In her thirty-second annual New Years speech, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark speaks of the importance of face-to-face dialogue even in an age of electronic communication and the importance of this dialogue in regard to the conflicts and discussions of the society. She sends her greetings to Danish soldiers and aid workers, to Danes who live outside of Denmark, to Greenland and The Faroe Islands, and to those people who do their jobs well every day and make the country work. She also dedicates her attention to those who feel alone and encourages the listeners to use the new year to give attention to those who are left outside or left behind.—Peter Brandt Nielsen