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Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Ms. Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir visited the US submarine USS Newport News in Grundartangi harbour yesterday. The submarine is in Iceland for a regular service...

Representatives of the countries that make up the Demining Capability Coalition met in Reykjavík last week. Iceland and Lithuania are leading the work of the group, which supports training and the pur...

The Icelandic and French authorities have agreed to further strengthen their bilateral defence cooperation. A Letter of Intent to this effect was signed at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland ...

The proposal for the settlement of HF-Fund was presented at meetings held on 10 April 2025 with bondholders in series HFF34 and HFF44. It was approved by a majority of votes. The value of the HFF bond...

The Republic of Iceland has successfully repurchased, for cancellation, EUR 203.7 million in nominal value of its outstanding 0.625% Eurobonds due 2026 (ISIN: XS2182399274), representing over 40% of t...

The Arctic Security Policy Roundtable (ASPR) took place in Iceland from 21-22 May. Senior officials from the Ministries of Defence of the United States, Canada, and the Nordic nations, including repre...

The Republic of Iceland has successfully issued a €750 million Eurobond (ISK 109 billion equivalent) with a fixed coupon of 2.625% and a five-year maturity, priced at a re-offer yield of 2.672%. The p...

May 16th, 2025 We will not be silent in front of the man-made humanitarian catastrophe that is taking place before our eyes in Gaza. More than 50.000 men, women, and children have lost their lives. Ma...

Christopher G. Cavoli, Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Commander of the U.S. European Command, met with Minister for Foreign Affairs Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir and had meetings on defence issu...

As communicated by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, last Thursday, the framework for a public offering in Íslandsbanki hf. has been approved. The legal framework ensures that due consider...

We, the Leaders of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), met today in Oslo to reaffirm our shared commitment to European security and stability, our strengthened support to Ukraine and our continuous ...

Yesterday, Alþingi approved amendments to the Act on the Disposition of the State’s Holding in Íslandsbanki hf. The offering is scheduled to take place during the first half of the year through a full...

Alþingi has today approved amendments to Act No. 80/2024 on the Disposal of the State’s Remaining Shares in Íslandsbanki hf. A fully marketed offering is planned for the first half of the year, with I...

On 23 June 2024, the Icelandic Parliament passed legislation authorising the sale of the State’s remaining shares in Íslandsbanki hf. The legislation stipulates that the State’s shares are to be sold ...

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice, concluded its fourth biannual course on security and defence issues last week. The course is designed to strengthen knowl...

On 10th of April, a meeting of bondholders of HFF34 and HFF44 was held. At the meeting, a proposal was put forward for an amendment to the terms of the bonds, which permits the issuer to settle the bo...

Iceland’s first session as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council 2025-2027 concluded on 5 April.  Thirty-two resolutions were adopted by the Human Rights Council during the 58th ses...

Iceland’s fourth National Action Plan (NAP) on Women Peace and Security has been published. The NAP sets out the government’s policy for implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1325, and the broad...

The International Summit on the Teaching Profession, ISTP 2025, takes place in Reykjavík, Iceland on 24-26 March 2025. Twenty-five ministers of education from leading countries in the field of educati...

Distinguished audience, I thank the European Union for organising today’s conference. It takes place after momentous change in Syria, but as we have seen the path forward will not be an easy one. We ...