draw the merciless and powerful light of the whole world’s projectors to the combatants in the Laugardals hall, Fischer and Spassky, as well as to the rest of the Icelandic society. This battle of wits [...] Gorbatjov and today the Icelanders feel right at home in all the world’s marble halls. Perhaps the capital of a colony is not as interesting as the capital of a republic. But speaking of the chess effect, a [...] great credit to the House of Industry. I recently read the book about Bobby Fischer, the American chess player who defeated the Soviet chess machine in Reykjavík way back when. This was the first time Icelanders

rooted in the pan-Scandinavian outlook of the second half of the nineteenth century. We sing the songs of Bellman and Evert Taube and we cherish the films of Ingmar Bergman and the poetry and the literary [...] island groups, the Faroes were, in the Middle Ages, dependencies or tax lands of the Kingdom of Norway. However, while Shetland and the Orkneys fell under the harsh dominion of the Scots, the Faroes eventually [...] country in the Middle East? So, in addition to honesty, humility and the revival of the principles of true humanity, the world seems to be in need of the wisdom of professional statesmen. Quoting the poet Frank

for one of the most important meetings ever held regarding the dismantling of the nuclear weapons race. Photos of the two men and the environment in Reykjavik were broadcast around the world. We of course [...] firmly on to the map of the international world. It is still a fact that when people mention the town of Reykjavik, people say this was the town, which was at the centre off, and created the framework for [...] around the world are focused upon the Faroes and this visit. We have seen and heard that the international media are dispatching their people to the Faroes to cover this event, so the focus is upon the Faroes

valuable on this side of the Atlantic. The next phase of our trip was to visit several of the world-famous Greek Isles. We have few friends from the United States who have enjoyed the cool white houses and [...] 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 pair of English teachers who treated us to the only bed in the apartment [...] where the Faroes are located; I have to try and explain my country’s entire foreign policy. Clinton in Kosovo Anxious for the next leg of the trip, we happily set out for Prishtina, the capital of Kosovo

proportion of Americans outside of Hollywood dress as if they are completely oblivious to the concept of fashion. But regardless of Americans’ knowledge of international relations and fashion beyond the mid-1990s [...] g, the size of the country is what makes it so full of opportunities for a person to shape life as he or she pleases. And coming in as an outsider is no barrier to fitting in and utilizing what the country [...] 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 seemed

polity close to the North Pole into to being a strong, dynamic polity in the middle of the North Atlantic taking the advantage of the new opportunities The task for the Faroes is to bring home the Faroes brainware [...] dependent on the outside world and being a fishery nation means dependency on a balanced nature, two of the most crucial pillars of the future world society. The Faroes belong to the richer parts of the world [...] changes of the current and we have one of the most respected scientists in the field, Bogi Hansen, here in the Faroes. Maybe this is where the question of climate changes can get answers. In May the worlds

it was the largest collection of books in America. Now Jónas knew the realities of living in a harsh environment and he brought along good quantities of building supplies (scare at even the best of times [...] remains is but to execute it. I refer, of 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 [...] The Faroes sits in the heart of the North Atlantic astride the remnants of the Gulf Stream. As a consequence, it is extremely well positioned for all types of maritime research. Efforts are now underway

the World The waters around the Faroe Islands are said to be the cleanest in the world. The perfect mix of the warm Gulf Stream from the south and the Arctic waters from the north produce a paradise for [...] setting. The New York Times published an article about The Faroe Islands by the journalist Stephen Metcalf on the 25th of March this year. The headline went: “Into the Mystical Unreal Reality of the Faroe [...] out cultures to the point of lost identity, things have actually combined in favour of the Faroese. In that sense bad weather has formed the surroundings, the skills and the very soul of the Faroese in a

aðrar ikki. Millum teir bestu, eg hoyrdi, vóru Underoath, Bernard, The Showdown, The Chariot, Demon Hunter, Becoming The Archetype, Haste The Day, P.O.D. og so sjálvandi Pillar. Eg helt faktist Pillar vera [...] fundamentalistiskum kúfangaraklistrimerkjum (bumper stickers á enskum). “The devil is pro-abortion”, “Evolution – when scientists made monkeys of themselves”, “It’s cool to remain a virgin until marriage” og “They [...] not Adam and Steve” á rygginum. Ein bestseljari millum penu suðurstatsdiddurnar var ein við “I love my husband” framman og “and I haven’t even met him yet!” aftan. Spyr meg ikki í hvørjum universi, hatta

your love surrounding me And it takes away the pain inside of me I believe we'll be together. We may be so far apart. But I know that you'll always stay inside my heart Your spirit gives me hope to carry [...] aftur. Vit elska teg. Heilsan Turið, Nora Maria, Vár, Sissal og Hanna I'm sorry for all the words I'm sorry for all the words I didn't say It's too late – cause now you've gone so far away I feel like I'm [...] carry on I understand that even though you're gone. Life goes on, life goes on without you. Another day – Another time and place Somewhere, someway – we'll meet another day. No matter how much we need you now