [...] Bill Clinton writes in his memoir that despite having been the President of the world’s most powerful country for 8 years he nevertheless always felt like a servant. The Presidency was merely a loan and

world, the people of our small country in the North Atlantic Ocean have been touched and inspired by your unique achievements. At great personal cost, you battled for justice when the odds seemed impossible [...] behalf of the Government and People of the Faroe Islands, I would like to send our warmest and most heartfelt congratulations to you on the occasion of your 90th Birthday. As in so many other places in the world [...] is a truly a blessing for the world. And we are further inspired by your continuing commitment to improving the lot of deprived children and HIV/Aids victims. Wishing you the happiest of Birthdays and

Shia Muslim country in the Middle East? So, in addition to honesty, humility and the revival of the principles of true humanity, the world seems to be in need of the wisdom of professional statesmen. Quoting [...] island groups, the Faroes were, in the Middle Ages, dependencies or tax lands of the Kingdom of Norway. However, while Shetland and the Orkneys fell under the harsh dominion of the Scots, the Faroes eventually [...] of the Nordic House, which opened here in 1983. But our cultural connection to Sweden is older, being rooted in the pan-Scandinavian outlook of the second half of the nineteenth century. We sing the songs

Beach syngur Young: »The world is turning, I hope I don?t turn away/All my pictures are falling from the wall where I placed them yesterday/The world is turning, I hope I don?t turn away« Neil Young heldur [...] til okkum øll: »You?re all just pissing in the wind/You don?t know it, but you are/And there ain´t nothing like a friend/Who can tell you you?re just pissing in the wind« (Kelda: Uncut) [...] Young: »I guess I?ll call it sickness gone/it?s hard to say the meaning of this song/An ambulance can only go so fast/It?s easy to ger buried in the past/When you try to make a good thing last« Og hví ikki

Beach syngur Young: ?The world is turning, I hope I don?t turn away/All my pictures are falling from the wall where I placed them yesterday/The world is turning, I hope I don?t turn away? Neil Young heldur [...] til okkum øll: ?You?re all just pissing in the wind/You don?t know it, but you are/And there ain´t nothing like a friend/Who can tell you you?re just pissing in the wind (Kelda: Uncut) [...] Young: ?I guess I?ll call it sickness gone/it?s hard to say the meaning of this song/An ambulance can only go so fast/It?s easy to ger buried in the past/When you try to make a good thing last? Og hví ikki

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 because [...] born with the respect of nature and resources that world is asking for today. But this does not make the Faroes a perfect society, yet. Oldest parliament in the World The social contract in the Faroes is [...] Danish rule. However the Faroes have also acted very independently and it seems like the Faroese have the oldest parliament in the world. In ancient times it has been situated in the older part of Tórshavn

here in the Faroes we are waiting in suspense for the result of a future American presidential election. In is of course exciting in its own right if a woman was to become the very first President in the [...] countries have realised that the right man for the job is quite often a woman! Dear Mr Clinton, the country you are visiting today will most likely become the next new country on the world map. Without doubt leading [...] small group have the opportunity to hear them in the Nordic House. Personally, I »met« Mr Clinton on the 2nd of November 1999, at a Remembrance Day in Oslo – the fourth anniversary for the killing of Mr Yitzhak