pension fund is located? This is just one of the many questions which must be settled before an agreement is signed. Over these past few years there are many examples of Nordic senior citizens, whose official [...] situation has created problems. The new taxation agreement however has turned things around. On the 20th of June 2007, Mr Magni Laksafoss, the government minister for fiscal affairs and the UK tax minister, [...] Mrs. Dawn Primarolo signed a new dual taxation agreement, which will come into force on the 1st of January 2008, after it supposedly is passed both by the UK and Faroe parliaments. Satisfied minister

he is of the opinion that the Faroes must not be shy in this respect. – Norwegians impose very stringent demands regarding safety and the protection of the environment and they demand knowledge of Nordic [...] It is possible to have the suspicion that some of the demands imposed are there to protect Norwegian interests and Norwegian industry, but at the end of the day it is the dollar everything revolves around [...] Rasmussen says we should be careful not to impose demands we cannot follow up on. One of the demands he has in mind is the demand of a Faroe quayside. He thinks that as long as we are exploring for oil, we can

this is coming in the wake of the ever increasing wave of senior citizens (More and more are getting older, but fewer children are being born, Edit.) Therefore the shortage of labour is not just a problem [...] PAM Offshore, which is a daughter company of Tórshavnar Skipasmiðja, has for a few years had people working abroad in the oil industry. To date most of them have been working within the Norwegian oil industry [...] we are in the process of investigating the possibilities”, says Mr Mohr. He will however not give any details, but says PAM Offshore has had contact with UK companies. Shortage of labourers in the Faroes

founded in 1999. Now, new challenges are ahead of us. The Statoil explorations well “Brugdan” last year, unfortunately, failed to show any large quantity of oil and gas, but, anyhow, now we possess experience [...] the challenges ahead of us, says Eli. I would like to use Offshore Europe 2007 as an opportunity for me to meet Oil Companies that may wish to come to Faroe Island to drill and, of course, also those who [...] chose Runavik. This means that foreigners and people with knowledge of the oil industry chose Skalafjord. - We have now six years of experience with supply base service, and the Oil Companies who have

the fleet and in the autumn of next year a sister vessel, which has not yet been named will join. The hull of the Thor Alpha was floated from the Skála shipyard dock on the 21 of July 2007 and is currently [...] mid-November, after it has been to the Danish town of Hirtshals to sandblasted and painted. The Thor Alpha is 55 metres long and will cost in the region of DKK 76 million. The sister vessel, which is expected [...] like Thor to participate at such conferences as the company is active globally with most of its activities outside of the Faroes. At the moment, app. 500 people are employed by the Thor group.

enable the body's own killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted [...] Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor destruction. 9. When the body has too much toxic [...] the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications. 10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become

•… have a land area of 1399 km2 (545.3 square miles). •… have a population of 48,164 (December 2005). •… capital is Tórshavn with a population of 19,282 (2004). •... have their own language: Faroese is [...] cultures 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 [...] vertical hillsides that suddenly drop hundreds of meters straight down into the deep blue sea. The ocean climate and the small size of the Faroes may make them one of the wettest countries on earth, so the landscape

their trip; this can now be done in your own time on your computer screen by means of the Internet. And more and more people seek such information of their own accord. It is essential that we work more [...] start thinking of the Internet as an integral part of their marketing strategy and show the world what they have to offer. At the moment, a wealth of information is out there in the middle of nowhere, but [...] well-being of local people.” Ecotourism is one of the fastest-growing forms of tourism today. With all the unspoiled scenery in Faroe Islands, and with tourist numbers increasing every year, it is of utmost

potential of the human resources within the people is utilised. That a Government of men only and a Parliament consisting almost entirely of men is sending a signal to the rest of the world of a one-eyed [...] parliament instead of an advanced society. Convey to them discreetly that one of the reasons you became one of the most popular Presidents ever in the history of the USA is, that you were capable of gathering people [...] Without doubt leading political men will tell you about the aspiration of the Faroes to find its own place, construe its own level of competition and its future welfare on the international stage. No doubt

has endured, even flourished, and the people of the Faroes evince a most remarkable spirit of forbearance and determination. I did not know any of this, of course, when I first arrived with my wife some [...] 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