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20 May 2021 /Guðlaugur Thór Thórdarson met the Foreign Ministers of Canada, Finland and Sweden
Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development Cooperation, met the Foreign Ministers of Canada, Finland and Sweden, who are in Iceland to attend the Arctic Coun...
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18 May 2021 /US Secretary of State Visiting Iceland
Trade, security and defence, Arctic issues, international affairs and human rights were the main topics discussed at the meeting of Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs an...
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18 May 2021 /Ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council
The Ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council will be held in Reykjavik later this week. The Foreign Ministers of all the Member States will be coming to Iceland to attend the meeting which marks the...
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15 May 2021 /COVID-19: Borders – New list of areas and countries that are considered high-risk
New list of areas and countries that are considered high-risk due to COVID-19 enters into force on May 18. The definition of high-risk areas affects which individuals must quarantine in a quarantine f...
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06 May 2021 /COVID-19: Borders - revised criteria for the definition of high-risk areas
The definition of criteria for determining whether countries or areas are considered high-risk areas has been revised. In addition to criteria on the incidence rate of infection, a condition will be a...
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27 April 2021 /Ban on unnecessary travel from high-risk areas
The Minister of Justice has issued a regulation banning unnecessary travel from specified high-risk areas due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The regulation enters into force today, 27 April, and remai...
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23 April 2021 /COVID-19: Stricter requirements for quarantine of arriving passengers coming from high-risk areas
A new regulation by the Minister of Health on quarantine and isolation and COVID-19 testing at the Icelandic border will take effect on Tuesday 27 April. The regulation introduces obligation for arriv...
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20 April 2021 /COVID-19: Temporary introduction of stricter border measures
The Government of Iceland has announced temporary border measures to counter the domestic spread of COVID-19. These measures aim to create conditions to allow lifting domestic restrictions as much as ...
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09 April 2021 /COVID-19: Border measures - amended requirements for quarantine
Clearer requirements are made for home quarantine, regarding housing and rules of conduct. Those who are unable to stay in a home quarantine that fulfils the requirements will need to stay at a quaran...
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02 April 2021 /FAQ regarding amended rules at the borders on testing and quarantine
As of April 1, 2021 new regulations no. 355/2021 are in effect about quarantine and isolation and testing at the Icelandic border due to COVID-19. With regards to inquiries made about quarantine...
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31 March 2021 /COVID-19: Spain removed from the list of countries identified as risk zones
The Ministry of Health has decided to remove mainland Spain from the Chief Epidemiologist´s list of countries identifying the countries defined as risk zones due to high notification rates of new COVI...
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30 March 2021 /COVID-19: Amended rules at the borders on testing and quarantine on the 1st of April
Children born in 2005 or later shall be tested at the borders of Iceland as from the coming 1st of April. Passengers who submit a vaccination certificate or a certificate of a prior infe...
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25 March 2021 /Regulation exempting vaccinated non-Schengen travellers from travel restrictions to come into force on 6 April
The Minister of Justice of Iceland has decided that the previously announced decision to exempt from travel restrictions those who can provide proof of vaccination or prior infection will take effect ...
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25 March 2021 /Stricter measures intended to stop new outbreak in Iceland
Gatherings mostly limited to 10 people All in-person teaching halted, least until after Easter Measures to remain in place for three weeks Iceland will use AstraZeneca jab for those o...
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23 March 2021 /Stricter COVID-19 measures at the Icelandic border
Children to be mostly subject to same border measures as adults Measures to take effect 1 April and will expire at the end of the month Iceland’s Minister of Health has decided to impose str...
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20 March 2021 /A small volcanic eruption has started in Iceland
No risk to Reykjavik, populated places and infrastructure No disturbance for international aviation At approximately 20.45 last night lava began flowing from a rupture in the ground ...
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16 March 2021 /Exemption from border measures for vaccinated individuals to be extended to non-Schengen countries
The Icelandic government has announced that all those who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be allowed to travel to Iceland without being subject to border measures, such as testing and...
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04 March 2021 /Possible volcanic activity in southwest Iceland
Risk to populated areas and critical infrastructure considered very low Volcanic activity follows considerable seismic activity in the past week The type of eruption expected will not hav...
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23 February 2021 /Significant easing of domestic restrictions in Iceland to take effect tomorrow
In-person attendance at sporting events is allowed again Limits on attendance at cultural events raised to 200 Higher level education returning to normalcy Low threshold testing, cont...
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23 February 2021 /Foreign Minister Thórdarson addressed the 46th Regular Session of Human Rights Council
Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation of Iceland, today warned that the Covid-19 pandemic must not be used to justify long-term restrictions of civil libe...