Unspoiled Territory to Explore What advantages do the Faroe Islands have as a travel destination? The fact that our country is a small archipelago in the middle of the big ocean in the periphery of western society [...] activities and, on the other hand, increase bed capacity, because demand is surpassing the amount of activities and accommodations on offer for visitors. The Faroese do not have a long tradition for a travel industry [...] strategy and show the world what they have to offer. At the moment, a wealth of information is out there in the middle of nowhere, but it should be in the middle of everything. That is why we’re already

everything that awaits us in the Faroes, but I highly anticipate the natural beauty, a new family and comm­unity, and the wool. If you see me on the street over the next year shout out a greeting: We can count [...] politics. “It is clear to us, based on Iraq, that President Bush is mentally handicapped,” they told us earnestly as we visited and watched the sun set over the city. It is not a bad point, but as the only American [...] 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

The question is being asked 'why is Statoil remaining in the Faroes for hydrocarbon exploration after drilling two dry wells?' Statoil answers this on several fronts. First it is a 30% partner in the exciting [...] undergoing a three well appraisal programme. As the latest press release indicates the field's third well (205/1-1) has just been tested and produced hydrocarbons at the rate of 6,000 barrels a day. In addition [...] drilled into the Faroes offshore area, four in a confined area close to the UK producing Foinaven-Schiehallion Fields, the exploration companies still need to investi­gate, research and understand the Faroes

has an interest in two licences in the Norwegian Barents Sea, and one in the Norwegian Sea. In Denmark the company is operator for one licence in the North Sea. On the UK Continental Shelf, Sagex is partner [...] with the declared aim of pursuing exploration opportunities on the Jan Mayen Ridge. The Jan Mayen Ridge is a micro-continent with the same geology as eastern Greenland and offshore Mid-Norway. It is one [...] consortium as a basis for an application for the upcoming concession round, the first since 2005. On the subject of elephants, we in the Faroes place our hopes and confidence in the belief that the first elephant

my opinion the ad is repulsive. In the text, you try to make it sound like you are doing the foreigners a favor by providing some basic information about the labor market. However, what is blatantly obvious [...] enjoy meeting people from around the world in the supermarket, on the streets, etc. It gives me a feeling that even though I live in the Faroe Islands we are a part of the globalized world. In conclusion [...] think that the campaign also shows how you are calling for your new colleagues to be frozen out of the Faroese labor market. There is no offer of a membership in any of your unions. I think this is highly

while the Terminal is operated by BP Amoco on behalf of 30 oil company partners, ? An annual rent is paid to Shetland by the oil industry for the land on which the oil terminal is situated, ? A Shetland [...] infrastructure, which is being developed in the North and West of Shetland, is located to the prospective oil province on the other site of the border between the UK and Faroe. Former Sullom Voe Oil Terminal [...] this year is well up, and much of that is thanks to oil-related offshore activity.« »There is more emphasis now on these areas, especially with the turmoil in the Middle East. The Shetland and the Faroese

because of the oil industry and the challenge for the Faroes, if oil is discovered in its waters, will be to capitalise on the opportunity yet retain the unique charm of the islands. Aberdeen and the North-east [...] dependent on the daily fluctuation of the oil price and the Faroes Islands must carefully balance the huge opportunity which the industry can bring with the retention of the islanders? core values and the very [...] activities. The industry continued to thrive through the 1990s although the two most common words were ?cost reduction.? The CRINE (Cost Reduction in the New Era) initiative was launched in 1993 with the aim of

active in the exploration for oil and gas on the Faroese Shelf. Sosialurin, founded in 1927, is the biggest newspaper in the Faroe Islands. Sosialurin has focused on the Oil and Gas industry for the last 30 [...] on the back of the UK Schiehallion and Foinaven discoveries, and following the boundary agreement between the UK and the Faroese in 1999 the industry embarked on exploring the Faroese shelf with no less [...] to see what the William well might uncover. In the meantime the Faroese can take some comfort in the fact that the UK Rosebank discovery operated by Chevron seems to be a success. This could mean a lot to

beyond that, there is the West Africa bonanza, which for now seems unstoppable. On the opposite side of the Atlantic to the North Sea, the story of oil has also been slow to unfold, though the potential of Eastern [...] onstream by late 2005. On the Norwegian exploration front, among the most interesting frontier concessions awarded in the recent 17th licensing round is a prospect known as Fles Nord. This is thought to harbour [...] Scotland is 400million tonnes and 400billion cu.m. The figures are based on data gathered during the 1991 mapping and drilling programmes and are probably the most relevant to the Faroes. The message of

paints him as a rather atypical young man with ambitions in a country where a military career often is a gateway into the halls of political power. He was determined to rule what is the only empire of [...] rooting for him on that occasion. El Jefe Commandante - Fidel Castro – issued a press release in the party paper Granma, announcing to the world that to get a little something on the side was just a basic human [...] done what Jonah did when he had been astray. Tell Hillary that he had been relaxing in the stomach of a great whale for a few days. The superstar is on his way. Receive him well. According to the tide table