nation in the world of today. Please do us a favour: Whisper into the ears of our politicians and business leaders alike, that a precondition for a country – large or small – to cope being a nation in the [...] l issues, which is the world’s greatest threat today – possibly even more so than acts of terror. A Clinton is definitely better than a Bush, if the USA is to join in the small club of countries, which [...] the world today is that the full potential of the human resources within the people is utilised. That a Government of men only and a Parliament consisting almost entirely of men is sending a signal to the

settled a bit of land in the new world that would later be known as The Bronx. Jónas was, however, not as ill-prepared as his Trojan predecessors. He is reputed to have brought along with him a small library [...] sea, they have managed to produce a most remarkable society and at the very heart of that society is a streak of practicality that the world would do well to adopt. A case in point involves that remarkable [...] and wave, at once a refuge and a stepping-stone for intrepid explorers, often ignored and more often plundered, it has endured, even flourished, and the people of the Faroes evince a most remarkable spirit

the small and trustfully society makes a distinct dynamic possible through a unique networking. Together with an extreme growth in educational level, the Faroese are ready for the world. Being small means [...] outside world and being a fishery nation means dependency on a balanced nature, two of the most crucial pillars of the future world society. The Faroes belong to the richer parts of the world, but the [...] 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 Faroes is strong, there is a strong culture

collapsed in the sad 90ies the export to USA came to a halt and never regained the same volume as earlier. Today the trade between USA and Faroes is on a very small scale which I feel is not satisfactory. Still [...] opportunities. 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 [...] political contacts. The Faroese Government on the other hand should consider opening up a Faroese Trade Mission or small Embassy in Washington. Faroese students should be encouraged to study at the many fine

modernise it and to increase its capacity with a longer runway and a larger terminal. The Faroese government acknowledges that the world is getting smaller with all the well known strands of globalisation [...] You might say that the smaller your own home market, the more active you have to be on other markets. We aim at being an open and competitive economy, and we want a relatively smaller public sector to be [...] 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

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 and small cars. Our [...] 24-hours after a bomb went off in a coffee shop late at night on the centrally located Bill Clinton Boulevard. Two people were killed and twelve more were wounded in what locals accredit as a mob hit. As [...] 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

purple rain clouds to drape the rugged island of Eysturoy in a golden shimmer. A perfect rainbow arches over the Slaettaratindur mountain. Offshore, a wild ocean launches ferocious swells against the Giant and [...] visited the islands 10 years ago when a Faroese orchestra was playing some of his violin sonatas. Back then he had never heard of the place, the Faroe Islands were a totally unknown entity in the United [...] newspaper, Sosialurin, brought the story in connection with a portrait of the composer, but the reason why the Faroe Islands suddenly had become a subject of interest was unknown to the journalist. Of course

the world, it is a great honor for us to receive a former president of the United States of America, accompanied by one of the most important UN officials in history. Though our country may be small and [...] considered the world’s oldest parliament. Tórshavn is administered by a politically elected city council. This council, like other democratically elected bodies, is divided into a majority and a minority, [...] Tórshavn city council, which is currently governed by a seven-member two-party coalition confronting a six-member two-party opposition. Tórshavn is a modern city; its infrastructure is highly developed and

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 [...] States constitute, not only a nation, but almost a universe, a multi-national and multi-cultural empire whose industrial magnetism still seems to draw large parts of the world into its sphere. To some of [...] searching of the heart We rise to play a greater part. Their first woman president Any modern dialogue is by its very nature a process of give and take. We, as a small Scandinavian nation, have much to learn

light on what we as a small society have to offer the world. ??At Eik Banki, we are in a process of spreding our activites abroad by making investments and setting up subsidiaries. It is a process of strategic [...] cross borders, exchange ideas and extend boundaries. A visit from a former great president of the United States and a former UN weapons inspector is a rare event and Eik Banki welcomes Bill Clinton and Hans [...] They posess qualities that are inspirational to any person or company anywhere in the world, bank or otherwise, which is why we did not hesitate to grant our support to the organisers of the visit. At