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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...

Iceland was the fastest growing European economy in the first half of the year. 1Rapid growth has gone hand-in-hand with a buoyant labour market, with negligible unemployment and 30,000 more employed ...

The overall outcome of Part A-1 of the Government accounts for 2022 is nearly ISK 100m more favourable than was provided for in the 2022 National Budget, and about ISK 50bn better than estimated in la...

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Iceland´s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘A’ with a Stable Outlook. According to Fitch, Iceland's ‘A’ rating is underpinned by its very high incom...

Today, Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Svandís Svavarsdóttir will issue a new Regulation intended to improve the framework for the hunting of fin whales. The Regulation comes in response t...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) has today changed the outlook on Government of Iceland’s ratings to positive from stable and affirmed the local and foreign-currency issuer ratings at A2. The key...

On 13 July 2023, the Presidents of Finland and the United States and the Prime Ministers of Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden met in Helsinki for the third U.S.-Nordic Leaders’ Summit. Building on ...

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...

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...

Alþingi (Parliament) has approved the Minister of Infrastructure‘s parliamentary bill on the management and development of airports and air navigation services, thereby creating a comprehensive legal ...

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 ...

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...

  Joint Statement by the Prime Ministers of the Nordic countries and Canada Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland, 26 June 2023   On 26 June 2023, the Prime Ministers and the Heads of Government of Denma...

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...