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November 30. 2021 /Fiscal budget proposal for 2022
The economic situation is better than was assumed in the National Budget for 2021, and the economy is more resilient than previously expected. Unemployment has fallen rapidly and real incomes have ris...
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November 30. 2021 /Fiscal policy statement 2022-2026
The Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs will introduce a proposal for a parliamentary resolution on the fiscal policy statement for 2022-2026 before Parliament today. According to the Act on Publ...
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November 28. 2021 /Second Government of Katrín Jakobsdóttir Takes Office
The State Council held two meetings at the President’s residence at Bessastaðir today. At the former meeting the President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, accepted the resignation of the first gove...
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November 27. 2021 /COVID-19: Stricter border measures due to new Omicron variant
All passengers that have stayed in a defined high-risk zone for more than 24 hours in the past 14 days shall undergo a PCR test upon arrival followed by quarantine that ends with another test five da...
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November 24. 2021 /COP26 results a cause for optimism, says Iceland‘s Environment Minister
Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, Iceland‘s Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources, says that the final results of COP26 in Glasgow is a source of optimism for the most urgent task of the 21st ...
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November 17. 2021 /Iceland elected to the UNESCO Executive Board
Iceland has been elected to the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation at its ongoing General Conference in Paris. Iceland received 168 votes in today’...
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November 12. 2021 /COVID-19: Stricter measures, a 50 person restriction on the number of people at gatherings, and a substantial vaccination push
The Minister of Health has, in keeping with the recommendations of the Chief Epidemiologist, decided to implement much stricter disease-prevention measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 infections...
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November 10. 2021 /Iceland’s candidacy emphases presented at the UNESCO General Conference
Delegates of Iceland have presented their points of emphases for Iceland’s Executive Board candidacy to the UNESCO General Conference. Iceland has been increasing its activities and contributions...
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November 09. 2021 /Iceland‘s message at COP26: We need to upgrade our pledges
The message from Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir at the UN Climte Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow was clear. We need to do more, since the Paris pledges will not suffice to keep global warming...
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November 05. 2021 /COVID-19: Stricter domestic measures to be taken due to the proliferation of infections
Masks will be required when the one-metre social distancing rule can not be observed, the maximum number of persons allowed in the same location will be 500, and restaurants that have an alcohol licen...
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November 04. 2021 /COVID-19: Quarantine measures at the border to remain unchanged until 15 January 2022
The Minister of Health has decided to extend the application of the regulation on COVID-19 quarantine measures at the border in line with the recommendation of the Chief Epidemiologist. The regulation...
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October 22. 2021 /Active participation from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs at the Arctic Circle assembly
Guðlaugur Thór Thórdarson, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development, and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, took an active part in the Arctic Circle assembly at Harpa in Reykjavík, wh...
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October 20. 2021 /COVID-19: Further easing of local restrictions in Iceland
General restrictions on numbers will be 2,000 persons, the mask requirement will be lifted, the opening hours of restaurants will be extended by one hour and the registration obligation for guests wil...
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September 29. 2021 /COVID-19: The rules about restrictions at the border will be changing as of 1 October
The requirement that individuals with ties to Iceland must present a certificate of a negative COVID-19 test upon arrival in Iceland will be abolished. Connecting passengers who do not leave the bord...
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September 24. 2021 /Fitch Affirms Iceland at ‘A’; Outlook Negative
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Iceland’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘A’ with a Negative Outlook. The 'A' rating is driven by Iceland’s very high income per capita, very stro...
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September 24. 2021 /New report on Icelandic-Polish relations
Relations between Iceland and Poland should be further strengthened, and the presence of Iceland in Poland increased, according to a new report of a working group that Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, Minis...
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September 24. 2021 /Iceland’s Sovereign Sustainable Financing Framework
The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs has issued a Sovereign Sustainable Financing Framework and been awarded a CICERO Dark Green rating by CICERO Shades of Green, a globally recognised second ...
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September 24. 2021 /The Icelandic Government and Landsvirkjun Agree on Remuneration for Utilisation Rights in the Þjórsá Area
Press release from the Office of the Prime Minister of Iceland and Landsvirkjun The Prime Minister‘s Office and Landsvirkjun, the National Power Company of Iceland, have reached an agreement on remune...
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September 23. 2021 /Signing of a joint declaration on increased co-operation between Iceland and Greenland
Today, on the West-Nordic Day, Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development Cooperation, and Pele Broberg, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Industry, Trade and Clim...
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September 20. 2021 /International Equal Pay Day event of Iceland and the OECD
To mark the second International Equal Pay Day, Iceland and the OECD hosted an event at the OECD headquarters in Paris on Friday, dedicated to equal pay and gender equality in the labour market. The I...
