There is something quite indomitable about the Faroes. Born of fire from the very center of the earth, sculpted by ice and wind and wave, at once a refuge and a stepping-stone for intrepid explorers, often [...] crafted a plan, and now all that remains is but to execute it. I refer, of course, to the country’s Vision 2015, the hope and dream that the Faroes will become one of the most progressive nations of the world [...] The Faroes sits in the heart of the North Atlantic astride the remnants of the Gulf Stream. As a consequence, it is extremely well positioned for all types of maritime research. Efforts are now underway

miles of fields: I had landed in Hicks­ville, I just wasn’t aware of it. On the way to school, we stopped at a Wal-Mart, a gigantic get-everything-you-can-dream-of kind of store to pick up a comforter, [...] caught a virus, in 30 degrees Celsius, wearing three shirts to many, I did not have the sweet feeling of adventure I had expected. However, I was happy to be done traveling for now. In the car on the way [...] way to the school, I looked out the windows. Nothing was as I had envisioned, no high buildings, no blazing and beautiful metropolitan, just a highway, a couple of fast-food restaurants, and miles upon miles

dependent on the 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 [...] to being a strong, dynamic polity in the middle of the North Atlantic taking the advantage of the new opportunities The task for the Faroes is to bring home the Faroes brainware. Most of the Faroese go [...] He, as the former president of the USA, of course knows the name of the game. Blix has a very qualified inside information on energy policy and diplomatic crises and as Swedish he also knows a lot about

Faroese people are in fact amongst the best educated in the world, and of the Nordic countries only the Finnish population actually has a higher degree of education than the Faroese. Infrastructure is good [...] con­necting six of the islands whith over 80 % of the population. More­over, the IT penetration is near 100 %. We are now about to undertake significant investments in the Vagar airport both with the aim to modernise [...] In the Faroes we already get almost half of the power for our electricity consumption from rene­wable sources, from water and wind turbines. On the other hand we use great amounts of oil on land on heating

to spend. On the island of Samos, within sight of the Turkish coast, we stayed with a lovely pair of English teachers who treated us to the only bed in the apartment and an eagerness to talk politics. [...] together in Klaksvik. 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 [...] through the European 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

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 nothing comes [...] interested in our stories about the Faroe Islands as a Tolkien-like country and about the boy who found a watch that had travelled all the way from the North Pole. But in order to sell the Faroes to his editors [...] 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

prosecutor in a case of a quarrel between two neighbours. - She gave the impression of a very professional and tough attorney, says Naina Jacobsen. Little did they know, however, that they were in the presence [...] in the US taught me to respect people of different cultures and backgrounds. And even though I was only there for a year, the country is still dear to my heart. When Jens Olsen thinks of the US, he thinks [...] thinks of his American family. And that is indeed one of the main goals of the student-exchange organisation AFS. - The organisation was established by some ambulance drivers from World War II, who said that

this day. Me and the girls were at a party We all were having a blast Then suddenly a stranger arrives Hey, it´s ´x´ from the past. He looks my way, smiles and nods Then walks out the door. I lift my brow [...] thinking of you They asked, why do you stare". "The following day I had to check To see if you were on MySpace. I found your name, a picture I saw It was your beautiful face". "The night at the party, when [...] then this will be A secret for us through life. The girl I have, in time will be My future partner, my wife." "Never" I said, "I´m out and about You should do the same. Never put a mask on your face Never

incompetence as a literary critic. I´ve read a great many novels and I know a fair amount about the legends that grew up among early people, and I know perfectly well the Gospels are not that kind of stuff” Keldur: [...] enn hesir báðir høvundar av “Narnia” og “Lord of the Rings”. Um evangeliini sigur C. S. Lewis: “And I am prepared to say on that basis if anyone thinks the Gospels are either legends or novels, then that [...] Gud Faðir, hin alvalda, skapara himins og jarðar. HAS: ? ÁJ: Eg trúgvi á Jesus Krist, Guds einborna son váran harra. HAS: Jesus var ikki Gud ella Guds sonur í tí týdningi, at hann var føddur av moyggj

strongly believes in the possibilities on the Norwegian continental shelf, but can at the same time see clouds in the horizon. – There are a lot of exciting areas, but at the same time the costs are increasing [...] conditions in the Atlantic margin, Faroe Petroleum has a lot to offer as a license partner. After only two years on the Norwegian Continental shelf the company has already managed to become a respected player [...] director of the Norwegian subsidiary company of Faroe Petroleum,. Since we started in 1998 the company has established an impressive portfolio with shares in 48 licences on the Faroes, UK and Norway. The Norwegian