doorstep in the early 1990?s. Instead Britain is finally carrying out constitutional reform in a conscious attempt to adapt to its modern place in the world. New centres of poser have been created in Scotland [...] Faroese interests in EU negotiations. ?Pursuing opportunities for Faroese to study and work in UK. Currently, Norwegians and Icelanders are allowes to work in the UK but Faroese have to obtain Danish Passport [...] immediately come to mind for the Faroese to focus on are: ?Collaboration in developing Oil and Gas resources in the North Atlantic. ?Encouraging tourism from Britain. ?Persuading Britain to take account of

a bucketful of blessings to you all" It took the gatering almost twenty minutes to calm down after the man had left in a car belonging to a mr. Gurnam Singh, who had offered to give the man a ride. What [...] Sveinn Jónsson Iceland On the 11th of June in 1988 about six thousand peoplewere gathered together in a religious gathering by the Bethlehem church in Kawangware in Nairobi, Kenya. Mary Sinaida Akatsa was [...] that God spoke to her and told her that a miracle was about to happen, an important guest was coming to bring a very important message. Five minutes later Mary asked those who were present to stop singing

people and creatures have managed to survive here in this seemingly inhospitable place for more than a thousand years. You’ve got to be creative to do that. But there is more to it than first meets the eye. [...] crucial for us to hold on strongly to our unique identity if we want to stay competitive. The burning question is: What role can a little nation like the Faroe Islands play in a globalised world? In my view [...] is created here. Actually, I was invited to the island Antigua to sit under a palm tree, but I preferred to visit the Faroe Islands – maybe because it seems to suit my temperament more.« Bad Weather Has

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 [...] Madeleine Albright. The very first woman to be elected to such a high office in the history of America – today Ms Condolisa Rice holds this office. Mrs. Albright sat there in Oslo surrounded by an aura of will [...] people like 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«

time in the late 18th century and trade between the two countries was com­plica­ted to say the least with all sorts of trade tariffs in place. Thus entereth a smart Danish business­man resident in the Faroes [...] y. In this light, green energy is yet another fascinating topic in the Faroes and a study is underway to investigate the practicality of using the constant rhythm of the waves to generate power. To capitalize [...] shares his experiences in the Faroes with the Honorable Senator from New York, that both of them might well wend their way back to the Faroes in the not too distant future to relax a bit in this most peaceful

effectivity. The aim is to develop the Faroes to a knowledge society and in this environment where the country is, at may well be a process that makes the Faroes bring solutions to the world in these areas mentioned [...] see other societies, but also needs to get them back home. Small societies The Faroes has a lot to give the world in how to manage remote and small societies and could in the future use this knowlegde as [...] earth, according to statistics, it has the lowest crimerate in the world. If we look at violence, the picture is the same. Natural balance Faroes is one of the very few modern places still in touch with nature

invitation to 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 [...] succeeded in your efforts to create a dialogue and seek peace, and now we have the honour to experience your strong personality and image. We hope that you will experience these qualities in the Faroe [...] bridge of peace rang­ing from Sweden via the Faroe Islands to the United Stat­es. You made the right choice to visit us, you gave a promise and to our satisfaction - you kept it. Very welcome!

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, a place of big highways, big sky and a big family, to travel across [...] first time in months, Ben began to teach me essential Faro­ese. Unfortunately, as he spent most of his youth living in the Phi­lippines his spoken Faro­ese is not so great, either. We are limited to phrases [...] 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 and an eagerness to talk politics

stories is to be found in the cancelled visit by Bill Clinton in May. Creating interest Tórun Ellingsgaard was hired as a press coordinator in connection with Bill Clinton’s visit already in January. The [...] The visit was postponed just weeks before the planned event in May, but eight foreign press representatives chose to visit the islands anyway. One of the foreign journalists was Karl Ritter from the Associated [...] have to be fed with interesting tips about possible stories. - American journalists are not interested in visiting the Faroe Islands just because Bill Clinton comes. His visit is an opportunity to invite

opportunity has been denied to us by circumstances beyond our control. However, if are given permission to do so, we still may dock our ship in Torshavn in Saturday, August 13 to invite people onboard for [...] and Ecuador are waking up to the reality that traditions based on cruelty and slaughter have no place in the 21st Century. Iceland and Norway have been rejected in their bid to join the European Union because [...] 40% decrease in phytoplankton worldwide since 1950 (Scientific American). The rise in ocean acidification is believed to contribute to this decline of the phytoplankton. The oceans are in trouble, and