occupation, a number equal to around a third of the entire Faroese population at the time, it goes without saying that many close bonds were forged, some a lot closer than others. It is estimated that around [...] be here in your charming Council Chamber, in the very heart of Scotland’s beautiful capital. I know I speak for my fellow Faroe Islanders when I say that Edinburgh has aways felt very much like a home away [...] which we see in the ongoing atrocities around the world today. Where a flag at half-mast marking the mourning of lost loved ones and unthinkable suffering can be countered by another flag in a different

waves of romance A flurry of air whispers gently a cheerful refrain, but cold Not once has it ever cuddled cuddled that trait which is all That’s why this gentle sea wave embraces the skerry in pain Take me [...] never be certain that I have a place to roam to In a foreign land far from my friends and my home I'm sitting in shade by the embers alone Should I grow old and never be certain that I have a place to roam [...] like foals in play That is when my heart bursts with wonder of yearn and deep melancholy of doubt and of bliss and shudder Even those moments I see :||: see that this life is an offering a chasm of precious

whale of all. Nor does the law discriminate between Faroeman and foreigner, and if you are ever on holiday in Faroe when a grind takes place you will not be denied a share of the spoils. When all the whales [...] Faroeman, whaling is not only a necessary means of procuring food, it is also an adventure, a sport, a social celebration. For the evening after a whale-hunt the townfólk gather in the dance-hall and around [...] territory and fiords was a struggle for existence. A question of to be or not to be. Older than this phfrase by Shakespeare. In connection with whale hunting you ought to know that in the Faroe Islands practically

Life began in our oceans and life flourishes in the sea, and if it does not, if the oceans die, the reality is that we will die with it. We cannot live upon this planet with a dead ocean. It is the heart [...] order to discuss it, and that we will not do. It is our position that culture and tradition must never be a justification for cruelty and slaughter. When it comes to killing, we draw the line on compromise [...] recently in Scotland when pilot whales are beached and stranded, people volunteer from miles around to rescue them. But not in the Faeroe Islands. Here you kill them. Why? Because it’s a tradition! It’s a part

drilling in 2006. It has to be said that the company has been very active since the first bidding round in 2000. Sosialurin has asked Mr Rúni M. Hansen, the StatoilHydro CEO in the Faroes, what we can expect [...] company in four licenses and are a partner, with a 30% stake in a fifth license. Just one of these licenses stems from the first bidding round in 2000 – the so-called “Brugdu” area, where we drilled a well [...] activities in Greenland. Lately, it has been rumoured that large amounts of hydrocarbons lie hidden in the Greenland subsoil. StatoilHydro has been the operating company for a significant large project in the

the company, which now has a fully developed system with a large sales potential. The company is developing and with an office in Klaksvik, one in Singapore and a training base in Ukraine on the agenda [...] down in a pocketbook, the information is registered in a web-based system and another engineer working on a platform with the same equipment on the other side of the globe, can see that exactly that pump [...] Heini Mikkelsen has a history in the oil industry, and Mr Christian D. Grahn has formerly had his own IT consultancy company, supplying SAP solutions. They recognised the requirement for a system, which

Faroe Islands, and who are coming here in good faith. In my opinion the ad is repulsive. In the text, you try to make it sound like you are doing the foreigners a favor by providing some basic information [...] law improved before it was passed. I must say that I do understand very well, that you are sorry, frustrated and angry over parts of the law. The campaign However, the campaign you now have started with [...] is no offer of a membership in any of your unions. I think this is highly inappropriate and embarrassing to witness - as a Faroese citizen. I feel that with this campaign you are creating a division between

Saying "let me be". I lift my brow and make a "what? You´ve got to be kidding me." "You were the one who wanted to know me Wanting to know my name. I gave you a smile and tossed my hair Wanting to know the [...] 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 a party We all were [...] I found your name, a picture I saw It was your beautiful face". "The night at the party, when leaving the house I´m sorry for making you feel. As if I didn´t care about you As if you weren´t real." "I was

just a few hours. What does he want and what good does a visit by a retired president do us? Of course we are all very excited to hear what a man, who has had the ultimate responsibility for the world’s [...] have been told, that one day when my grandfather and another skipper from the countryside met in one of Tórshavn’s narrow alleys, one of them uttered: “It is not small men one meets in the streets of Tórshavn [...] during his term that, even if you grew up during the age of flower power and might have given in to the times once or twice, smoked a joint and perhaps participated in a protest march, you are capable of

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 were born to serve the human race on a "broad scale" [...] develop new capacities to participate effectively in the new economy that is so revolutionizing the world today. President Clinton, you once stated that in the "new economy, information, education, and motivation [...] sea, we in the Faroes are endeavoring to enter into a variety of collaborations with ocean research centers from around the globe to create a world-class oceanographic center here in the Faroes. It is hoped