course, to the country’s Vision 2015, the hope and dream that the Faroes will become one of the most progressive nations of the world by 2015. A bit audacious some might say, but I for one am the eternal optimist [...] indomitable spirit of the Faroese bubbling and oozing about. I remember sitting in a remote farmhouse one evening enjoying the pleasant company of a farmer and his artist wife, as they graciously listened [...] example. Born in Copenhagen, the son of a Danish Lutheran minister, he was raised in the Faroes. As one could well imagine, growing up in the Faroes Jónas was quite at home on the sea and eventually acquired

surface. On this background it is possi­ble to make predictions of what you may find deep down, but one is always taking a risk, and you will not know if you find anything, before you actually hit it with [...] recession of the early 90ies. What must be striking about the Faroese economy, seen from an outsider’s view, is that we have an extremely tiny economy in a population of just under 50,000, and a total workforce [...] is also why we are still expand­ing our degree of political independence. We are convinced that no one is better situated to plan for our own good and take decisions concerning the direction of our land

and Iraq, and still come out loving the U.S. It is Clinton, though, who holds the key to their hearts for his support during the Kosovo War in 1999. Over coffee one woman put it that, “We don’t like each [...] Abby Kirkbride abby.kirkbride@gmail.com Photos: Ben Rasmussen This is one of the first lessons the Mother Continent (Europe, ed.) taught my husband and I on our month-long honeymoon trip en route to the [...] young unemployed journalists traveling in Europe for a month with only the increasingly devalued U.S. dollar to spend. On the island of Samos, within sight of the Turkish coast, we stayed with a lovely

Bill Clinton’s visit already in January. The visit was postponed just weeks before the planned event in May, but eight foreign press representatives chose to visit the islands anyway. One of the foreign [...] According to the press co-ordinator, Tórun Ellingsgaard, foreign press doesn’t just follow Bill Clinton’s tail. They have to be fed with interesting tips about possible stories. - American journalists are not [...] sell the Faroes to his editors, he needed a more solid story. And the story that got him here was the one about the Faroese professor, Bogi Hansen, who was awarded the Nordic Council Nature and Environment

as a President who among other aspects tried to balance the country’s economy. He also endeavoured to improve and develop the nation’s educational system and address the national social imbalance. Simu [...] Reykjavik, people say this was the town, which was at the centre off, and created the framework for one of the most important meetings ever held regarding the dismantling of the nuclear weapons race. Photos [...] office. He represented from the very beginning a generation shift in the corridors of power in the world’s largest superpower. In the international history books, Mr Clinton has firmly written his name through

Bill Clinton writes in his memoir that despite having been the President of the world’s most powerful country for 8 years he nevertheless always felt like a servant. The Presidency was merely a loan and [...] broken for a long time. But today they are reestablished. ??Mr. President! ??On behalf of Føroya Banki, one of the leading banks in the country, I wish to welcome you to the Faroe Islands. Your visit transcends

As one of the smallest capitals in the world, it is a great honor for us to receive a former president of the United States of America, accompanied by one of the most important UN officials in history [...] Faroese Parliament and it still meets in Tórshavn. I am proud to say that it is considered the world’s oldest parliament. Tórshavn is administered by a politically elected city council. This council, like [...] offer its citizens in terms of social services and facilities, ranging from day nurseries to old people’s homes and everything in between. Furthermore, extensive projects are underway in the school sector.

whose bicentenary many of us look forward to celebrate in January 2009 contributed, together with T.S. Eliot, to the creation of European lyrical modernism, a literary movement which is still with us. We [...] getting their first woman president ever, a president who may, in all likelihood, turn out to become one of their best leaders. On the other hand, as Scandinavians we take pride in our own progress within [...] commonwealth again From bitter searching of the heart. To play a greater part At the time of writing one has to acknowledge that the global prospects look grim indeed. The spectacle of leaders from some countries

Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States and one of the principal drafters of the Declaration of Independence, once reflected in a letter written in 1803 to James Monroe that some men [...] and, I truly believe, blessed with considerable talent. Now is the time to unleash that talent and one of the best ways is by engaging in world-embracing collaborations on all levels, not only governmental [...] bounty of the sea for centuries. Ever since our first fishing schooners took to the seas in the 1870s, we have provided the world with nutritious food from our pristine waters. However, we can no longer

I have been told, that one day when my grandfather and another skipper from the countryside met in one of Tórshavn’s narrow alleys, one of them uttered: “It is not small men one meets in the streets of [...] This guy, who was inspired by Kennedy, pulled all the world’s strings 8 years running. He cleaned up Reagan’s economic mess, redefined America’s role, after the red czars of Kremlin had thrown in their towels [...] to be relaxing in Kennedy’s rocking chair in about a year. This time, though, as the spouse of the political frontrunner Hillary Clinton, who will probably become the republic’s first ever female president