occupation, a number equal to around a third of the entire Faroese population at the time, it goes without saying that many close bonds were forged, some a lot closer than others. It is estimated that around [...] be here in your charming Council Chamber, in the very heart of Scotland’s beautiful capital. I know I speak for my fellow Faroe Islanders when I say that Edinburgh has aways felt very much like a home away [...] which we see in the ongoing atrocities around the world today. Where a flag at half-mast marking the mourning of lost loved ones and unthinkable suffering can be countered by another flag in a different

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

Life began in our oceans and life flourishes in the sea, and if it does not, if the oceans die, the reality is that we will die with it. We cannot live upon this planet with a dead ocean. It is the heart [...] order to discuss it, and that we will not do. It is our position that culture and tradition must never be a justification for cruelty and slaughter. When it comes to killing, we draw the line on compromise [...] recently in Scotland when pilot whales are beached and stranded, people volunteer from miles around to rescue them. But not in the Faeroe Islands. Here you kill them. Why? Because it’s a tradition! It’s a part

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

oilfields in the UK sector. It was Statoil that drilled the first well and, while it is regarded as a dry hole, traces of hydrocarbons were found. Likewise, BP?s well was declared dry, albeit it too produced [...] said in a statement. ?Establishing that the Faroe Shelf holds a working petroleum system is however positive and considerably improves our expectations to finding oil in commercial quantities in the future [...] partnership. This is a particularly important time for FK in that, though it is largely owned by Faroese, the company is expected to float on the London Stock Exchange early next year in a bid to raise £10

whale of all. Nor does the law discriminate between Faroeman and foreigner, and if you are ever on holiday in Faroe when a grind takes place you will not be denied a share of the spoils. When all the whales [...] Faroeman, whaling is not only a necessary means of procuring food, it is also an adventure, a sport, a social celebration. For the evening after a whale-hunt the townfólk gather in the dance-hall and around [...] territory and fiords was a struggle for existence. A question of to be or not to be. Older than this phfrase by Shakespeare. In connection with whale hunting you ought to know that in the Faroe Islands practically

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

waves of romance A flurry of air whispers gently a cheerful refrain, but cold Not once has it ever cuddled cuddled that trait which is all That’s why this gentle sea wave embraces the skerry in pain Take me [...] never be certain that I have a place to roam to In a foreign land far from my friends and my home I'm sitting in shade by the embers alone Should I grow old and never be certain that I have a place to roam [...] like foals in play That is when my heart bursts with wonder of yearn and deep melancholy of doubt and of bliss and shudder Even those moments I see :||: see that this life is an offering a chasm of precious

comes to me And tells me of her dreams With no attempt to shovel the glimpse Into the ditch of what each one means At times I think there are no words But these to tell what´s true And there are no truths [...] here all day It´s too hot to sleep, time is running away Feel like my soul has turned into steel I´ve still got the scars that the sun didn´t heal There´s not even room enough to be anywhere It´s not dark [...] næstseinasta regla í tekstinum kanska geva eina ábending um: Don´t even hear a murmur of a prayer It´s not dark yet, but it´s getting there Dylan og skúlin Sum fleiri ferðir nevnt varð skaldskapur helst