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The UN Human Rights Council today passed a resolution, tabled by Iceland, on the promotion and protection of human rights in the Philippines. The resolution expresses concern over allegations of human...

Vatnajökull National Park has been inscribed on UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites. The decision, which was taken at a meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Baku, Azerbaijan last Friday, confi...

The results of the Government accounts for 2018 have now been published and the accounts sent to Parliament. The accounts show a surplus of ISK 84bn, as compared with a surplus of ISK 39bn in 2017. Th...

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, has decided to donate USD 100,000 in funding to Free & Equal, the UN public information campaign aimed at promoting equal rights and fa...

Surrounded by excellent fishing grounds and clean natural environment, Icelanders can have access to some of the purest ingredients imaginable. Nature, people, and culture all influence Icelandic food...

Iceland took over the Chairmanship of the Arctic Council in early May. The first Senior Arctic Official’s (SAO) executive meeting under the Icelandic Chairmanship was held on 18-19 June in Reykjanesbæ...

Fellow Icelanders, Today marks the 75th anniversary of the Republic of Iceland. Last year, the nation celebrated 100 years of sovereignty, and on the occasion recalled its history, the events which l...

The Republic of Iceland has today concluded agreements on issuance of bonds totalling EUR 500 million, or the equivalent of ISK 71 billion. The bonds bear fixed interest of 0.1% and have a 5-year mat...

The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson spoke today with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mr. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, regarding the arrival of the Turkish National F...

The Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs can confirm that it has been in a communication with the Turkish authorities regarding the arrival of the Turkish National Football Team to Keflavik Internat...

The Republic of Iceland (the Offeror) announces today an invitation to holders of its outstanding €750,000,000 2.50 per cent. Notes due 15 July 2020 (ISIN: XS1086879167) to tender their Notes for purc...

The Embassy/Mission will be moving into a new office on June 6 and 7. For approximately ten days after, phone lines will be down and the internet connection unstable. During this period, it will not b...

 Due to a lower debt level and sustained fiscal surpluses in recent years, the domestic economy is well prepared to face temporary headwinds.  Performance targets are scaled downwar...

Today, the Government of Iceland launched an action plan aiming to curb the spread of antibiotic resistance. By implementing this action plan, Iceland intends to be at the forefront of addressing this...

Iceland has been awarded the Womenomics Honorary Award for its contribution to gender equality. Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, received the award for Iceland’s pos...

Today Fitch ratings has published a new report on Iceland´s sovereign ratings. Iceland´s Short-Term (ST) foreign- and local currency ratings are upgraded to F1+ from F1, in line with the agency´s publ...

An English excerpt of Minister Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson‘s report on Foreign Affairs is now available. The Minister presented the report to the Althingi Parliament in late April. The entire repo...

Today, international rating agency Moody´s Investors Service published an updated credit opinion. The opinion does not entail a rating revision and Iceland’s sovereign rating remains at A3 with a posi...

International rating agency S&P Global Ratings has affirmed Iceland’s sovereign ratings at A/A-1 with a stable outlook. The rating agency assumes a recession in 2019 due to declining tourist arriv...

Meeting held at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs In attendance were: Bjarni Benediktsson, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, chairman; Már Guðmundsson, Governor of the Central Bank ...