Music Awards, and Eivør won Best Vocalist and Best Album at the Danish Folk Music Awards. This is just to name a few. The public institution SamVit - Faroe Islands Enterprise, which is to carry out the
Mr Clinton and Mr Blix visit our country. I hope the essence of their words reaches the people, as just small group have the opportunity to hear them in the Nordic House. Personally, I »met« Mr Clinton [...] Hillary Rodham Clinton tomorrow, the signal is very clear: World politics can no longer afford to be just a pastime hobby for men only. The larger countries have realised that the right man for the job is
time to come to our tiny far-flung country is a sign that what often seems impossible is possible, if just the will, ability and effort are present. You will know this better than most, as you have fought [...] have more women participate in politics. Even if female representation in the Faroese Parliament is just 9%, 0% in local government and 23% in town councils we believe that it is possible to reverse this
gloriously peaceful with a pleasant, maritime climate, not too cold and not too hot, which suited me just fine after the hustle and bustle and continuous meltdown of tropical Hawaii. Shortly after our arrival [...] in the wool from most of the 70,000 Faroese sheep and turn it into first-class woolen products, not just simple sweaters mind you, but real designer fashions. They began small, and success followed success
buildings, no blazing and beautiful metropolitan, just a highway, a couple of fast-food restaurants, and miles upon miles of fields: I had landed in Hicksville, I just wasn’t aware of it. On the way to school [...] I got to experience just how different we were. Issues I felt strongly about could be overlooked or misunderstood, sometimes, I got mad, sometimes sad, and sometimes I was just happy to make it through [...] landed in Arkansas at around four in the evening, but for us - myself and my friend Samal, it could just as well have been four in the morning. Having traveled for three days, through three different countries
oldest parliament in the world. In ancient times it has been situated in the older part of Tórshavn, just outside the office of the Prime Minister. We might not have an Oval Office, but the Prime Ministers [...] world society. The Faroes belong to the richer parts of the world, but the next two decades might just see the Faroes rice to the very top. The inborn societal conscience creates a will to create. The
about an immensely huge haystack! Not only that – most of the haystack we can’t even see, and must just guess about its size and composition. Of course, we know that modern technologies have made it possible [...] 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 of 26,000, of which 66% are employed in the service sectors, while [...] building up our own foreign service with four representations abroad – where the fourth one opened just last weekend in Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland. We are approaching the wider world, not least the
to help this fledgling country as it works for independence and stability in the coming years. In just a few days we will leave for Copenhagen, where we will enjoy the orderly public transportation and
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 that you’re doing [...] as the image of the peak of earthly power. Given this, I suggest Bill Clinton be taken at more then just face value as a great political figure. Much can be gleaned from a man whose self-awareness has allowed
press doesn’t just follow Bill Clinton’s tail. They have to be fed with interesting tips about possible stories. - American journalists are not interested in visiting the Faroe Islands just because Bill [...] subject of interest was unknown to the journalist. Of course nothing comes from nothing, and it is not just a question of luck or coincident that the Faroe Islands suddenly get huge world-media coverage. It [...] press coordinator in connection with 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
