to the map of the international world. It is still a fact that when people mention the town of Reykjavik, people say this was the town, which was at the centre off, and created the framework for one of the [...] the most important meetings ever held regarding the dismantling of the nuclear weapons race. Photos of the two men and the environment in Reykjavik were broadcast around the world. We of course aspire [...] 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 that many

globalisation, the very foundation is the development of the Faroese welfare society. This is why we for the first time with Vision 2015 have made strategic comprehensive plans for welfare of all the most important [...] daily assistance on residential homes. The legal framework in regards to welfare of the elderly will be carried out in a new law that ensures the elderly citizens’ rights and options. The Welfare System [...] corporations and political systems – and • with the highest fertility rate in Europe creating well-being and continuing availability on the labour market. Thus the foundation for a social economic balance between

this tiny country, the situation had changed. The last couple of months he had noticed that the islands were on the front page of several travel sections in major American newspapers. The Faroese newspaper [...] 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 nothing [...] question of luck or coincident that the Faroe Islands suddenly get huge world-media coverage. It turns out that the origin of the recent flood of stories is to be found in the cancelled visit by Bill Clinton

good to have the accumulated wisdom of the Council being brought to bear on some of the seemingly intractable problems we face in the world today. The reason I am inviting you and your fellow Council members [...] be free from any unwarranted prying attention from the outside world you would at the same time have all the necessary conference facilities and the most modern information and communications tools at [...] objection to us also presenting the invitation for the Council of Elders to meet in the Faroe Islands to him. I should also mention that the Government and Parliament of the Faroe Islands are fully behind

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 over the next year shout out a greeting: We [...] to visit several of the world-famous Greek Isles. We have few friends from the United States who have enjoyed the cool white houses and bright blue waters of the isles, but we were not without company [...] basked with us on the beaches. Free from a daily schedule for the first time in months, Ben began to teach me essential Faro­ese. Unfortunately, as he spent most of his youth living in the Phi­lippines his

be gleaned from a man whose self-awareness has allowed him to take on the world and come out on top. Now, he has even come as far as the Faroe Islands. Name: Bjarni í Liða Occupation: Studying economics [...] according to the standards on which I usually judge people. In addition, the country simply seemed too big to grasp fully, mysterious in some ways, and maybe even a little dangerous. The usual reaction [...] made easy by the astonishing openness that the people has been conditioned into by their heritage as ’the great melting pot’ (or salad bowl, as I think is more fitting). However much I like the U.S., it does

to diversify the economy. We have seen the economy grow and diversify for more than a decade now, since the recovery from the recession of the early 90ies. What must be striking about the Faroese economy [...] 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 [...] 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

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 [...] the Faroes are proven to be the safe haven on earth, according to statistics, it has the lowest crimerate in the world. If we look at violence, the picture is the same. Natural balance Faroes is one of [...] y. The Faroes not only have the oldest parliament in the world, but the heart of political power is still at the same place. The Faroes has been a very remote society without much contact with the world

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 by 2015. A bit audacious some might say, but I for one am the eternal [...] shut down in the Faroes, a local company launched what is reputedly the world’s first commercially viable DTT system. The company does not boast a staff of hundreds, nor even dozens. On the contrary, it [...] was indeed and the more I went about the country, and the more cups of coffee and sweet cakes I savored, the more I began to notice and appreciate that remarkable indomitable spirit of the Faroese bubbling

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 to the school, I looked out the windows. Nothing was as I [...] sometimes sad, and some­times I was just happy to make it through the day. I remember one night looking at the ceiling and wondering why I had traveled halfway across the world. That night, I fell asleep [...] Wal-Mart wasn’t the only place this happened. Everywhere I went, random people I had never seen before spoke to me about the weather, school, their trucks, politics, anything, and every­thing. As the days went