order to reach a main objective: to ensure an excellent society for all citizens. Dual Strategies for Welfare The vision of welfare originates in a political ambition and it aims for a social system which [...] innovation, cooperation and growth. From a liberalistic market philosophy these two dimensions may seem antagonistic to one another. Yet, this is exactly what our welfare project attempts – namely to create [...] be carried out in a new law that ensures the elderly citizens’ rights and options. The Welfare System Strengthens the Availability of Competition. Our objective is to incorporate at a society: • without

created a prosperous 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 [...] There was a great buzz about the place back in 1978. When I arrived first there was a lot of construction work going on; such as earth moving, civil construction work, laying the foundations for a lot of [...] Shetland has changed to a different kind of community from days when you walked down the streets of Lerwick and would know everybody you met, to nowadays where you can often be on a bus or a plane and you do

demystified. This is not a dream, but real life – and I can’t do anything 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 [...] 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, I have not yet encountered this [...] shape life as he or she pleases. And coming in as an outsider is no barrier to fitting in and utilizing what the country has to offer. It is made easy by the astonishing openness that the people has been

2000 as a basis for building up a Faroese oil and gas company and become partner in a strong group of international oil and gas companies. In that way the necessary skills and knowledge to run a professional [...] 1998 and 1999 would be able to cash a return of around 110 thousand DKK if he sold his shares this year, a healthy return by any standard. The company was founded with a share capital of DKK 25.5 million [...] marked a significant develop­ment in the organisation of the Company. Meeting the require­ments for full transparency in all company matters has been a welcome challenge and all information is now readily

287million might be recoverable over a 24-year period. Depending on how Phase-1 works out, further development is possible, with a recoverables target of 400mmb, though there is informal talk of more than 500mmb [...] Offshore Faroes 2003 JEREMY CRESSWELL . Not only is it a lifeline to Sullom Voe, getting this giant of a field onstream will be the end of a 27-year haul, given that Clair was located west of Shetland [...] t has been shelved at least once. But now the project is unstoppable, with construction past the halfway mark and apparently on track. Clair is a monster in more ways than one. It?s not just huge (220sq

donsk mentan eru flótandi støddir, sum serliga í hesum døgum broytast. Ulrik Beck: "What is Globalisation" 2002 "Ud Over Nationalstaten ? Hen imod et kosmopolitisk verdensbillede" Lettere International Nov [...] rák eru komin úr Danmark. Spurningurin er í dag um (hvar og hvussu nógv) danski mentunarbardagin um m.a. fólkaskúlan, EU og flóttafólk kemur at ávirka fólk og mentan í Føroyum. Vónandi kemur globaliseringin

brink of a new industry in the Faroese context. Today we have three exploration wells behind us and a lot of experience which I am looking forward to hearing more of over the next days. There is another [...] first say that my general impression is that the activities on the whole have been carried out in a satisfactory manner. However I still think that this conference is a good forum for dialog between the parties [...] subjected to intense studies over the coming months. If we see hydrocarbon production on the Faroe Shelf in the future, the local industry will also face a new challenge with a marked increase in activity

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 [...] forget that a drilling is just the end result of an exhaustive preliminary work project. The license holders are doing a huge amount of work. Our own geologists at Jarðfeingi are also doing a large amount [...] Knowledge on the area is of course much better today compared to when we begun. A considerably larger part of the region has been mapped. The basalt, which was estimated as a massive problem, is little by little

winners: Nordic food producer : Fredriksdals Kirsebærvin, Denmark The winner is a producer who organically makes a product which is sought after in the most prestigious restaurants in Europe. Trying new innovative [...] Andreas Sundgren, Brännlands Cider, Sweden With a high market potential this entrepreneur is using raw tenacity to make a naturally sweet beverage in a harsh climate that nobody believed would succeed [...] y as a core dimension: prepares food for many, integrates food from food waste in the meals and makes a difference for the society. Nordic food destination : Kvitnes gård, Norway The Arctic is a braid

their sentience. This is not about killing a cow, a sheep, or a pig raised for human consumption. This is akin to killing a mountain gorilla, a chimpanzee, or an orangutan. It is simply ethically and morally [...] essentially non-human persons. And that is why it is my sincere conviction that the killing of a whale, the killing of a dolphin, the killing of a pilot whale is – the moral equivalent of murder! These [...] to understand what I feel and what I have experienced but it is real and it is profound in its effect upon all that I have done and will continue to do until the end of my life. I saw a different and separate