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

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

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

President! ??On behalf of Føroya Banki, one of the leading banks in the country, I wish to welcome you to the Faroe Islands. Your visit transcends mental barriers. It shows the surrounding world and ourselves [...] having been the President of the world’s most powerful country for 8 years he nevertheless always felt like a servant. The Presidency was merely a loan and his foremost goal was to achieve the best possible [...] was so fortunate to have the opportunity. This is the attitude that characterizes a great leader. ??The distance between the reddish brown house of Tinganes in Tórshavn and the White House in Washington

island groups, the Faroes were, in the Middle Ages, dependencies or tax lands of the Kingdom of Norway. However, while Shetland and the Orkneys fell under the harsh dominion of the Scots, the Faroes eventually [...] aids, the environmental blowback, the bleak prospect of a new, cold war and the resurgence of barbarity. Contrary to former predictions of many Enlightenment figures, the world seems to be on the threshold [...] country in the Middle East? So, in addition to honesty, humility and the revival of the principles of true humanity, the world seems to be in need of the wisdom of professional statesmen. Quoting the poet Frank

you can achieve by setting your mind to it, and at the same time it is an opportunity to shed light on what we as a small society have to offer the world. ??At Eik Banki, we are in a process of spreding [...] inspirational to any person or company anywhere in the world, bank or otherwise, which is why we did not hesitate to grant our support to the organisers of the visit. At Eik Banki we believe, that this visit [...] to cross borders, exchange ideas and extend boundaries. A visit from a former great president of the United States and a former UN weapons inspector is a rare event and Eik Banki welcomes Bill Clinton

great pleasure the mounting interest in our fair isles and the growing collaboration between the Faroese business community and the world at large, especially with the United States. The arrival of such [...] 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. The path before us is indeed a [...] crossroads. Our wealth has flowed from the bounty of the sea for centuries. Ever since our first fishing schooners took to the seas in the 1870s, we have provided the world with nutritious food from our pristine

event that would draw the merciless and powerful light of the whole world’s projectors to the combatants in the Laugardals hall, Fischer and Spassky, as well as to the rest of the Icelandic society. This [...] today the Icelanders feel right at home in all the world’s marble halls. Perhaps the capital of a colony is not as interesting as the capital of a republic. But speaking of the chess effect, a world champion [...] credit to the House of Industry. I recently read the book about Bobby Fischer, the American chess player who defeated the Soviet chess machine in Reykjavík way back when. This was the first time Icelanders

President of the United States of America is visiting the Faroe Islands, to present a lecture on current international affairs.? ?It is a special day for all of us, that you as a representative for the world’s [...] disputes very often require time to reach a peaceful settlement, and sometimes the place for such negotiations can be difficult to find. I will allow myself to offer the potential of the Faroe Islands as a secure [...] Islands. The underlying parliamentarian principles were an integrated part of how the Norse settlements organised their societies. The Løgting is therefore most likely the oldest parliament in Europe, and