dominant power in International football and runners-up in the recent World Cup finals. Moreover Germany were playing in there own backyard with 35,000 supporters expecting them to provide a goal feast. And this [...] damage limitation they would have resorted to in previous years they had the confidence to attack and go for an equalizer. This was the same spirit shown when they pressed for a winning goal against Scotland [...] unanimous in acclaiming him as man of the match the following morning. So here we had the Landsli_ taking on the might of Germany in a game of open football and coming within a few millimeters of a draw. This

just a few hours. What does he want and what good does a visit by a retired president do us? Of course we are all very excited to hear what a man, who has had the ultimate responsibility for the world’s [...] to tell. And a man who has been sparring with Al Gore for eight years should be able to convey a message to us about what the future holds in store for mankind. This Danish dependency at 62 degrees in [...] 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 get the same opportunities in life.

CEO in the Faroes, what we can expect now third Faroe round is pending: -“It is too early to say yet, if we will participate in a third round. We are in the process of looking closer at the area. A decision [...] well in 2006. The other four licenses were awarded to us in the second round in 2005. We have so to speak complied with all of our commitments in these licenses. We have also extended the odd license awarded [...] the 3rd of November. As it stands it could go both ways”, says Mr Hansen. Q: What are your intentions in the Faroe area, according to existing agreements? A –“We are very active in Faroe territory. We are

some comfort in the fact that the UK Rosebank discovery operated by Chevron seems to be a success. This could mean a lot to the prospectivity on the Faroese side and it will in any case mean that an inf [...] Sosialurin you have in your hand has been prepared in co-operation with numerous Faroese companies that are participating in Offshore Europe 2007. In co-operation with companies that are active in the exploration [...] operating company, was a dry hole. The William Prospect with BP as operator is set to spod later this year. It will be interesting to see what the William well might uncover. In the meantime the Faroese

However it had become too dependent on oil and when in 1986, with no warning, the price plummeted from $30 to less than $10 in less than a month the city was rocked to it?s granite foundations. It was estimated [...] would be a disaster in the North Sea sooner or later. His words were 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 [...] again and in 1998 the average price for Brent crude slumped to under $13. Developments were once again put on hold and the century ended with a year in which the price was down to under $10 a barrel at

three wells have been drilled in the Faroese sector, and none was successful. Also, it has been made clear by the Faroese authorities that it was their intention to land Faroese oil in Faroe in an attempt [...] authorities in the UK can?t afford, like ? a network of welfare centres, which are effectively old folk homes, built in Shetland?s more remote areas to allow vulnerable people to stay in the community; ? a network [...] not big enough for a terminal in Faroe, then we are hopeful, that it should be viable to connect into Sullom Voe Oil Terminal.« However, he acknowledges that it is very early days yet to speculate on this

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 [...] Faroese do not have a long tradition for a travel industry as such, so we need to make people in the Faroes more aware of the fact that they can earn a living from tourism. SamVit has set out to improve this [...] which in turn acted as a catalyst for Irish tourism. One consequence of this reform was that people started opening their homes to foreign travellers and making a business out of it. This led to a great

was to benefit from a massive oil boom. To taste a flavour of the mood in the islands, look no further than the film Local Hero, a huge hit in Britain when it opened in cinemas across the country in 1983 [...] exactly what was needed in a community that had depended so long on fishing and farming.« »It was also an opportunity for so many Orcadians, who had been forced to leave to find work, to come back to the islands [...] wanted 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

Independence, once reflected in a letter written in 1803 to James Monroe that some men were born to serve the human race on a "broad scale". It is an immense pleasure to welcome to our distant shores these [...] endeavoring to enter into a variety of collaborations with ocean research centers from around the globe to create a world-class oceanographic center here in the Faroes. It is hoped that such a center will [...] our society and will come to be applied in new and interesting ways. Ultimately, this is our goal in striving to become one of the most progressive countries in the world – to be a catalyst for new thinking

føroyingar! It is a great pleasure and honor for me to be with you all here this evening to celebrate Faroese Flag Day. Thank you, Lord Provost, for your warm words of welcome to Edinburgh. It only adds to our [...] the occupation, a number equal to around a third of the entire Faroese population at the time, it goes without saying that many close bonds were forged, some a lot closer than others. It is estimated that [...] Shetlanders in the mid-nineteenth century how to develop a commercial fishing industry. Fisheries continue to be an important part of our relationship today as closest neighbors, with a shared stake in sustainability