ones of all consuming sorrow and that moment where Blissfulness wrapped us in Her arms. In Jensia’s debut single “Home”, she tells of these arrays of connotations. Not just with her words, but in the whirlwind [...] soljóðandi: “Home” is a word that brings forth different places within us, where all types of memories are hidden. Some, we will cherish forever and others we would like to forget. Those times it all fell apart; [...] whirlwind of colourful musical depth and expression, that her powerful and soft voice embodies. While listening to the song, you will find a moment of peace and rest, and be assured, that we are never
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 on stream towards the end of next year, the BP led [...] society that enjoys one of the highest standards of living anywhere in Britain. A unique partnership between the industry and the local authority has secured the islands a steady stream of income, which is used [...] with the major industrial development taking place in one of the 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
beautiful metropolitan, 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 [...] 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
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Faroese International Register of Ships (FAS) that came into force in the beginning of the 90?ies and the rules of taxation on crew?s wages that came into force in the second half of the 90?ies. As regards taxation [...] and exploitation of hydrocarbons is divided into two groups. One group consists of income derived directly from exploitation of resources (Section 4 income) and the other group consists of »derivative income« [...] be deducted in Section 4 income. Tax has to be paid in three equal installments on 1 October, 1 November, and 1 December of the following year. B »Derivative Income« This type of income is in short, all
us closer to our goal. There are also others involved in this large task, but we do not see them or their activity in our everyday life. Knowledge on the area is of course much better today compared to [...] acknowledged this, and has succeeded in becoming part of the international oil industry. As this oil exhibition gets off the ground in Stavanger, Faroe industry is a part of the exhibition and are offering [...] point of view, we have decided to be part of the Faroe stand at the exhibition/conference in Stavanger. It is my sincere hope that we continually manage to organise the surrounding framework in such a
There is no place for this kind of barbaric tradition in the world of the 21st Century, in a world where species extinction is escalating, where the oceans are dying, and where the sheer numbers of human beings [...] culture and traditions of the Faeroese that lie behind the continuation of the slaughter of the whales. We were told we are not welcome because we will not compromise. In other words, we had to understand [...] there is no single whale remaining to communicate to other pods the horror that awaits other pilot whales in the fjords and coves of the Faeroes. The other reason is our human inability to comprehend non-
largest collection of books in America. Now Jónas knew the realities of living in a harsh environment and he brought along good quantities of building supplies (scare at even the best of times in the Faroes) [...] possessed by this unique microcosm of a country, nestled in the heart of the pristine North Atlantic Ocean. By way of illustration, several years ago I participated in the launch of Intel’s new Centrino WiFi chip [...] this sort of thing for centuries. 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
to the point of lost identity, things have actually combined in favour of the Faroese. In that sense bad weather has formed the surroundings, the skills and the very soul of the Faroese in a favourable [...] description of The Faroes. And let’s stay in the poetic corner. Danish author and jazz singer Suzanne Brøgger, who visited the islands in March this year, described her experience in a radio programme in this [...] It is in constant flux. It keeps disappearing: One moment it’s lost in the fog, and suddenly – there it is again in all its magnificent beauty. Like magic. Like reality and fairytale in one. In these majestic
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 indicates that, after all, some degree of diversification has [...] same line of reasoning we are now in a process of building up our own foreign service with four representations abroad – where the fourth one opened just last weekend in Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland [...] with quite accurate descriptions of the different layers of rock and sediments thousands of metres below the surface. On this background it is possible to make predictions of what you may find deep down,
