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  • September 16. 2023 / Ministry for Foreign Affairs

    Global Partnership for Action on Gender-Based Online Harassment and Abuse

    Global Partnership statement for International Day of Democracy  This is a pivotal year for the status of democracy globally with more than 100 countries scheduled to hold elections in the coming...


  • August 29. 2023 / Ministry for Foreign Affairs

    Commander of NATO's Allied Air Command visits Iceland

    General James B. Hecker commander of NATO's Allied Air Command (AIRCOM) and the US Air Force Europe (USAFE) is visiting Iceland. Hecker met with Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir, Minister for For...


  • August 28. 2023 / Ministry for Foreign Affairs

    Increased services for Icelandic businesses abroad

    The Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Business Iceland have made an agreement for Business Iceland to take over an increasing level of services for Icelandic businesses in foreign markets by recruiting...


  • August 13. 2023 / Ministry for Foreign Affairs

    US flight squadron deployed to Iceland

    A Bomber Task Force (BTF) from the US Air Force is set to deploy to Iceland today, Sunday August 13th. The BTF will conduct exercises with allied nations in Northern Europe, and will be operating out...


  • August 01. 2023 / Ministry for Foreign Affairs

    Iceland increases its presence in Ukraine

    The Ministries for Foreign Affairs for Iceland and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania have agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding that will grant diplomats and other representat...


  • August 01. 2023 / Ministry for Foreign Affairs

    Embassy operations of Iceland in Moscow suspended

    Operations of the Embassy of Iceland in Moscow have been suspended as of today. Countries represented by the embassy will be covered by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland. On June 9, the Mini...


  • July 26. 2023 / Ministry for Foreign Affairs

    German flight squadron deployed to Iceland

    A squadron of six Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets from the German Air Force will arrive in Keflavik to conduct a training mission in Icelandic airspace later this week. The German Air Force seeks to...


  • July 10. 2023 / Prime Minister's Office, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

    Icelandic Government advice following a volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula

    Risk to populated areas and critical infrastructure considered low No disruptions to international aviation Any attempts to visit the site of the eruption are strongly discouraged Vol...


  • July 05. 2023 / Ministry for Foreign Affairs

    Iceland provides equipment for Ukrainian EOD teams

    Iceland, together with the Nordic countries and Lithuania, has since March this year been leading an EOD training programme in Lithuania. Iceland has decided in connection with the training to provide...


  • June 29. 2023 / Ministry for Foreign Affairs

    Excerpt from the Report of the Minister for Foreign Affairs to the Parliament

    An English excerpt from the annual Report of the Minister for Foreign Affairs to the Icelandic Parliament is now available. The report provides an overview of Iceland's foreign relations and the main ...


  • June 29. 2023 / Ministry for Foreign Affairs

    Security Forum on Critical Undersea Infrastructure held in Iceland

    Representatives from all the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) participant nations and partners came together at Keflavik Air Base, Iceland, this week for a Security Forum on Critical Undersea Infrastru...


  • June 21. 2023 / Ministry for Foreign Affairs

    Nordic Defence Ministers meet in Iceland

    The Nordic Ministers of Defence met in Iceland for a two-day meeting where they discussed Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, closer cooperation between the Nordic countries in security and de...


  • June 13. 2023 / Ministry for Foreign Affairs

    Joint statement by Joint Expeditionary Force ministers

    Defence Ministers from Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) partner nations met in Amsterdam today to discuss the current situation in Ukraine and explore how the JEF can respond to, and further mitigate, ...


  • June 09. 2023 / Ministry for Foreign Affairs

    Iceland suspends embassy operations in Moscow

    The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iceland has decided to suspend operations of the Embassy of Iceland in Moscow from August 1st. Today, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs summoned the Russian Ambassado...


  • June 01. 2023 / Ministry for Foreign Affairs

    JEF deploys its Headquarters to Iceland

    The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) led by the United Kingdom with the Nordic countries, the Baltic countries and the Netherlands will exercise the deployment of its London-based headquarters to Icel...


  • May 31. 2023 / Ministry for Foreign Affairs

    Training for Ukrainian soldiers in combat medicine

    Iceland has joined a UK-led training programme for Ukrainian soldiers. The programme aims to train trainers in combat medicine so that they can pass on their knowledge to other soldiers in the field....


  • May 23. 2023 / Ministry for Foreign Affairs

    Support for fuel transportation of the Ukrainian army

    The Government of Iceland has responded swiftly to Ukraine's request for increased capacity for fuel transportation, by purchasing ten fuel trucks for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two of which were d...


  • May 23. 2023 / Ministry for Foreign Affairs

    End of Iceland’s Presidency of the Council of Europe

    The Reykjavík Summit of the Council of Europe last week marked the end of Iceland’s Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. Latvia has now taken over the Presidency.  “...


  • May 19. 2023 / Ministry for Foreign Affairs

    Iceland becomes a member of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence

    On May 16th, Iceland became a formal member of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) in Tallinn, Estonia. The Centre focuses on education, public...


  • May 17. 2023 / Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Prime Minister's Office

    Accountability for Ukraine and democracy top agenda of the Reykjavík Summit ​

    Today, the Reykjavík Summit, the 4th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe member States, concluded with important decisions in support of Ukraine and the core values of the...

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