Islands is a country which is – and is not. 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 [...] networks is becoming more important. And still it is crucial for us to hold on strongly to our unique identity if we want to stay competitive. The burning question is: What role can a little nation like the [...] country is pierced with tunnels through mountains and under the sea, leaving 85 % of the people less than an hour away from each other. It is also worth mentioning that 45 % of the power consumption is generated

it is because people feel safer travelling north than south these days. And since the northern countries have seen far less of mass tourism, there is more unspoiled territory to explore. We Mustn’t Throw [...] s in this respect, and we can easily make this an industry where many local people can earn a living just like the Irish. So we are working on making an advertising campaign next year informing people [...] variety of activities to choose from. And they don’t necessarily find the polished picture of the Faroe Islands attractive. The real picture is also, in fact, much more rough and dramatic. For example, when

I didn’t 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 [...] culture; who I was. Today, I love Arkansas, and I wouldn’t want to go to school anywhere else. The school is excellent and the knowledge I have gained there is monumental. But my schooling has not only happened [...] 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 the

world. If we look at violence, the picture is the same. Natural balance Faroes is one of the very few modern places still in touch with nature. It is still an integrated part of nature to go fishing and [...] natures power here in the North Atlantic, you don’t ask why. So what you might say is that the Faroese are born with the respect of nature and resources that world is asking for today. But this does not make [...] remoteness is no longer an obstacle. Modern technology makes knowledge accessible and the small and trustfully society makes a distinct dynamic possible through a unique networking. Together with an extreme

and an eagerness to talk politics. “It is clear to us, based on Iraq, that President Bush is mentally handicapped,” they told us earnestly as we visited and watched the sun set over the city. It is not [...] his support during the Kosovo War in 1999. Over coffee one woman put it that, “We don’t like each other, but we all like Clinton.” Her statement was chilling as it came less than 24-hours after a bomb went [...] he spent most of his youth living in the Phi­lippines his spoken Faro­ese is not so great, either. We are limited to phrases like “Góðan morgun,” “takk fyri,” and “skulu vit fara?” which I proudly recite

when talking to people at home about studying in the U.S. is something like this: “I don’t think I could live there, it’s just too far away, and isn’t the crime rate pretty high over there? Oh, but it’s great [...] become completely 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 [...] person to 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

spectacular rock pillars that protrude from the surf like craggy teeth. The Faroese society is described as one of the rare places where you don’t have to worry about traffic, pollution or crime. Doors [...] way. Now it is our turn. The Clinton visist is an opportunity to draw attention to our country and create opportunities to tell the good stories, Elin Heinesen explains. And the fact that an American president [...] nothing, and it is not just a question of luck or coincident that the Faroe Islands suddenly get huge world-media coverage. It turns out that the origin of the recent flood of stories is to be found in

into my hand "Hi, what is your name?" I give him a smile and toss my hair "Mike! can I ask the same?" "´x´ is my name, how do you do?" Smiles and sends me his eyes. One hand is his, the other one pulled [...] fright? Why do I think so much About someone I don´t really know? It was only a brief encounter But sure makes my head grow. Weeks have passed, a weekend is planed The girls and I will go. To a "club", way [...] - Show" Music´s fab, the crowd is wild We´re dancing all night long. They´re all looking weird at us But hey, this is our song. I notice someone I´ve seen before But can´t put my finger on who. He turns

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 about the labor market. However, what is blatantly obvious [...] reader is that the foreign workers are not welcome. By this, I think that you are crossing the limits of decency. People who come here to work legally are not to blame that our politicians haven' t done [...] new colleagues to be frozen out of the Faroese labor market. There 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

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 [...] must be ended. It will be ended. The only question now is when. Our task now is to make the rest of the world view the grind for what it is – an obscenity and a disgrace upon the escutcheon of humanity [...] associated in human beings with sophisticated cognition. Like chimpanzees, dolphins and whales are essentially non-human persons. And that is why it is my sincere conviction that the killing of a whale, the