practical way. This being the case, it comes as no surprise that other Ameri­cans have picked up on the remarka­ble potential for tremen­dous economic and social development possessed by this uni­que microcosm [...] the Faroes evince a most remarkable spirit of forbearance and determination. I did not know any of this, of course, when I first arrived with my wife some eleven years ago. Friends offered only that the [...] followed success. Their profitable endeavor came as no surprise to me. The Faroese have been pulling off this sort of thing for centuries. Take Jónas Bronck, for example. Born in Copenhagen, the son of a Danish

night. When I went to pay, the cashier started to talk to me, asking how I was doing. I had never seen this person before and stammered something about how I was tired, to which she replied that I should try [...] really worked for her son, who was a truck driver. I was astonished, but Wal-Mart wasn’t the only place this happened. Everywhere I went, random people I had never seen before spoke to me about the weather, [...] aliens looked human, but their behavior and way of thinking was completely disparate from my own. It is this diversity which has been my greatest teacher: By living, working, and laughing with humans that are

use this knowlegde as development aid. The Faroes also has experiences of being a non-sovereign political entity. We see a lot of places around the world today with similar problems, and thus this knowledge [...] The interesting question then would be, what has the Faroes to give them? What could they gain from this visit and insight into Faroese history, current society and political situation? First of all, the [...] the Faroese are 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 early 1970 the Faroese fish industry started to export frozen fish to USA. This export was a co-operation with the Icelandic company Cold Water which had established themselves in USA and very [...] s. We have high hopes for a Faroese oil industry and no doubt we will see more to US companies in this field in the coming years. Of course Faroes is a small market with an annual import value of USD 1

. As a Minister for Research, I find it tremendously intriguing to think about oil exploration in this area, also known as the Atlantic Margin, as an activity quite similar to searching for the famous [...] descriptions of the different layers of rock and sediments thousands of metres below the surface. On this background it is possi­ble to make predictions of what you may find deep down, but one is always taking [...] together with Shetland situated in the area, which is known in oil circles as the Atlantic Margin. This very oceanic location has for natural reasons meant that we have been, and still are heavily dependent

execution-free. The question is when this will be achieved and how many people will have to die before then?  Amnesty International Faroe Islands Section would like to take this great opportunity to urge Mr. [...] past decade more than three countries a year have abolished the death penalty for all crimes. Despite this trend some nations continue to execute their citizens. During 2006, at least 1,591 people were executed

qualities in the Faroe Islands, too. On this stepping stone between Sweden and America you will find a micro nation that is older and younger than the United States. In this modern globalized micro society you [...] the sea. This stepping stone in the Atlantic Ocean is an oasis for stressed, modern urban people. You have managed to create an image of power, endurance and dialogue. We sincerely hope this positive image [...] Islands were occupied by allied troops from Great Britain. As far as we know there has been no war in this very place you are visiting. Our ancestors, the Irish people, are known for their qualities. They

Abby Kirkbride abby.kirkbride@gmail.com Photos: Ben Rasmussen This is one of the first lessons the Mother Continent (Europe, ed.) taught my husband and I on our month-long honeymoon trip en route to the [...] 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 world-famous Greek Isles [...] broken plates and plastic, I thought about how there will not be any more hero-presidents to help this fledgling country as it works for independence and stability in the coming years. In just a few days

each others’ homes for a short time, how should this distinguished visitor be viewed, being of the peculiar American ‘race’? To a greater degree than most, this man has shaped his life in accordance with the [...] need of media attention personally. In this position, his humanness becomes more evident than when people saw him as the image of the peak of earthly power. Given this, I suggest Bill Clinton be taken at [...] The usual reaction I get when talking to people at home about studying in the U.S. is something like this: “I don’t think I could live there, it’s just too far away, and isn’t the crime rate pretty high over

the Faroe Islands were a totally unknown entity in the United States, but now that he returned to this tiny country, the situation had changed. The last couple of months he had noticed that the islands