and peoples - or perhaps I should call them “fixed links”. This is how I like to think about our national flag – as our political “fixed link” to the rest of the world. It is a symbol of our nationhood [...] 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 from home. I am also extremely honored to be joined [...] Scotland as very much a part of our common region, and I believe that active Scottish participation is a valuable contribution to this strong and dynamic cross-border cooperation. I myself am visiting Space

throwing the kast (a white stone tied to a long line) overboard on the edges of the scool…. The forman gives the order, and the slaughter begins…… When a whale is dead, a large iron hook is driven into its [...] carried away……. To the 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 [...] its head and a rope is thrown ashore, so that onlookers can drag the body on to the quay…. From now on it is hard work for the whalingmen day and night until the meat has been won. A body of men, the vaktarhald

other. The ecosystem is a food chain, which order is where the different organisms eat each order. We, the human beings are a part of this chain, though some will take us out of it. I´ve noticed that you [...] than human beings. We just do not understand each other. Allthough all this I don´t think we shall treat neither animal nor people after their intelligence nor their cuteness. I will not live after Sea Shephards [...] Shephards view on how we ought to live. It is unnatural. I think whales as well as other animals have both moral and legal rights. Therefore we must avoid all animal killing from suffering. But we can´t

whale, I feel it too and I can identify with the horror they experience. I know I cannot easily convince other humans to understand what I feel and what I have experienced but it is real and it is profound [...] 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 [...] what they feel, I react as they would react if they had the means to do so, and because I am human, I have the means to react to defend them and I do. Empathy is the experience of a foreign consciousness

night. I wonder what he was thinking Did I give him a 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 [...] "Never" I said, "I´m out and about You should do the same. Never put a mask on your face Never feel ashamed." "Religious suroundings I do have, So this I cannot do. But one thing you must know, Real, my [...] same?" "´x´ is my name, how do you do?" Smiles and sends me his eyes. One hand is his, the other one pulled "Fine, but I gotta fly." His face fades from my mind In and out this night. When all is closed and

n and expensive coffee before catching a bumpy flight north. I do not know everything that awaits us in the Faroes, but I highly anticipate the natural beauty, a new family and comm­unity, and the wool [...] with locals is a great opportunity to learn about a culture and find the best restaurants. It also saves money, which is essential for two young unemployed journalists traveling in Europe for a month with [...] life together in Klaksvik. After a week of marriage, we left my home in rural America, a place of big highways, big sky and a big family, to travel across the Balkans, a land of young coun­tries, local

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 [...] as I think is more fitting). However much I like the U.S., it does have its less positive sides. Some stereotypes about its citizens are true to a great extent. Americans know America. Period. I am left [...] in some ways, and maybe even a little dangerous. The usual reaction I get 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

sea, they have managed to produce a most remarkable society and at the very heart of that society is a streak of practicality that the world would do well to adopt. A case in point involves that remarkable [...] put together in a very practical and efficient way. Now promoting the Faroes and its potential is a pleasant and engaging task and over the years I have nurtured relationships with a variety of international [...] flourished, and the people of the Faroes evince a most remarkable spirit of forbearance and determination. I did not know any of this, of course, when I first arrived with my wife some eleven years ago

with the Bath Water So in a way, the Faroes sell themselves as a tourist destination, but since we have not really developed a real tourism industry yet, it is essential that we do our best to meet this [...] are equally small – so we must know how to get attention in a way that is not too costly. We have to rely heavily on editorial mentioning, so we work very hard to build up a contact network with journalists [...] organisation. Unspoiled Territory to Explore What advantages do the Faroe Islands have as a travel destination? The fact that our country is a small archipelago in the middle of the big ocean in the periphery

March this year, described her experience in a radio programme in this way: »It’s a cosmic experience. The Faroe Islands is a country which is – and is not. It is in constant flux. It keeps disappearing: One [...] •… has a total export of DKK 3,579,300,000 (2005). •… has a total imports of DKK 3,911,600,000 (2005). •… GDP is DKK 9,699,000,000 (2003). Do you want to know more? If you would like to get to know the Faroe [...] the Faroe Islands”. I’ll quote from this article: Like Reality and Fairy–Tale in One »The Faroe Islands is easily the most moodily beautiful place I have ever been. Each island is a giant slice of elaborately