here in the Faroes we are waiting in suspense for the result of a future American presidential election. In is of course exciting in its own right if a woman was to become the very first President in the [...] just small group have the opportunity to hear them in the Nordic House. Personally, I »met« Mr Clinton on the 2nd of November 1999, at a Remembrance Day in Oslo – the fourth anniversary for the killing of [...] Mr Putin and Mr Ahtisaari, entered the Oslo Town Hall building. In spite of the huge attraction, and well chosen words, another person in the audience captivated my attention. This was the then American

time in the late 18th century and trade between the two countries was com­plica­ted to say the least with all sorts of trade tariffs in place. Thus entereth a smart Danish business­man resident in the Faroes [...] 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 Jónas was quite at home on the [...] proceeded to found Rome. A few odd centuries later in 1639, Jónas 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

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 to [...] n, 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, a gigantic

US companies in this field in the coming years. Of course Faroes is a small market with an annual import value of USD 1 Billion, but personally I would welcome more US initiatives with trade missions, cultural [...] In the early 1970 the Faroese fish industry started to export frozen fish to USA. This export was a co-operation with the Icelandic company Cold Water which had established themselves in USA and very [...] market. When the faroese fish industry collapsed in the sad 90ies the export to USA came to a halt and never regained the same volume as earlier. Today the trade between USA and Faroes is on a very small scale

hand we use great amounts of oil on land on heating and in cars, and on the sea in our vast fishing fleet. We are aware of the serious challenges in this regard, and will do our utmost to combine an emerging [...] constitute a special territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Situated between Scotland and Iceland, the Faroes are together with Shetland situated in the area, which is known in oil circles as the Atlantic Margin [...] extremely tiny economy in a population of just under 50,000, 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

honeymoon trip en route to the Faroe Islands where we will start life together in Klaksvik. After a week of marriage, we left my home in rural America, a place of big highways, big sky and a big family, to travel [...] Free from a daily schedule for the first time in months, Ben began to teach me essential Faro­ese. Unfortunately, as he spent most of his youth living in the Phi­lippines his spoken Faro­ese is not so [...] far has been with counting, and I can now tell Ben the price of something in Faroese so long as it is a number below 20. Bush in Greece After a few days of beaches and big meals we grew restless, and have

stories is to be found in the cancelled visit by Bill Clinton in May. Creating interest Tórun Ellingsgaard was hired as a press coordinator in connection with Bill Clinton’s visit already in January. The visit [...] islands were on the front page of several travel sections in major American newspapers. The Faroese newspaper, Sosialurin, brought the story in connection with a portrait of the composer, but the reason [...] Ritter, he was interested in our stories about the Faroe Islands as a Tolkien-like country and about the boy who found a watch that had travelled all the way from the North Pole. But in order to sell the Faroes

atmosphere in which social, industrial and economic spheres come together in a expanding dialectic synthesis. This is how we will achieve to be amongst the most advanced nations. We see great ideals in the Nordic [...] the elderly, which we can build upon with trade-union and private pension fonds. The public structures regarding care for the elderly suffices necessary support in every-day-life; for those who live at home [...] welfare-political frameworks in order to reach a main objective: to ensure an excellent society for all citizens. Dual Strategies for Welfare The vision of welfare originates in a political ambition and it

exist in Iran in the fifties in the last century. Who is to know what would have happened if the Western powers, instead of ruining it, had chosen to support and defend this beacon of democracy in a Shia [...] direct descendant of the language of the Vikings. In possession of a language, a history and a cultural identity, the Faroese were, in the twentieth century, in a position to develop a modern culture. Consequently [...] generosity Sweden to us in the Faroes is a cousin. And Swedish is, like the other branches of the Scandinavian language-tree, a sister-tongue. Older people in Tórshavn may remember that in July 1950 a Swedish

enhance our collaboration in this area by contributing in areas where our competence is strong and our experience seasoned. For example, building upon our understanding of the sea, we in the Faroes are endeavoring [...] sustainability and improved quality in food production around the world. Increasing international collaboration demands that our students be proficient in English. In response to this indisputable trend [...] people who study in the United States and elsewhere will quickly spread throughout our society and will come to be applied in new and interesting ways. Ultimately, this is our goal in striving to become