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 [...] 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 [...] 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

seemed to be too disruptive to be good for us.? However, the debate in the islands quickly focussed on whether the oil harbour and the ground the terminal stands on should be in public or in private ownership [...] to come anyhow, and the more we could control and be part of the development, the more money we could keep in the community and create the facilities for the future.? Subsequently, the council?s representatives [...] their case to the UK government in London, which resulted in the Zetland County Council Act 1974, a unique piece of UK legislation that gave the islands the control over its waters and led to the present set-up

(Greenpeace has been given leave by the High Court in London to challenge the British Government on west of Shetland). No-one should be in any doubt about the fact that the UK Atlantic Frontier has lost its [...] is close to the new boundary and started the 214/4-1 well on April 26. Wood Mackenzie says of the quest: »The operator is believed to be targetting a sizeable gas structure to the north of the block, close [...] grounds. The fact that only one dissenting voice was heard when the Faroese parliament debated the terms of the agreement means the deal must have been fair to the fishing industry. It it was not, the fishery

It has to be hoped this is not the fate of the Dooish well drilled by Enterprise (now part of Shell) in the Irish portion of the Rockall Basin this year. While Enterprise/Shell has disclosed the bare minimum [...] 170m in Palaeocene sediments. Located in 950m of water, close to the UK/Faroe boundary in the White Zone, the well was drilled to a total depth of 4275m in a deepening operation, after reaching the commitment [...] they be there? Will there be a sealing mechanism to contain the hoped for prize? The Marjun success represents a one in three hit rate for the Faroes. This is good for the European sector of the Atlantic

shall receive the tax revenue? The country where the pension receiving person lives or the country in where the pension fund is located? This is just one of the many questions which must be settled before [...] situation between the Faroes and the UK. A dual tax agreement has now finally been agreed between the two countries, and this will probably increase the interest to work and operate in the Faroes The issue is very [...] systems, and when considerations have to be taken regarding the tax systems in two countries, the chain has simply come off the bike. This is the situation the international oil companies have been facing

transcends borders and benefits all. The Arctic Policy of the Faroe Islands will be instrumental as the Faroe Islands, Denmark and Greenland, in concert, assume the chairship of the Arctic Council next year. Ladies [...] over the last decades of the international law of the sea and well-regulated international trade for setting the stage for economic prosperity and international stability. Not least in much of the Arctic [...] prosperity. But in reflecting on the state of our world today, it is impossible to ignore the growing sense of uncertainty that shapes the international landscape. Geopolitical tensions, economic volatility

it was the largest collection of books in America. Now Jónas knew the realities of living in a harsh environment and he brought along good quantities of building supplies (scare at even the best of times [...] 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 by 2015. A bit audacious some might [...] Bronck sailed westward across the Atlantic in his sturdy Fire of Troy and settled a bit of land in the new world that would later be known as The Bronx. Jónas was, however, not as ill-prepared as his Trojan

Embassy was the occasion when the Faroese community in the UK has come of age. John Rajani the newly appointed as representative in Britain had invited Faroese people living in the UK as well as those with [...] been made in Faroese waters. And one can only be impressed by the preparations that have already been made. To take one example the achievement in drawing up a whole new body of law to regulate the operations [...] animated. A whole cross section of the Faroese community in the UK was represented. There were the war brides including Nicolena Prince whose story of coming to the UK was told in the book ?Karleikur undir krignum

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 Strengthens the Availability [...] outcomes of apt and flexible welfare services of high standards. This is why Føroya Landsstýri - the Faroese Government - has implemented a long-term strategy process of the title ‘Vision 2015’. In this vision-plan [...] working life of families with children should be adjusted to their specific needs and abilities. Welfare of the functional disabled is the best unit of measurement for our means to create the ‘good’ society

study the stability and changes of the current and we have one of the most respected scientists in the field, Bogi Hansen, here in the Faroes. Maybe this is where the question of climate changes can get [...] building. The Faroes is now a part of the world. Research One of the most crucial mechanism of the planets oceans is in Faroese waters where the Gulf Stream has its turning point. This makes the Faroes a [...] get answers. In May the worlds leading experts in the field fetal programming and developmental toxicity met in the Faroes for the first international conference on the subject. It was in the Faroes because