main challenge of petroleum exploration in the Faroe Islands is not one of bathymetry but one of geology. Geology and proximity to the West of Shetland oil fields have dictated the location of the first e [...] challenging part of the Faroe Shelf. In other words the main challenge is a gradual transfer of activity from the existing licenses in the southeast to the shallower and basalt covered parts of the Faroe Platform [...] big difference in the decision process. In other words, the only real way forward was to drill these prospects. The main point of departure was quite naturally the experience from West of Shetland, where
to get 65 participating companies from the Faroe Islands and other contries. The partenariat will take place in a sports hall in Runavík. In addition to the partenariat an exiting and interesting conference [...] to the public and will take place in a modern conference hall in Skálafjørður. See programme on www.faroexpo.fo. Parallel to the partenariat and conference the Municipality of Runavík arranges a cultural [...] business event Faroexpo 2008 will be held for the fourth year in a row in Runavik from 20 to 23 October Faroexpo is a perfect combination of Partenariat (B2B meetings), Conference and cultural entertainment
and a total workforce of 26,000, of which 66% are employed in the service sectors, while under 20 % are employed in the fisheries sector. This indicates that, after all, some degree of diversification has [...] same line of reasoning we are now in a process of building up our own foreign service with four representations abroad – where the fourth one opened just last weekend in Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland [...] with quite accurate descriptions of the different layers of rock and sediments thousands of metres below the surface. On this background it is possible to make predictions of what you may find deep down,
to the point of lost identity, things have actually combined in favour of the Faroese. In that sense bad weather has formed the surroundings, the skills and the very soul of the Faroese in a favourable [...] description of The Faroes. And let’s stay in the poetic corner. Danish author and jazz singer Suzanne Brøgger, who visited the islands in March this year, described her experience in a radio programme in this [...] It is in constant flux. It keeps disappearing: One moment it’s lost in the fog, and suddenly – there it is again in all its magnificent beauty. Like magic. Like reality and fairytale in one. In these majestic
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 in the Faroes) [...] possessed by this unique microcosm of a country, nestled in the heart of the pristine North Atlantic Ocean. By way of illustration, several years ago I participated in the launch of Intel’s new Centrino WiFi chip [...] this sort of thing for centuries. Take Jónas Bronck, for example. Born in Copenhagen, the son of a Danish Lutheran minister, he was raised in the Faroes. As one could well imagine, growing up in the Faroes
There is no place for this kind of barbaric tradition in the world of the 21st Century, in a world where species extinction is escalating, where the oceans are dying, and where the sheer numbers of human beings [...] culture and traditions of the Faeroese that lie behind the continuation of the slaughter of the whales. We were told we are not welcome because we will not compromise. In other words, we had to understand [...] there is no single whale remaining to communicate to other pods the horror that awaits other pilot whales in the fjords and coves of the Faeroes. The other reason is our human inability to comprehend non-
us closer to our goal. There are also others involved in this large task, but we do not see them or their activity in our everyday life. Knowledge on the area is of course much better today compared to [...] acknowledged this, and has succeeded in becoming part of the international oil industry. As this oil exhibition gets off the ground in Stavanger, Faroe industry is a part of the exhibition and are offering [...] point of view, we have decided to be part of the Faroe stand at the exhibition/conference in Stavanger. It is my sincere hope that we continually manage to organise the surrounding framework in such a
Faroese International Register of Ships (FAS) that came into force in the beginning of the 90?ies and the rules of taxation on crew?s wages that came into force in the second half of the 90?ies. As regards taxation [...] and exploitation of hydrocarbons is divided into two groups. One group consists of income derived directly from exploitation of resources (Section 4 income) and the other group consists of »derivative income« [...] be deducted in Section 4 income. Tax has to be paid in three equal installments on 1 October, 1 November, and 1 December of the following year. B »Derivative Income« This type of income is in short, all
The Isle of Man constitution. I Robinson & Mc Carroll: The Isle of Man ? Celebrating a sense of place. Liverpool University Press, 123-132. Young, G V C (1999): A brief history of the Isle of Man. Man [...] l and economic space of the small Nordic jurisdictions. Nordiska institutet för regionalpolitisk forskning, 90-121. Fagerlund, N (1997): The special status of the Åland Islands in the European Union. I [...] Autonomy and demilitarisation in international law: The Åland Islands in a changing Europe. Kluwer Law International, 189-256. Hannikainen, L (1998): Self-determination and autonomy in international law. I Suksi
beautiful metropolitan, just a highway, a couple of fast-food restaurants, and miles upon miles of fields: I had landed in Hicksville, I just wasn’t aware of it. On the way to school, we stopped at a Wal-Mart [...] We landed in Arkansas at around four in the evening, but for us - myself and my friend Samal, it could just as well have been four in the morning. Having traveled for three days, through three different [...] caught a virus, in 30 degrees Celsius, wearing three shirts 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
