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22 May 2019 /Annual Report: Foreign Affairs 2019
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 repor...
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07 May 2019 /Iceland assumes Chairmanship of the Arctic Council
Iceland has assumed the Chairmanship of the Arctic Council and will lead the Council for two years. This morning, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, Guðlaugur Thór Thórdarson, received the gavel...
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13 April 2019 /Icelandic authorities welcome decision to declare the wordmark “Iceland” invalid
Icelandic authorities have welcomed the ruling by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) that the wordmark registration of “Iceland”, which had been registered in the European Union b...
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04 April 2019 /Information for UK nationals living in Iceland
It is possible that the United Kingdom will leave the European Union and the EEA without a withdrawal agreement on 12 April 2019. UK citizens who have their domicile registered in Iceland will be guar...
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22 March 2019 /Joint understanding on the application of the third energy package towards Iceland
Foreign Minister Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson and Commissioner Canete discussed on 20 March 2019 the EU Third Energy Package, taking into account the unique situation in Iceland as concerns renewable ene...
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07 March 2019 /Iceland leads a joint initiative calling on Saudi Arabia to improve its human rights situation
Today, Iceland led a group of countries at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, calling on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to improve the situation of human rights in the country. This is the first time th...
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26 February 2019 /Iceland pledges further support to humanitarian efforts in Yemen
The Human Rights Council opened its fortieth regular session in Geneva yesterday. Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, Foreign Minister of Iceland, was among around 100 high-level dignitaries who presented stat...
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15 February 2019 /US Secretary of State visited Iceland
Trade, Arctic and security and defense were among the topics discussed at a lunch meeting between Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, Foreign Minister of Iceland, and Michael Pompeo, US Secretary of State, in ...
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08 February 2019 /Agreement reached on citizens‘ rights in case of a no-deal Brexit
An agreement on citizens' rights has been reached between the EEA EFTA States, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, and the United Kingdom should the UK leave the EU without a withdrawal agreement. ...
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05 February 2019 /Statement on the situation in Venezuela
Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, has declared Iceland‘s support for Juan Guaidó as the interim president of Venezuela. Due to the grave and deteriorating economic and pol...
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08 January 2019 /Foreign Minister of Iceland met with US Secretary of State
Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, met with Mike Pompeo, United States Secretary of State, in Washington DC yesterday. Security and defence, trade and Arctic issues fe...
