here in the Faroes we are waiting in suspense for the result of a future American presidential election. In is of course exciting in its own right if a woman was to become the very first President in the [...] l stage. No doubt someone will ask you if you can see the Faroes being an independent nation in the world of today. Please do us a favour: Whisper into the ears of our politicians and business leaders [...] 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 on the 2nd of

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. Friends offered only that the archipelago [...] rain-soaked country with its sodden economy. But I was indeed and the more I went about the country, and the more cups of coffee and sweet cakes I savored, the more I began to notice and appreciate that remarkable [...] illustration, several years ago I participated in the launch of Intel’s new Centrino WiFi chip. I had written to Sean Maloney, current executive vice president of Intel and then in charge of their WiFi program

knowledge I have gained there is monumental. But my schooling has not only happened in the classroom. Before I left for America, a girl asked me if I didn’t think it was to far away to go. I had told her [...] myself hav­ing caught a virus, in 30 degrees Celsius, wearing three shirts to many, I did not have the sweet feeling of adventure I had expected. However, I was happy to be done traveling for now. In the [...] night. When I went to pay, the cashier started to talk to me, asking how I was doing. I had never seen this person before and stammered something about how I was tired, to which she replied that I should try

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 [...] hard on being the world leader in. If it turns out a success, the Faroes will have all the energy needed supplied from this green source. Globalization In the last years we have seen Faroes companies grow [...] places still in touch with nature. It is still an integrated part of nature to go fishing and having sheeps in the mountains. All though most youngsters live a life similar to other young people in the western

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 [...] of oil on land on heating and in cars, and on the sea in our vast fishing fleet. We are aware of the serious challenges in this regard, and will do our utmost to combine an emerging oil industry with a [...] Shetland, as an area for oil and gas exploration. As a Minister for Research, I find it tremendously intriguing to think about oil exploration in this area, also known as the Atlantic Margin, as an activity

(Europe, ed.) taught my husband and I on our month-long honeymoon trip en route to the Faroe Islands where we will start life together in Klaksvik. After a week of marriage, we left my home in rural America, [...] fara?” which I proudly recite with a harsh American accent that makes him cringe. My biggest accom­plish­­ment so far has been with counting, and I can now tell Ben the price of something in Faroese so long [...] a husband claiming Faroese citizenship, I felt it was my duty to defend our leader. We may have been wrong as we cast our votes, but we were not that wrong. In these circum­stances Ben only has to explain

the American Dream!” In the reality of what is the United States, I have not yet encountered this dream. And I doubt if I really believe in its existence. It’s simply too intangible an idea. To me, though [...] to begin a new chapter of my life in their country, I was utterly convinced that very few Americans were normal according to the standards on which I usually judge people. In addition, the country simply [...] fully, mysterious 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

lines that we are used to see What I mean is, we are used to the old saying: an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. On the other hand I don't agree that if you have been hit on one chin then to turn [...] WHAT HAVE WE DONE WRONG? AND HOW CAN WE MAKE UP FOR IT? You yourself have stressed that you will fight for a DEMOCRATIC system in the open society for JUSTICE and PEACE in the world With that in mind: [...] On the screen I also saw people dancing in the streets rejoicing at the tragedy - Later a young girl saying something that I must keep in mind She said: Now it is you Americans who have become the victims

exist in Iran in the fifties in the last century. Who is to know what would have happened if the Western powers, instead of ruining it, had chosen to support and defend this beacon of democracy in a Shia [...] classics. Today this treasure is part of the collection of books in our national library. Personally, I have benefited from this donation all my life. Nowadays, our link to Swedish culture is being maintained [...] direct descendant of the language of the Vikings. In possession of a language, a history and a cultural identity, the Faroese were, in the twentieth century, in a position to develop a modern culture. Consequently

proved during his term that, even if you grew up during the age of flower power and might have given in to the times once or twice, smoked a joint and perhaps participated in a protest march, you are capable [...] thrown in their towels, and he transformed the defense organization NATO into an offensive system when the carpet bombings of the Balkans began. This political mogul will be landing at Vágar airport in just [...] holds in store for mankind. This Danish dependency at 62 degrees in the North Atlantic will probably be getting more than it gives. Even though we lag politically behind those nations, which have assumed