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May 24. 2022 /Statement by Nordic Ministers of Defence on Nordic Defence Cooperation
The Nordic defence ministers or their representatives met on 24 May 2022 on the island of Bornholm, Denmark, and gave the following statement: The Nordic Ministers of Defence warmly welcome the sover...
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May 17. 2022 /Iceland to host the IDAHOT+Forum in 2023
The annual IDAHOT+Forum will be held in Iceland in May 2023 in connection with the Icelandic Presidency of the Council of Europe starting this November. This will be the tenth time the Forum is held, ...
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May 17. 2022 /Iceland jumps up five places and into top ten on the Rainbow Europe Map
Iceland is now ranked number nine on ILGA-Europe‘s annual Rainbow Map, moving up five places between years. The first ILGA-Europe Rainbow Map and Index was published in 2009, and since then it has bee...
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May 16. 2022 /Statement by Denmark, Iceland and Norway on Finland and Sweden’s decision to apply for NATO membership
The prime ministers of Denmark, Iceland and Norway have issued the following joint statement welcoming the decisions of Finland and Sweden to apply for NATO membership, and emphasising that the Nordic...
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May 13. 2022S&P Global Ratings Affirms Iceland‘s ratings at ‘A/A-1’; Outlook Remains Stable
International rating agency S&P Global Ratings has affirmed Iceland‘s sovereign ratings at A/A-1 with a stable outlook. Iceland's economy has continued to recover, growing by more than 4% in 2021 ...
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May 13. 2022 /Nordic Defence Ministers joint statement on strengthening Nordic defence cooperation
The Nordic defence ministers met on 11 May 2022 in Kirkenes, Norway and gave the following statement: The war in Ukraine has fundamentally changed European defence and security policy. In light o...
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May 11. 2022 /Iceland's support for Ukraine reaches one billion ISK
Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir attended the High-Level International Donors’ Conference for Ukraine which took place in Warsaw earlier this month. At the conference, Prime Minister Jakobsdóttir a...
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May 09. 2022 /President Volodymyr Zelensky‘s address to the Icelandic Parliament
Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, addressed members of the Icelandic Parliament (Althingi), the President of Iceland and the Government of Iceland in a live video address at a special session ...
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May 09. 2022Prime Minister's address at a special session of Althingi with the President of Ukraine - May 6th 2022
Mr. President, Dear Icelanders, Dear Ukrainians. Dear Volodymyr: I want to thank you for your powerful and moving words. You truly embody an unbroken spirit of a nation that is under existential threa...
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May 05. 2022 /Prime Minister Jakobsdóttir attended Nordic-India Summit
Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir participated in a Nordic-India Summit in Copenhagen yesterday. At the summit the prime ministers of the five Nordic countries met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra...
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April 27. 2022 /Increased support for UNICEF, UN Women and UNFPA
The subject of Minister for Foreign Affairs Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir’s meetings with the leaders of the United Nations this week was Iceland’s participation in and support for the United ...
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April 25. 2022 /Intellecon and BBA//Fjeldco receive grant to explore geothermal heat utilization for drying tea in Kenya
With the support of the Sustainable Development Goals Partnership Fund, consulting firm Intellecon and law firm BBA//Fjeldco will explore the possibility of utilizing geothermal heat for drying t...
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April 25. 2022 /Iceland to welcome up to 140 vulnerable refugees from Ukraine
The Government of Iceland approved on April 22 a recommendation of the Prime Minister, Minister of Social Affairs and the Labour Market, Minister of Justice, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister of ...
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March 29. 2022 /Government unveils first fiscal plan: Progress and strong value creation in a progressive society
Icelandic households and businesses are in a strong position, and the public debt outlook has improved substantially. With moderate spending growth and continued advances in growing export sectors, th...
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March 24. 2022 /Defence exercise Northern Viking 2022 to take place in Iceland
The defence exercise Northern Viking 2022 will take place in Iceland and surrounding waters on 2-14 April. The main purpose of the exercise is to practice the defence of the sea routes around Iceland ...
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March 18. 2022 /Fitch Revises Iceland's Outlook to Stable; Affirms at ‘A’
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Iceland’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘A’ and revised the Rating Outlook to Stable from Negative. The revision of the Outlook to Stable reflec...
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March 07. 2022 /The Minister of Justice permits temporary protection due to mass flight
The Minister of Justice has decided, following local and international consultations, to immediately activate Article 44 of the Foreign Nationals Act No 80/2016, in light of the mass flight following ...
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February 27. 2022 /Further solidarity measures for Ukraine
Iceland has decided to close its airspace to Russian air traffic and suspend visa facilitation for Russian officials, business people and other such parties. "Like our friends and allies, we stand in ...
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February 24. 2022 /Iceland strongly condemns Russia’s attacks on Ukraine
The Government of Iceland strongly condemns Russia’s attacks on Ukraine and expresses deep concern for the destruction and suffering that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will inevitably cause. "Our thoug...
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February 23. 2022 /COVID-19: Lifting of all domestic restrictions and restrictions at the border
Minister of Health, Willum Þór Þórsson has decided that as of Friday 25 February all public restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be lifted, both domestically and at the border. Thereby all ...