As one of 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 [...] Faroese Parliament and it still meets in Tórshavn. I am proud to say that it is considered the world’s oldest parliament. Tórshavn is administered by a politically elected city council. This council, like [...] bodies, is divided into a majority and a minority, reflecting our citizens’ will and the possibilities for political agreements. There are 13 members on the Tórshavn city council, which is currently governed
fell under the harsh dominion of the Scots, the Faroes eventually passed from Norway to be governed for centuries, at an agreeable distance, by the more easy-going Danes. Thanks chiefly to this single fact [...] . But first, we shall all hold our breath. On 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 [...] whose bicentenary many of us look forward to celebrate in January 2009 contributed, together with T.S. Eliot, to the creation of European lyrical modernism, a literary movement which is still with us. We
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 [...] striving to become one of the most progressive countries in the world – to be a catalyst for new thinking, for new solutions to difficult problems, which flows out of the knowledge we are able to glean [...] 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 to enter into
This guy, who was inspired by Kennedy, pulled all the world’s strings 8 years running. He cleaned up Reagan’s economic mess, redefined America’s role, after the red czars of Kremlin had thrown in their towels [...] had the ultimate responsibility for the world’s most important and most difficult decisions, has to say to the people of the Faroe Islands. He will be paid a few dollars for it, well then, but considering [...] tell. And a man who has been sparring with Al Gore for eight years should be able to convey a message to us about what the future holds in store for mankind. This Danish dependency at 62 degrees in the
that you as a representative for the world’s largest democracy is visiting one of the world’s smallest democracies. History is in the making and hopefully a bridge is being built between two very different [...] It is a honour for us that a former 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 [...] 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 place for any such future summit meetings in
had come to visit him, Jens Olsen went down to the Governor’s Office. The Governor was, of course, busy, and they sat wating in the hall for a while. Suddenly a door opens, and Bill Clinton steps out followed [...] was sure that Bill Clinton would become president one day, and she wanted me to go to the Governor’s Office and have a picture taken, so that later in life I could say that I had met the American President [...] presence of yet another possible future American president. The year in Arkansas was very important for Jens Olsen, he says, and it has influenced the choices he was made later in life. - Spending a year
role as the Governor for Arkansas and the President for the world’s strongest superpower, you displayed exceptional leader qualities, which were firmly rooted in great visions for peace, democracy and [...] important role for the world’s climate and the climatic changes, which now seem to be emerging. Even if our country is small, the nation which resides here is strong. We have lived here for almost two and [...] territorial waters, our country becomes quite large. The ocean is decisive for our existence here. The ocean depicts the very basis for our economy, all our material wealth and all of our culture is reflected
Thorshavn som Sagfører, men det kan vist ikke nytte ham noget, thi det er meget sjældent, at en Sag er for Retten, saa han faar vel ikke meget at gøre.” Tað skal tó sigast, at Petur seinni strikaði hetta út [...] eftir hansara ráðum hevur valdast eitt sindur, um hetta hevur hóskað politisku áhugamálunum. Í Jógvan S málinum var tað ikki opportunt at fylgja hansara greiða tilmæli, men rættarmálið aftaná gav honum viðhald
1 på Eysturoy på neset mellom Toftir og Æðuvik 2 på Streymoy nordøst for Kirkjubøreyn syd for Torshavn 3 på Streymoy rett øst for Kirkjubøreyn 4 på Sandoy på neset mellom Sandur og Søltuvik 5 på Streymoy [...] 14’s anbefalinger om hinderfrihet, noe som kun kan avhjelpes ved betydelige masseflyttinger. - Det vil også kreve svært store terrengarbeider både for selve rullebanen og sikkerhets-området og for å t [...] hinderflatene etter Annex 14. Også prosedyrene for utflyging etter motorbortfall vil måtte få minimale slingringsmonn. Disse forhold kombinert med den store fare for turbulenser ved fremherskende vindforhold
sindur for ágangandi við hasum skrálarínum. Gloymdu Knøtt Hin helvtin av duoini Meylu og Knøtti, Knøttur, hevði eftir øllum at døma givið Meylu krakk, men saman við øðrum vinum, sum poppstjørnuni S’marna [...] til Clinton vitjanina, og luttøkan hjá Jens Marna, ið sjálvironiska leiklutinum, sum poppstjørnan S’marni, var stuttlig fyri okkum eldru áskoðarar. Umframt at levera eina songrødd, sum var klassar betur [...] showi og peppaðum dansarunum riggaði tað. Hóast tónleikurin var upptikin frammanundan, so sungu Meyla, S´marni, Jógvan Líggjas og Dia Regin live, og tað var gleðiligt at síggja, at tey ikki valdu playback