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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 quara...

In light of the Reykjavik District Court’s decision regarding the Chief Epidemiologist’s requirement regarding an obligation for quarantining at a quarantine facility, the Chief Epidemiologist and th...

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...

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...

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...

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Iceland’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency (LTFC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘A’ with a Negative Outlook. The 'A' rating is driven by Iceland’s very high income per capita, s...

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 ...

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...

A stricter regime of measures against the COVID-19 pandemic takes effect throughout Iceland as from midnight tonight, Wednesday 24 March 2021. Most gatherings will be limited to 10 people, not countin...

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...

The Government’s measures in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic have been highly successful, and the medium-term outlook is more favourable than was assumed last year. Households’ disposable inc...

  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 ...

Commission on the Status of Women Statement by H.E. Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minster, Iceland 65th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, March 2021   Honourable chair. Social justi...

The Minister of Health has announced changes to the measures against COVID-19 in Iceland taking effect on 18 March; these are based largely on proposals submitted by the Chief Epidemiologist. The chan...

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...

Plastic pollution in the Arctic shows that plastic in the oceans is a vast and global problem that calls for an international response. This was the message of Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, Minister fo...

On March 11, North-Atlantic Fisheries Ministers met virtually to discuss the Effects of the COVID -19 Pandemic on the Fisheries Sector and Seafood markets. Joining Mr. Kristján Þór Júlíusson, 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...

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...

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...