glow for the past 25 years - a sight as familiar to residents as the stars that fill the clear skies above the islands. Islanders treasure the winter spectacle of the aurora borealis. But the source of [...] 1971. »One of the most important benefits of the oil era, and one often overlooked, is the way it restored confidence in the people of Orkney,« he said. »Until the 1970s, people across the islands were [...] calculate. The sums involve the wages paid to staff and contractors over the years, the service industries that benefit from oil-related work and the dues Orkney?s Harbours Department charges the tankers

to the rules applying to the 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 [...] taxation on crew?s wages. The objective of the FAS arrangement is that the shipping companies get refunded a part of the wages paid to their employees. The objective of the special rules for taxation [...] taxable. The hydrocarbon tax regime extend the scope of the ordinary tax liability to the Faroese Treasury so that everyone in the Faroese territory (e.g. sea territory, sea bed, subsoil, and the Faroese

also typifies the trend in a way. The company sold off its North Sea interests in 1988 but returned to the province by buying half of Shell?s 4.357% interest in the Elgin/Franklin fields. The number of niche [...] executive, hoped to be at the helm of the first Scottish company to go for an IPO (initial public offering) in 2001 but the plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange were shelved as the OSX oil services index [...] acquired than be bought over. The record of expansion saw the share price double in a year prior to the post-September 11 volatility in the market. In October Abbot completed the acquisition of Deutag of Germany

voiced as regards to the impact the advent of the oil industry would have on the islands? pristine environment, the traditional economy, and the specific Shetland way of life, namely the islands? unique identity [...] and its way of life succeeded. The community has probably won the best deal possible and certainly, the best deal any small community has ever struck with the almighty oil industry. Summarised, the content [...] payments to the SIC in the light of declining North Sea oil expectations. However, due to improve oil recovery techniques and the development of oil fields to the West of Shetland, the presence of the terminal

sabbat. "There are witches in the hills calling my name. Saying come join us sister, come kiss the flame. Come dance in the moonbeams, ride the night wind, make love to the darkness and laugh at man?s sins" [...] brotið er hetta: "Baby hit the back door breathin' real heavy said the boys in the alley wouldn't leave her alone. Mama did her make-up in a terrible hurry she finally got ready but the boys were gone. Mama [...] eitur "Ring on the sill". Eg vil meta, at hetta er ein tann besti kærleikssangurin nakrantíð. "He lifts his glass from the table It leaves a ring where it stood. He sees the light from the window. Caress

møti. Innsavnan verður til húsið. Øll eru hjartaliga vælkomin. Café One Way, Tvøroyri Fríggjadagin og leygardagin hava vit vitjan úr The Body Shop. Fríggjadagin kl. 18.00-23.00 og leygardagin kl. 10.00-14

"Song of the year" (ársins sangur), eisini við. Vinnararnir av hesum bólkum gjørdist, nr 1: Backstreet Boys við I want it that way, og nr 2: Ricky Martin við living la vida loca. I want it that way er skrivaður [...] One More Time", "Crazy" og "Oops I Did It Again" og somuleiðis "Backstreet's Back", I Want It That Way" og "Larger Than Life". Desmond Child hevur skrivað, og framleitt nøkur av teimum størstu hittunum [...] hevur somuleiðis skrivað "You give love a bad name", "Living on a prayer", "Bad medicine" og "Keep the faith" (Bon Jovi) Hesir Báðir Andreas Carlsson og Desmond Child, hava verið við til at skriva heili

that, there is the West Africa bonanza, which for now seems unstoppable. On the opposite side of the Atlantic to the North Sea, the story of oil has also been slow to unfold, though the potential of Eastern [...] 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 depth of 3830m. While the other two wells [...] 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 Frontier, especially when

licenses the blocks northwards of the area on offer in the first round still appears to be attractive to the industry. The Hatton-Rockall area In the longer term some deep water areas to the southwest [...] article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and will eventually be examined by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, which has been established under the Convention [...] solution to exploring the geologically 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

Allir fjeppararnir hjá Brandi Enni kunnu nú gleðast. Nú er eitt nýtt sjónband við heitinum »The Way I Am« er nú komið í sølubúðirnar. ? Sjónbandið er 40 minuttir til longdar, har Brandur sjálvur fortelur [...] Danmarkar, har Brandur er gestur hjá Bubber, handan leiktjøldini tá sjónbandalagið til Waiting in the Moonlight varð tikið upp og so framvegis. Lítil ivi man vera í, at hesin filmurin fer at liggja undir [...] er um NAME, sum stendur fyri North Atlantic Music Enterprize. Fyrst í næsta árið verður Waiting in the Moonligt givin út sum stakfløga í Danmark, og í februar verður Brandur á eini stórari konsert yviri