modest farmhouse, Danny, now 75, added: »You'll notice that I'm still farming.« »I would have been extremely wealthy today if we didn't have a Labour Government - which meant high taxes - at the time.« »I [...] directing Local Hero,« he said. »There are so many parallels between what happens in the film and what actually occurred on Flotta and the sense of humour that comes across is very Orcadian.« [...] to give Orkney a gift - and what better than a piano. Today, as the islands prepare to look back on 25 years of living with the oil industry, that Steinway grand piano is still being played. It?s not known

of course, have to have effective strategies. This is a very small country and our budgets are equally small – so we must know how to get attention in a way that is not too costly. We have to rely heavily [...] 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 [...] landscapes. So why not make that the attraction. I think we have been promoting the wrong image of our country. No doubt about it, this is a beautiful country, and most of the people who come here know it. But

leader. We may have been wrong as we cast our votes, but we were not that wrong. In these circum­stances Ben only has to explain where the Faroes are located; I have to try and explain my country’s entire foreign [...] 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 enjoyed the cool white houses and bright blue waters of the isles, but we were [...] a number below 20. Bush in Greece After a few days of beaches and big meals we grew restless, and have since spent the last two weeks of travel staying with anyone who will take us in. Staying with locals

Aberdeen and the North-east of Scotland have reaped huge benefits from the oil and gas industry but there have been downsides. House prices have escalated, as have retail prices. Unemployment is the lowest [...] less dramatic, has arrived, the promises have been kept and great care has been taken this time to try to avoid any more boom to burst scenarios. Companies have expanded their horizons and diversified so [...] prophetic and it was he who was called to douse the flames on what was left of Occidental?s Piper Alpha platform. It was a tragedy which was to have a world wide impact on safety. Even before Lord Cullen issued

if that ever happens. However, it is far too early to know what the real potential is, though figures like 1 billion barrels of crude have been bandied about ? manna to the Faroese business community [...] side-tracked. Again, it fell to Elttur to break the apparently disappointing news. ?Once again we have to state that the drilling operation did not yield the expected result. The Svinoy exploration well [...] the find is commercial. Challenging tasks lie ahead for all license holders on the Faroe Shelf ...? What the Marjun find achieved more than anything else was to remove all doubt about the existence of a

ur in the North, and right across the same fjord the longest landing quay in the country was recently finished. We have several industrial areas in the municipality and more are underway. Expansions are [...] States of America, accompanied by one of the most important UN officials in history. Though our country may be small and our number of inhabitants low, Tórshavn is a modern city offering all the facilities [...] well over 1000 years ago. Today this assembly, called Løgtingið, is the Faroese Parliament and it still meets in Tórshavn. I am proud to say that it is considered the world’s oldest parliament. Tórshavn

looking forward to meeting them and listening to what they have to say. It is a great honour for us that they have set the time aside to stop in our country. We wish to receive them as the true dignitaries [...] in Iraq may have been avoided, which it has to be said is a large sorrowful event. As Mr Clinton and Mr Blix have been invited to the Faroes to talk, there can be no doubt that they will have very many [...] these two gentlemen have agreed to visit and I sincerely want to thank all those involved in making this exceptional visit possible. These are two huge names, which we over the years have become acquainted