politics. “It is clear to us, based on Iraq, that President Bush is mentally handicapped,” they told us earnestly as we visited and watched the sun set over the city. It is not a bad point, but as the only American [...] Iraq, and still come out loving the U.S. It is Clinton, though, who holds the key to their hearts for his support during the Kosovo War in 1999. Over coffee one woman put it that, “We don’t like each other [...] only the increasingly devalued U.S. dollar to spend. On the island of Samos, within sight of the Turkish coast, we stayed with a lovely pair of English teachers who treated us to the only bed in the apartment
studying in the U.S. is something like this: “I don’t think I could live there, it’s just too far away, and isn’t the crime rate pretty high over there? Oh, but it’s great that you’re doing it! Living the American [...] vast, it did not take long for it to become completely demystified. This is not a dream, but real life – and I can’t do anything but love it. Rather than being intimidating, the size of the country is what [...] Dream!” In the reality of what is the United States, I have not yet encountered this dream. And I doubt if I really believe in its existence. It’s simply too intangible an idea. To me, though the country
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 [...] Welfare of the functional disabled is the best unit of measurement for our means to create the ‘good’ society, that prompts inclusion of citizens – whilst it hinders social exclusion. The essential concerns [...] 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 Strengthens the Availability
firmly on 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 [...] around the world are focused upon the Faroes and this visit. We have seen and heard that the international media are dispatching their people to the Faroes to cover this event, so the focus is upon the Faroes [...] for one of 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
BUT to the President of the mightiest nation of the world it is unseemly to lose composure and promise retaliation (revenge) On the screen I also saw people dancing in the streets rejoicing at the tragedy [...] lucky to watch you on the TV screen when you delivered your address to the American nation, but it was also to me and all peoples and to everybody in the whole world, because the deed was not only committed [...] towards the USA, but also against the whole world. It did sadden me that among your first words you especially stresses: COWARDS! And this is going to be REVENGED. True. I well understand that the first
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 [...] Monday the first of October our invisibility shall, for a couple of hours, be suspended. Swedish generosity Sweden to us in the Faroes is a cousin. And Swedish is, like the other branches of the Scandinavian [...] culture is being maintained partly through the agency of the Nordic House, which opened here in 1983. But our cultural connection to Sweden is older, being rooted in the pan-Scandinavian outlook of the second
how much 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 [...] 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 is an excellent opportunity [...] up subsidiaries. It is a process of strategic riskspreading, but also an opportunity to cross borders, exchange ideas and extend boundaries. A visit from a former great president of the United States and
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 [...] Faroes. It is hoped that such a center will extend the world's knowledge of the sea. No doubt there will, in time, be many spin-off ventures that will be of interest to the Faroese, as well as the US and [...] Over the millennia, it was ravaged by ice and wind, but we have endured. The towering crag of Enniberg, reputedly the highest sea cliff in the world, perhaps symbolizes our indomitable nature. It rises
on our latitudes where the social safety net is supposed to catch everyone and ensure that we all get the same opportunities in life. This is not how the American system works. The fierce American capitalism [...] where a military career often is a gateway into the halls of political power. He was determined to rule what is the only empire of our days and yet he has smoked pot, is an excellent sax player and a sort [...] 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
into my hand "Hi, what is your name?" I give him a smile and toss my hair "Mike! can I ask the same?" "´x´ is my name, how do you do?" Smiles and sends me his eyes. One hand is his, the other one pulled [...] this night. When all is closed and people crowd The stranger is no where in sight. Oh well, I guess that´s that What more can I demand. I only met him briefly I only shook his hand. The next day a friendship [...] An infatuation is growing inside But it will probably end. We write together, laughs and jokes Yes I know, Cliché. But that´s how it always starts That´s how it started this day. Me and the girls were at