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 [...] And still it is crucial for us to hold on strongly to our unique identity if we want to stay competitive. The burning question is: What role can a little nation like the Faroe Islands play in a globalised [...] wherever you go. It is a miracle that people and creatures have managed to survive here in this seemingly inhospitable place for more than a thousand years. You’ve got to be creative to do that. But there
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
back to the Faroes in the not too distant future to relax a bit in this most peaceful and enterprising corner of the planet and to seek out a quiet cup of coffee with a newfound friend or two to catch [...] connection to 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 [...] Mediterranean – and 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
still in touch with nature. It is still an integrated part of nature to go fishing and having sheeps in the mountains. All though most youngsters live a life similar to other young people in the western world [...] However the Faroes have also acted very independently and it seems like the Faroese have the oldest parliament in the world. In ancient times it has been situated in the older part of Tórshavn, just outside [...] two main banks have gone abroad, the IT company Formula has proven to have a good strong concept for the Nordic market and is going for Europe. We see smaller niche solutions in the IT field aswell with
really believe in its 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 [...] there, it’s just too far away, and isn’t the crime rate pretty high over 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 [...] anything but love it. Rather than being intimidating, the size of the country is what makes it so full of opportunities for a person to shape life as he or she pleases. And coming in as an outsider is
where all citizens are able to work and participate according to ability, • which gives all citizens the opportunity to use their capacity to lead a satisfactory life. Compared to all parameters of competition [...] first time with Vision 2015 have made strategic comprehensive plans for welfare of all the most important welfare-political frameworks in order to reach a main objective: to ensure an excellent society [...] growth. From a liberalistic market philosophy these two dimensions may seem antagonistic to one another. Yet, this is exactly what our welfare project attempts – namely to create an atmosphere in which social
skin how it is to be in our stead (shoes) ALWAYS to be wrongest be humiliated be the underdog Also, we saw you praying to God to bless America. Had it not been more seemly for a mighty president to ask God [...] can show it in deed. In connection with this tragedy many important people would have given their opinion on (about) how to prohibit such horrors to take place in the future All readily agree in: PERSECUTION [...] INVASION BOMBS REVENGE It does not seem to OCCUR TO ANYBODY that there are other possibilities. Dear George W. Bush. Let me whisper you in the ear: It would have befitted you better - being a powerful president
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
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.
developed a system, which makes it possible to monitor a component from its initial installation to its grave. Each component receives its own identity tag, which makes it possible to monitor it from its [...] example, the system contains a blog-system, whereby the individual engineer, who registers a malfunction in a pump on a drilling platform, need not access a difficult database to register this malfunction [...] countries, it may not possible to say a company is Faroese - we will do this anyway. We permit ourselves to call the company, Keel Solution, for a Faroese company. With its head office based in Copenhagen