stream of income, which is used to boost the economy and to finance amenities other local authorities in Britain can only dream of. With the massive Clair oil field, 50 miles to the west of Shetland, coming [...] quickly realised that oil was to come anyhow, as Shetland was the nearest landfall, and that it was important to get the best deal possible. He said: ?Nobody was particular keen to have oil here because we [...] UK?s remotest and rural communities, it is worth noting that when oil was first found in the northern North Sea, some 30 years ago, many Shetlanders were not keen to seen the industry arriving. Shetlanders

deepwater Nigeria, it is hardly surprising that the North-west European effort is so low key. And, as rigs gradually but inexorably migrate out of the North Sea, the more difficult it is likely to become in terms [...] Dooish discovery. Is it potentially commercial or is it not? That is the question being asked in the wake of conflicting reports. The 12/2-1z Rockall Basin well drilled last year appeared to encounter a s [...] would be obliged to release a great deal more data than has been made available. It would be more difficult to shroud a well in mystery for years on end ? tight hole status ? than is customarily the case

think it was to far away to go. I had told her with great confidence that it was only a plane ticket away. That is not true. America is much further away than that. To come here was like going to another [...] disparate from my own. It is this diversity which has been my greatest teacher: By living, working, and laughing with humans that are different from me, I have learned that my way of doing things is not always [...] a month or two, things started to gradually get easier. I began to fathom the culture of Arkansas, to empathize with their values, and more important, to under­stand my own Faroese culture; who I was.

believe in its existence. It’s simply too intangible an idea. To me, though the country still does seem vast, it did not take long for it to become completely demystified. This is not a dream, but real life [...] 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 Dream!” In the reality of what is the United States [...] but love it. Rather than being intimidating, the size of the country is what makes it so full of opportunities for a person to shape life as he or she pleases. And coming in as an outsider is no barrier

atom, so it is my belief that no scale of good and bad presidents can rate John Fitzgerald Kennedy. A mind so free of fear and myth and prejudice, so opposed to cant and chlicés, so unwilling to feign or [...] they reserve he mantle of greatness for those who win great wars, not those who prevent them. But in my unobjective view I think it will be difficult to measure John Kenndy by any ordinary historical yardstick [...] or be fooled, to accept or reflect mediocrity, is rare in our world – and even rarer in American Politics. Without demeaning any of the great men who have helped the precidency in this country, I do not

central to who we are. It has been our opportunity to make a living, to travel to other nations, and it is an inseparable part of Faroese identity. From the sea, we have built our livelihoods, and it continues [...] menna nýggja ferðavinnutilboð, har atlit verður tikið til bæði fólk og náttúru. "It is my great pleasure to welcome you all to the Nordic Blue Tourism Conference, “An Ocean of Opportunities.” The title could [...] for life! But in order to keep our ocean clear and thriving, we must protect it. Ocean pollution is a global challenge – and sadly, it affects us here in the Faroes as well. This is an issue we must confront

WhiteFingers Today's quarantine challenge was to sing a song in a language we don't speak (then again less than 50k people speak it, which is a good thing: it means not many people will know how much we [...] months already, and now was the perfect time. It was the first song I recorded during Recording Europe in the Faroe Islands, and my instant favourite, written by the loveliest of people. Only saw them 1

by FAS it is also necessary that the ship owner in question is a resident in the Faroe Islands. If the ship owner is a company it has to be registered in the Faroe Islands and its real head office has to [...] DIS. In relation to hydrocarbon activities it may have fiscal and with that financial importance to the wage earner, whether he is tax liable subject to the Hydrocarbon Tax Act only or to the ordinary tax [...] of Ships (FAS) A.1 Refund to the Shipping Company According to this rule the Faroese shipping company is entitled to get refunded a part of the wages, presently 28%, paid to crew performing services: 1

they from time to time might seem to have opposite interests. I would like to thank the organisers for providing this opportunity to discuss the experience of the last 12 months. It is important that we [...] from the Faroese industry to discuss the issue of local participation in connection with the activities this summer. Evaluation is good but it all comes to nothing if we fail to follow up on the subjects [...] contractors have to turn their focus towards a new market to find out what that particular market has to offer. This stipulation also commits the local business community which has to be on its feet marketing

these undertakings have to be concluded. The objective is always to ensure that the companies have enough time to complete the work that has to be done. A suitable time frame is negotiated between the license [...] payment, which is a fee the license holders have to pay for the licensed area, increases as the years pass. This is also an incentive for the companies not to drag their feet with this work. It is also very [...] which is worth reciting once again. It has been confirmed, that an active hydrocarbon producing system is present in the Faroe subsoil. Although this is an important confirmation, oil exploration is a far