The demand for a permanent link ashore has been around for many years and a dialogue has been on-going on how to link oil platforms to the mainland. Already when the FarIce-cable was laid, this issue was [...] companies. On the other hand a certain size of telecom company is required, which the oil companies can fully rely upon as a partner. Føroya Telecom seems to have such a required size as a deal is on the doorstep [...] before however. At a meeting at the Oil Thinge recently, it was mentioned that Føroya Tele is working on intentions of establishing a close cooperation with a giant oil company and in the event these intentions

kroner in 2001, in 2002 they were 22,3 million and during the years 2003 – 2006 between 7 and 9 million. On top of this are duties from the sale of seismic licenses issued to Western Geophysical from 1994-95

active in the exploration for oil and gas on the Faroese Shelf. Sosialurin, founded in 1927, is the biggest newspaper in the Faroe Islands. Sosialurin has focused on the Oil and Gas industry for the last 30 [...] optimism for the area on the back of the UK Schiehallion and Foinaven discoveries, and following the boundary agreement between the UK and the Faroese in 1999 the industry embarked on exploring the Faroese [...] leading distributor of oil and gas related information in the Faroes. Our focus has primarily been on the Atlantic Margin. In the course of covering developments, we have been present at most of the ONS

unclear situation has created problems. The new taxation agreement however has turned things around. On the 20th of June 2007, Mr Magni Laksafoss, the government minister for fiscal affairs and the UK tax [...] tax minister, Mrs. Dawn Primarolo signed a new dual taxation agreement, which will come into force on the 1st of January 2008, after it supposedly is passed both by the UK and Faroe parliaments. Satisfied [...] oil companies to work here: -“The oil industry has for a long time been requesting clear-cut rules on tax issues. Therefore I estimate this agreement can only be an advantage for British companies and

to list the Company on two markets. In June 2005 Atlantic Petroleum was listed on OMX in Iceland, and in October 2006 on OMX in Copenhagen. Phase Three The third phase will be built on the shoulders of the [...] the industry and to more opportunities. The early development of the Company should be based on the activities on the Faroese Continental Shelf. The shareholder base should be strong and 100% Faroese. The [...] Company’s strategy and it has been shown to be a strong commercial point overall. The listing of AP on the OMX Nordic Exchange in Iceland in 2005 and OMX Copenhagen Stock Exchange in Copenhagen marked a

been on a proposed new energy policy, and a new power legislation Act was passed during the last sitting. The overriding aim for a new energy policy is that within 2015, 20% of our energy usage on land [...] oil and energ ------------------- During the debate of the PM’s speech, which he held to the nation on the national holiday the 29th of July, the Minister for hydrocarbon affairs, Mr Bjarni Djurholm had [...] achieve the objective of a sustainable society. If all goes to plan the first windmills will be erected on Nólsoy in 2009. Other steps have also been taken within the energy area; for example a work group has

Notes on a Scandal er ein thrillari um tvær kvinnur, leiktar av tvær av teimum bestu kvinnuligu leikarunum í heiminum í dag Judi Dench og Cate Blanchett. Ein er ung og vøkur, hin er eldri og býr einsamøll

Ian McEwan, On Chesil Beach, Random House, 2007 Lesarar vóru ikki sørt ovfarnir, tá teir varnaðust, at nýggja skaldsøgan hjá McEwan snýr seg um nakað so tugt sum ”fyrstu ferð”. Men, sum vanligt, løðir [...] okkum ikki fyri neyvt detaljeraðar lýsingar av, hvat tað er, tey bæði trilvandi ungu ikki finna út av. On Chesil Beach hevur okkurt ævintýrkent við sær, sum gevur lesaranum varhuga av, at alt er avgjørt f

hellan var týðilig at síggja í bakborð, men ikki í stýriborð. Eyðbjørn Lervig var skjótt útnevndur OSC (On Scene Commander), og hansara fyrsta innskot var at toga russiska trolaran av aftir sum skjótast. Men

sonevndur On Scene Commander. SMC hevur helst verið starvsmaðurin, ið var við til sjófrágreiðingina, tó uttan at verða avhoyrdur, meðan tað er greitt, at skiparin á Tjaldrinum, Eyðbjørn Lervig, var On Scene