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01 June 2023 /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 Icela...
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31 May 2023 /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. ...
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23 May 2023 /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 de...
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23 May 2023 /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. “...
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19 May 2023 /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...
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17 May 2023 /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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17 May 2023 /Reykjavik Declaration of the Council of Europe Summit
The Reykjavík Summit has now formally closed. The main outcome document of the Summit, the Reykjavík Declaration is available.
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16 May 2023 /Reykjavik Summit of the Council of Europe has started
Accountability for Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the promotion and protection of the core values of the Council of Europe are the main topics of the Summit of the...
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14 May 2023 /RAF conducts air policing for Iceland
In conjunction with the Council of Europe Summit to be held in Reykjavik from 16 -17 May, the Royal Air Force will conduct air policing for Iceland. The mission will take place from 15-19 May. ...
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12 May 2023 /Reykjavik Summit of the Council of Europe 16-17 May
The fourth Summit of the Council of Europe takes p...
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05 May 2023 /Supreme Allied Commander Europe visits Iceland
Christopher G. Cavoli, the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) is making a short visit to Iceland. Today he met with Minister for Foreign Affairs Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir and receive...
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05 May 2023 /Exercise Dynamic Mongoose concludes with a port visit in Reykjavík
Five ships from Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 have arrived in Reykjavík for a short port visit as they conclude their participation in the annual NATO-led Anti-Submarine Warfare exercise Dynamic...
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03 May 2023 /Joint Iceland-Sweden team wins NATO’s largest cyber defence exercise
The joint team of Sweden and Iceland won the cyber defence exercise Locked Shields which took place last month. The exercise is organized annually by NATOs Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellen...
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26 April 2023 /First service stop by a US Navy submarine in Icelandic territorial waters
The American nuclear-powered submarine USS San Juan visited Iceland today for a brief service stop in the waters outside of Garðskagi, southwest Iceland. The Icelandic Coast Guard vessel Thor provided...
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24 April 2023 /Exercise Dynamic Mongoose taking place in the North Atlantic
Eleven Allied nations are set to take a part in Dynamic Mongoose 2023, a large-scale Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) exercise in the North Atlantic from April 24 to May 5. Iceland is the primary hos...
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24 April 2023 /Annual Strategic Dialogue between the US and Iceland
The annual Strategic Dialogue between Iceland and the United States took place in Washington, Friday, April 21. The security situation in the Euro-Atlantic area following Russia's war of aggression ag...
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18 April 2023 /Service visits of US submarines authorised
The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland has informed the Government of the United States that nuclear-powered submarines of the US Navy will be authorised to make a brief service visit in Iceland ...
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15 March 2023 /Prime Minister and the Minister for Foreign Affairs visited Ukraine and met with Volodomyr Zelensky
Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir and Minister for Foreign Affairs Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir met with President of Ukraine Volodomyr Zelensky in Kyiv yesterday. The situation in Ukraine, I...
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27 February 2023 /Minister for Foreign Affairs addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council
Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir Minister for Foreign Affairs addressed the beginning of the 52nd regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on behalf of Iceland today. ...
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24 February 2023 /Brutal aggression against Ukraine – One Year On
Today, the 24th of February, marks one year since the launch of Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine. On this occasion, the international community has come together to show solidarit...