tell the good stories, Elin Heinesen explains. And the fact that an American president chooses to visit our islands can also boost our self confidence, and give us the courage to tell even more good stories [...] acknowledged violinist and composer, Frederic Balazs, visited the Faroe Islands last week he brought with him several news clippings from American newspapers that portrayed the Faroes as an excotic travel [...] sections in major American newspapers. The Faroese newspaper, Sosialurin, brought the story in connection with a portrait of the composer, but the reason why the Faroe Islands suddenly had become a subject of

given by Editor-in-Chief Jan Müller in Copenhagen in 1999. Another invitation was delivered, together with a Present, by the Danish Embassy in Pretoria on the occasion of Nelson Mandela’s 85th Birthday in [...] The founding of this body is indeed a momentous development. It can only be an immense new force for good to have the accumulated wisdom of the Council being brought to bear on some of the seemingly intractable

the challenge of a globalized world. We highly respect your efforts for dialogue and peace and the professional way you have been coping with it. By visiting the Faroe Islands you create a bridge of peace [...] pay a visit to the Faroe Islands you made the perfect choice. In fact you decided to visit a people with whom you have something valuable in common – namely the Irish origin. A visit to the Faroe Islands [...] that you have exploited and which have proved your worth as a President. You have succeeded in your efforts to create a dialogue and seek peace, and now we have the honour to experience your strong personality

airport both with the aim to modernise it and to increase its capacity with a longer runway and a larger terminal. The Faroese government acknowledges that the world is getting smaller with all the well [...] before you actually hit it with the drill. Let me now, ladies and gentlemen, reassure you that I will not dive further into the technicalities, as it would neither do you or me any good. We will in the next [...] Finnish population actually has a higher degree of education than the Faroese. Infrastructure is good with sub­seatunnels and bridges con­necting six of the islands whith over 80 % of the population. More­over

it still comes with a touch and respect of nature, and when you feel the natures power here in the North Atlantic, you don’t ask why. So what you might say is that the Faroese are born with the respect of [...] much contact with the world. The Danish colonial rule did not much to help that situation. This has resulted in a distinct culture and language. But it also meant being out of touch with the rest of the [...] population with a lot of data going many years back in time, it might become very interesting for genetic projects, and maybe especially in the newer field of epigenetics. Development is connected with ressources

for faroese fish products.Generally the market was favourable with high prices, which the european markets generally could not compete with. Both the faroese fish industry and the faroese society benefited [...] the US fish market is attractive and offers good opportunites for faroese fish exporters. Personally I dont understand why faroese importers of general goods such as timber, building materials, cars, grains [...] coming years. Of course Faroes is a small market with an annual import value of USD 1 Billion, but personally I would welcome more US initiatives with trade missions, cultural visits and increased political

of this, of course, when I first arrived with my wife some eleven years ago. Friends offered only that the archipelago was remote and gloriously peaceful with a pleasant, maritime climate, not too cold [...] ed to say the least with all sorts of trade tariffs in place. Thus entereth a smart Danish business­man resident in the Faroes who wangled a Royal remit in 1766 to transport goods from America for „temporary“ [...] Faroes. The goods were then later transshipped in Tórshavn harbor and brought into British ports duty free. This was a time of unpre­ced­ented prosperity in the Faroes. Tórshavn harbor was alive with activity

tourist numbers started rocketing. The fact that people could get in contact with the local people in this way, along with the slightly primitive image the Irish projected, has led to a lucrative tourism [...] people.” Ecotourism is one of the fastest-growing forms of tourism today. With all the unspoiled scenery in Faroe Islands, and with tourist numbers increasing every year, it is of utmost importance that we [...] less of mass tourism, there is more unspoiled territory to explore. We Mustn’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bath Water So in a way, the Faroes sell themselves as a tourist destination, but since we have

been fierce since they founded the company thirteen years ago, but this is due not least to the many good staff they have acquired, he adds. Two new seismic supply vessels The Thor fleet today counts 24 vessels [...] important for a company like Thor to participate at such conferences as the company is active globally with most of its activities outside of the Faroes. At the moment, app. 500 people are employed by the Thor

Skalafjord is very good. When tenders were invited for the supply port, several ports offered their services, but the Oil Companies chose Runavik. This means that foreigners and people with knowledge of the [...] Skalafjord. - We have now six years of experience with supply base service, and the Oil Companies who have done there exploration well’s, have been well satisfied with our service, so I do not think there is any [...] this is because Chevron has found good and light oil only 8 km from the Faroese/UK border. The question is, of course, whether the oil found on our CS is of sufficiently good quality to extract, says Eli,