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 [...] stand a chance. Things like innovation and creativity are becoming essential in every area of business, and a nation like the Faroes has a distinct strength in this context. I think it’s crucial that we use [...] have actually combined in favour of the Faroese. In that sense bad weather has formed the surroundings, the skills and the very soul of the Faroese in a favourable way. If you turn it around this way – ‘bad

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 [...] 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 in the periphery of western society [...] 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 we do our best to meet this

proceeded to found Rome. A few odd centuries later in 1639, Jónas Bronck sailed westward across the Atlantic in his sturdy Fire of Troy and settled a bit of land in the new world that would later be known [...] Holland, not surprisingly, a book on how to build a windmill. Apparently for years it was the largest collection of books in America. Now Jónas knew the realities of living in a harsh environment and he [...] to adopt. A case in point involves that remarkable bit of technology known as digital terrestrial television (DTT). After analogue TV was shut down in the Faroes, a local company launched what is reputedly

having sheeps in the mountains. All though most youngsters live a life similar to other young people in the western world, it still comes with a touch and respect of nature, and when you feel the natures [...] power here in the North Atlantic, you don’t ask why. So what you might say is that the Faroese are born with the respect of nature and resources that world is asking for today. But this does not make the [...] Faroes has been a very remote society without much contact with the world. The Danish colonial rule did not much to help that situation. This has resulted in a distinct culture and language. But it also

this background it is possi­ble to make predictions of what you may find deep down, but one is always taking a risk, and you will not know if you find anything, before you actually hit it with the drill [...] to give a brief overview of what kind of entity our country is, and what kind of challenges and possibilities lie ahead. You may be aware that the Faroes as an autonomous country constitute a special territory [...] the EU, in many ways to engage in negotiations and deals, which we think will provide better opportunities in the future. - - - - Regarding a coming oil industry, it is immensely important that our government

Kosovo War in 1999. Over coffee one woman put it that, “We don’t like each other, but we all like Clinton.” Her statement was chilling as it came less than 24-hours after a bomb went off in a coffee shop [...] recite with a harsh American accent that makes him cringe. My biggest accom­plish­­ment so far has been with counting, and I can now tell Ben the price of something in Faroese so long as it is a number below [...] before catching a bumpy flight north. I do not know everything that awaits us in the Faroes, but I highly anticipate the natural beauty, a new family and comm­unity, and the wool. If you see me on the street

there? Oh, but it’s great that you’re doing it! Living the American Dream!” In the reality of what is the United States, I have not yet encountered this dream. And I doubt if I really believe in its existence [...] existence. It’s simply too intangible an idea. To me, though the country still does seem vast, it did not take long for it to become completely demystified. This is not a dream, but real life – and I can’t do [...] is no barrier to fitting in and utilizing what the country has to offer. It is made easy by the astonishing openness that the people has been conditioned into by their heritage as ’the great melting pot’

again WHAT HAVE WE DONE WRONG? AND HOW CAN WE MAKE UP FOR IT? You yourself have stressed that you will fight for a DEMOCRATIC system in the open society for JUSTICE and PEACE in the world With that in mind: [...] keep in mind She said: Now it is you Americans who have become the victims of a terrible crime and you must suffer horrors that we are so used to Now you can feel on your own skin how it is to be in our [...] different lines that we are used to see What I mean is, we are used to the old saying: an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. On the other hand I don't agree that if you have been hit on one chin then to

Icelandic a direct descendant of the language of the Vikings. In possession of a language, a history and a cultural identity, the Faroese were, in the twentieth century, in a position to develop a modern [...] Sweden to us in the Faroes is a cousin. And Swedish is, like the other branches of the Scandinavian language-tree, a sister-tongue. Older people in Tórshavn may remember that in July 1950 a Swedish ship [...] exist in Iran in the fifties in the last century. Who is to know what would have happened if the Western powers, instead of ruining it, had chosen to support and defend this beacon of democracy in a Shia

States and one of the principal drafters of the Declaration of 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" [...] develop new capacities to participate effectively in the new economy that is so revolutionizing the world today. President Clinton, you once stated that in the "new economy, information, education, and motivation [...] sea, we in the Faroes are 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