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 it and to increase its capacity with a longer runway and [...] thirds of the shares in the publicly owned bank, Føroya Banki, and are planning to seld the last third quite soon. We are also going to privatise the airline, Atlantic Airways, the life insurer, Lív, and [...] 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 needle in the haystack. And – mind you – here we are talking

was my duty to defend our leader. We may have been wrong as we cast our votes, but we were not that wrong. In these circum­stances Ben only has to explain where the Faroes are located; I have to try and explain [...] months, Ben began to teach me essential Faro­ese. Unfortunately, as he spent most of his youth living in the Phi­lippines his spoken Faro­ese is not so great, either. We are limited to phrases like “Góðan [...] will take us in. Staying with locals is a great opportunity to learn about a culture and find the best restaurants. It also saves money, which is essential for two young unemployed journalists traveling

press representatives chose to visit the islands anyway. One of the foreign journalists was Karl Ritter from the Associated Press. And thanks to his articles, which were sold to various newspapers and media [...] visist is an opportunity to draw attention to our country and create opportunities to tell the good stories, Elin Heinesen explains. And the fact that an American president chooses to visit our islands can [...] According to the press co-ordinator, Tórun Ellingsgaard, foreign press doesn’t just follow Bill Clinton’s tail. They have to be fed with interesting tips about possible stories. - American journalists are not

• 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 c [...] 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, industrial and economic spheres come [...] the Faroe Islands to be equally good for everyone, i.e. • That the Faroese people must thrive, develop and flourish, • That all citizens with no regard to social or personal situation are ensured all necessary

They are two larger than life individuals who are famed for speaking their mind and for their very highly informed views. We are looking forward to meeting them and listening to what they have to say. [...] course aspire to the same ambition, which is that when two such dignitaries visit our country this will assist in the promotion of the Faroes on to the world map, There are several indicators, which suggest [...] avoided, which it has to be said is a large sorrowful event. As Mr Clinton and Mr Blix have been invited to the Faroes to talk, there can be no doubt that they will have very many interesting aspects to present

horrors that we are so used to Now you can feel on your own 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 [...] I was lucky to watch you on the TV screen when you delivered your address to the American nation, but it was also to me and all peoples and to everybody in the whole world, because the deed was not only [...] president to ask God to bless the whole world and to protect us all After all, America is not the ONLY nation in the world we shall ALL LIVE TOGETHER HOMO SAPIENS Are we not boasting af belonging to this noble

state. Back to true humanity To face this challenge it doesn´t seem sufficient, or even expedient, to paint the world in colours of black and white. To be sure, the roots of modern terrorism are many and [...] attempting as best they could to deepen the rosy shade of the autumn leaves. This, of course, is how we like to see ourselves and how we should like, hopefully, to introduce ourselves to two illustrious [...] passed from Norway to be governed for centuries, at an agreeable distance, by the more easy-going Danes. Thanks chiefly to this single fact we were able to preserve our language, which is, incidentally,

an ambitious program, which has come to be known as Vision 2015. The goal is to enable the Faroe Islands to become on of the most progressive countries in the world. There is much to be done, without question [...] solutions to difficult problems, which flows out of the knowledge we are able to glean from around the world and refine and refresh in the Faroes. Such a goal cannot be achieved overnight, but we are a patient [...] 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 two men of distinction

all aspiring to the highest international standards. The best we have to offer however is that guests from abroad may meet us as a people exceptionally rich in culture and art, and which we are more than [...] and prepared to share with the rest of the world. The Faroes are therefore a country, which has much to offer the world. On top of this comes a unique geographical location in an area, which both commands [...] take this outstanding opportunity to request you to bring our very best wishes to your good friend Mr Nelson Mandela and on behalf of the Faroese people invite him to visit our peaceful islands in the

continue to grow rapidly, there may be problems with island carrying capacity.« Og víðari: »All new buildings are required to maintain historic architecture. Quite rightly, tourists are expected to be like [...] indigenous cultures, archaeology. »We asked panelists to evaluate just the islands with which they were familiar, using six criteria weighted according to importance: • Environmental and ecological quality [...] weather. The future could bring severe social and environmental impacts, but the Faroese are aware of the dangers and are debating solutions. This survey rates the qualities that make a destination unique—