stone between Sweden and America you will find a micro nation that is older and younger than the United States. In this modern globalized micro society you will find the oldest parliament in the world [...] the Faroe Islands you create a bridge of peace rang­ing from Sweden via the Faroe Islands to the United Stat­es. You made the right choice to visit us, you gave a promise and to our satisfaction - you

phase of our trip was to visit several of the world-famous Greek Isles. We have few friends from the United States who have enjoyed the cool white houses and bright blue waters of the isles, but we were not

Oh, but it’s great that you’re doing it! Living the American 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.

Back then he had never heard of the place, the Faroe Islands were a totally unknown entity in the United States, but now that he returned to this tiny country, the situation had changed. The last couple

this visit in our country. I cannot refrain from thinking back to October in 1986, when the then United States President, Mr Ronald Reagan and the Russian head of state, Mr Mikhail Gorbatjov held a high [...] As mentioned these are two world famous men who are visiting. Mr Bill Clinton was President in the United States, elected for two periods, spanning from 1993 to 2001. With his forty six years of age, he [...] achievements is the so-called Dayton-agreement, which ended the civil conflict in Bosnia. At home in the United States, Mr Clinton profiled himself as a President who among other aspects tried to balance the country’s

Tinganes in Tórshavn and the White House in Washington is immense. Thousands of kilometers divide the United States from the Faroe Islands. But this did not deter the Norse a thousand years ago. In fragile

the smallest capitals in the world, it is a great honor for us to receive a former president of the United States of America, accompanied by one of the most important UN officials in history. Though our country

Söderberg, Gunnar Ekelöf, Astrid Lindgren and Tomas Tranströmer. From Poe to Gore Vidal To most of us the United States constitute, not only a nation, but almost a universe, a multi-national and multi-cultural [...] economic entity, but a spacious cultural and spiritual domain embracing giant nations such as the United States as well as tiny states-to-be, such as the Faroes. The challenges of the modern world make [...] nature a process of give and take. We, as a small Scandinavian nation, have much to learn from the United States. We look with admiration at the quality of American research, the high standards of American

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 and

coverage as well and more Internet users per capita than the United States. Admittedly, we experience more cloudy days than a typical region in the United States, but we actually have more sunny days than Cold [...] Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States and one of the principal drafters of the Declaration of Independence, once reflected in a letter written in 1803 to James Monroe that some men [...] collaboration between the Faroese business community and the world at large, especially with the United States. The arrival of such distinguished visitors is but another evidence of this remarkable and