all aspiring to the highest international standards. The best we have to offer however is that guests from abroad may meet us as a people exceptionally rich in culture and art, and which we are more than [...] and prepared to share with the rest of the world. The Faroes are therefore a country, which has much to offer the world. On top of this comes a unique geographical location in an area, which both commands [...] take this outstanding opportunity to request you to bring our very best wishes to your good friend Mr Nelson Mandela and on behalf of the Faroese people invite him to visit our peaceful islands in the

They are two larger than life individuals who are famed for speaking their mind and for their very highly informed views. We are looking forward to meeting them and listening to what they have to say. [...] course aspire to the same ambition, which is that when two such dignitaries visit our country this will assist in the promotion of the Faroes on to the world map, There are several indicators, which suggest [...] avoided, which it has to be said is a large sorrowful event. As Mr Clinton and Mr Blix have been invited to the Faroes to talk, there can be no doubt that they will have very many interesting aspects to present

– We must not afraid to impose demands upon the oil companies, which are active and intend to work in Faroe waters, says Mr Rasmussen. Supply Service Leirvik, which operated supply vessels from the Norwegian [...] then we have had the opportunity to monitor developments and last year we were able to buy vessels. Since then they have con­trac­ted four new supply vessels, which are currently being built, but they have [...] and through them we have access to a large amount of knowledge in this field, and this is a great advantage. If we are to establish ourselves in an oil industry, we have to attain the same competence levels

place, in which people with different culture, background and language than the Faroese, could find a place to meet and talk to people in similar situation. These meetings are organized in a relaxed, informal [...] and cosy atmosphere, in which everyone feels at ease and can talk to others in a similar situation and often with identical experiences. If you have children, you are welcome to take them with you. Mei [...] building next to SMS and Føroya Banki. Figures show that quite many foreigners live in the Faroes. The general idea of initiating the community, International Fellowship, in the Faroes, was to find a place

in the field with more to follow. Abbot Group is a third Scottish-headquartered energy services company which is looking to expand around the world and which is also more likely to acquired than be bought [...] strategy is to focus on its producing assets plus low risk exploration and new development upside that are material enough to provide significant growth for a small, start-up company but which would not [...] 1988 but returned to the province by buying half of Shell?s 4.357% interest in the Elgin/Franklin fields. The number of niche players are likely to increase as the UK Government attempts to encourage oil companies

More­over, the IT penetration is near 100 %. We are now about to undertake significant investments in the Vagar airport both with the aim to modernise it and to increase its capacity with a longer runway and [...] thirds of the shares in the publicly owned bank, Føroya Banki, and are planning to seld the last third quite soon. We are also going to privatise the airline, Atlantic Airways, the life insurer, Lív, and [...] intriguing to think about oil exploration in this area, also known as the Atlantic Margin, as an activity quite similar to searching for the famous needle in the haystack. And – mind you – here we are talking

• where all citizens are able to work and participate according to ability, • which gives all citizens the opportunity to use their capacity to lead a satisfactory life. Compared to all parameters of c [...] these two dimensions may seem antagonistic to one another. Yet, this is exactly what our welfare project attempts – namely to create an atmosphere in which social, industrial and economic spheres come [...] the Faroe Islands to be equally good for everyone, i.e. • That the Faroese people must thrive, develop and flourish, • That all citizens with no regard to social or personal situation are ensured all necessary

be sent back to his home country regardless of the conditions surrounding his decision to quit. This has been the reality for some of those who decide to come to the Faroe Islands to work. To abuse foreign [...] that are here, because of our histortically low unemployeement levels. They pay their own part to our wellfare systems, but are not allowed to recieve any of the benefits from it, which they are participating [...] r must work and live under are : when the work contract is done, then he will be sent back to his home country. However there are terrible shadow stories that are coming to light about how the labourworker

course, have to have effective strategies. This is a very small country and our budgets are equally small – so we must know how to get attention in a way that is not too costly. We have to rely heavily [...] here know it. But that’s no longer enough. People need to know about the real Faroe Islands – and they don’t want to sit back and watch: they want to feel alive and vibrant. In other words, they want exciting [...] the caves are used as integral parts of the music. But new offers are on their way. Sea angling is – as I said – about to become an established activity on offer, while many other activities are still just

an ambitious program, which has come to be known as Vision 2015. The goal is to enable the Faroe Islands to become on of the most progressive countries in the world. There is much to be done, without question [...] solutions to difficult problems, which flows out of the knowledge we are able to glean from around the world and refine and refresh in the Faroes. Such a goal cannot be achieved overnight, but we are a patient [...] reflected in a letter written in 1803 to James Monroe that some men were born to serve the human race on a "broad scale". It is an immense pleasure to welcome to our distant shores these two men of distinction