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November 23. 2020Iceland‘s National Plan on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions made available to ESA
The Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources has made available to The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) Iceland‘s Nation Plan, which describes how Iceland intends to fulfil the commitments ...
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November 21. 2020Border measures to be reviewed by 15 January
The Icelandic Government has announced that current border measures to limit the influx of COVID-19 infections will remain mostly unchanged until 1 February next year. These measures include a choice ...
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November 20. 2020Resilience: strengthening Iceland’s foothold – Resilience subsidies and support for job-seekers, old-age pensioners, families with children, and vulnerable groups
The Government has decided to pay a special supplement over and above basic unemployment benefits next year, so as to support the large group of people whose income-linked unemployment benefits will e...
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November 19. 2020Iceland contributes to the UNESCO IPDC
On 18 November 2020, UNESCO and Iceland signed an Agreement, aiming at providing the first financial support of Iceland to the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC). The ...
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November 18. 2020COVID 19: Screening at the border temporarily free of charge
The Minister of Health has decided that testing of travellers for COVID-19 at Iceland’s borders is to be free of charge, on a temporary basis, from 1 December 2020 until 31 January 2021. This is in l...
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November 13. 2020Iceland 'A/A-1' Ratings Affirmed; Outlook Stable
International rating agency S&P Global Ratings has affirmed Iceland’s sovereign ratings at A/A-1 with a stable outlook. The rating agency expects the pandemic to cause Iceland's economy to contrac...
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November 13. 2020COVID-19: Relaxation of restrictions on gatherings take effect on 18 November
The Minister of Health has approved recommendations by the Chief Epidemiologist for a cautious relaxation of some of the restrictions on gatherings in response to the spread of COVID-19. The changes ...
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November 13. 2020Katrín Jakobsdóttir hosts the Council of Women World Leader's Annual Meeting
On November 9, 2020 H.E. Katrín Jakobsdóttir, the Prime Minister of Iceland and Chair of the Council of Women World Leaders, gathered current and former women presidents and prime ministers for the Co...
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November 06. 2020Virtual Meeting of the UNESCO Gender Equality Group of Friends in October
The UNESCO Group of Friends for Gender Equality met virtually on 29 October 2020. The meeting was co-chaired by Ambassador Unnur Orradóttir-Ramette, Permanent Delegate of Iceland, and Ms. Yara Al Ghaf...
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November 02. 2020COVID-19: Restrictions applying in schools and universities as from 3 November 2020
A new regulation from the Minister of Health laying down restrictions in schools and universities as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic takes effect as from 3 November 2020. The aim is to ...
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October 30. 2020Progress of the plan for removal of Capital Controls
The Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs today published a report on the progress of plans to remove restrictions on cross-border capital movements and foreign currency trading. The minister shall...
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October 30. 2020Stricter anti-COVID-19 measures taking effect as from 31 October 2020
The Minister of Health has approved proposals from the Chief Epidemiologist regarding tighter measures to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, which take effect on Saturday, 31 October 2020. The same rules w...
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October 29. 2020U.S. Iceland Economic Dialogue held for the second time
The United States and Iceland held their second Economic Dialogue earlier this week, on October 27. The Economic Dialogue was jointly established by Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Minister f...
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October 27. 2020Icelandic measures for remote workers put in place
The Minister of Tourism, Industry, and Innovation, the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs have put in place measures to enable non-EEA foreign nationals to reside in ...
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October 23. 2020Fitch Ratings Affirms Iceland´s ratings at A, outlook negative
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Iceland’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency (LTFC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘A’ with a negative outlook. The A rating is driven by the very high income per capita and strong ...
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October 23. 2020Iceland no longer on FATF grey list
At its Annual General Meeting the International Financial Action Task Force on Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (FATF) has today decided that Iceland will be removed from the list of coun...
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October 22. 2020Minister calls for quick move towards carbon neutrality
Gudmundur Ingi Gudbrandsson, Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources, was among the panellists in Climate Action‘s virtual panel: Leading the way to carbon neutrality: The Nordics.&nb...
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October 21. 2020Nordic ministers call for a new global agreement against plastic pollution in the oceans
The Nordic Council of Ministers for the Environment introduced possible approaches to a new global agreement to prevent plastic pollution at their meeting Monday, during which a new Nordic report on ...
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October 21. 2020COVID-19: Restrictions on sizes of gatherings and certain school activities applying from 20 October 2020
New regulations have taken effect laying down restrictions on the size of gatherings and certain school activities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The regulations will remain in force until 10 ...
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October 19. 2020Iceland's first film policy is born
The Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture has published the first comprehensive policy on film industry and film culture. The Ministry and leading members of the film industry joined fo...
