visitors go on a boat trip into one of the deep caves under the islands. Once inside, the music starts, and the natural sounds and unique acoustics of the caves are used as integral parts of the music. But [...] integral part of their marketing strategy and show the world what they have to offer. At the moment, a wealth of information is out there in the middle of nowhere, but it should be in the middle of everything [...] 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 in the middle of the big ocean

strongly believes in the possibilities on the Norwegian continental shelf, but can at the same time see clouds in the horizon. – There are a lot of exciting areas, but at the same time the costs are increasing [...] conditions in the Atlantic margin, Faroe Petroleum has a lot to offer as a license partner. After only two years on the Norwegian Continental shelf the company has already managed to become a respected player [...] director of the Norwegian subsidiary company of Faroe Petroleum,. Since we started in 1998 the company has established an impressive portfolio with shares in 48 licences on the Faroes, UK and Norway. The Norwegian

time to gather the flocks, as the autumn hills are walked. In many places, this is a very special time of the year when families, neighbours, and friends come together. There is much talk about sheep, weights [...] crucial for the islands’ main export: salted cod. By then, the immense importance and total dominance of sheep and wool in the agricultural society had slowly come to an end, and the richness of the sea had [...] delightful, especcially when up in the hills, to hear people naming and identifying the sheep. In the "Sheepbook", by Robert Joensen, there are around 250 names for the colours of sheep.##med4## ##med5## ##med6##

Airport and the Port of Runavik. To many of the companies, Offshore Europe is among the most important events of the year, and a great opportunity for them to showcase their services. Many of them have [...] flourish. There is a lot of excitement in the air this autumn with the drilling of the William well in October and the third licensing round being prepared, and probably announced later this year. ”We [...] their products and services. The directory is easy to use with a practical on-line search function on companies, their products and services. About Faroese Oil Industries Ass. The Faroese Oil Industry Association

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 get-everything-you-can-dream-of kind of store to pick up a comforter, [...] caught a virus, in 30 degrees Celsius, wearing three shirts to many, I did not have the sweet feeling of adventure I had expected. However, I was happy to be done traveling for now. In the car on the way [...] way to the school, I looked out the windows. Nothing was as I had envisioned, no high buildings, no blazing and beautiful metropolitan, just a highway, a couple of fast-food restaurants, and miles upon miles

Jeremy Cresswell There can no longer be any doubt about the success of this year?s pioneering offshore drilling campaign, thanks to the determination of Amerada Hess and other members of the Faroes Consortium [...] hence the note of disappointment in Elttur?s announcements about the BP and Statoil wells. But an immense amount of valuable information was obtained from both ? the kind of data that could make a real [...] with the Amerada Hess news. Subject to a wholesale collapse in the price of oil this winter, it looks as if FK can look forward to a favourable reception when its shares begin trading ahead of the second

this day. Me and the girls were at a party We all were having a blast Then suddenly a stranger arrives Hey, it´s ´x´ from the past. He looks my way, smiles and nods Then walks out the door. I lift my brow [...] thinking of you They asked, why do you stare". "The following day I had to check To see if you were on MySpace. I found your name, a picture I saw It was your beautiful face". "The night at the party, when [...] then this will be A secret for us through life. The girl I have, in time will be My future partner, my wife." "Never" I said, "I´m out and about You should do the same. Never put a mask on your face Never

smaller. Accordingly, a relatively small scale of activity has had a large relative effect on Newfoundland. In the Faroes, with less than one-tenth of the population of Newfoundland (about 47,000, compared [...] compare the effects on Norway and Newfoundland. In Norway, the contribution of the petroleum industry to the national gross domestic product (GDP), after decades of activity, recently peaked at about 25%. [...] addition of a new, petroleum, industry to the Newfoundland economy. Rather, there has been a transformation of an increasing part of the Newfoundland business sector to global competitiveness. These companies

to spend. On the island of Samos, within sight of the Turkish coast, we stayed with a lovely pair of English teachers who treated us to the only bed in the apartment and an eagerness to talk politics. [...] together in Klaksvik. After a week of marriage, we left my home in rural America, a place of big highways, big sky and a big family, to travel across the Balkans, a land of young coun­tries, local cheese [...] through the European Union queue. Lacking a purple passport, I realized 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

on of the Sullom Voe Oil Terminal much beyond what we have originally envisaged. It is the first piece of fixed infrastructure going out west. There is a lot of exploration going on to the West of Shetland [...] voiced as regards to the impact the advent of the oil industry would have on the islands? pristine environment, the traditional economy, and the specific Shetland way of life, namely the islands? unique identity [...] all, the oil multies wanted something from the island community ? namely a landfall for oil from the huge fields in the East Shetland Basin ? rather than the islanders longing for the influx of a completely