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May 16th, 2025 We will not be silent in front of the man-made humanitarian catastrophe that is taking place before our eyes in Gaza. More than 50.000 men, women, and children have lost their lives. Ma...

We, the Leaders of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), met today in Oslo to reaffirm our shared commitment to European security and stability, our strengthened support to Ukraine and our continuous ...

Iceland’s fourth National Action Plan (NAP) on Women Peace and Security has been published. The NAP sets out the government’s policy for implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1325, and the broad...

On 24 February 2025 in Kyiv, the Presidents of Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine and the Prime Ministers of Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Norway and Sweden issued the following statement: We unequi...

Nordic-Baltic leaders’ statement (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, 14 February 2025) We stand fully and firmly behind Ukraine. Ukraine must be able to prevail aga...

A Government consisting of the Social Democratic Alliance, the Liberal Reform Party and the People‘s Party took office today. The new government is headed by Kristrún Frostadóttir, the chairman of the...

Accelerating measures to achieve an integrated Nordic region with cross-border freedom of movement In 2019, in Reykjavik, we agreed on an ambitious vision: for the Nordic region to become the most sus...

At the fourth Nordic-Ukrainian Summit in Thingvellir on 28 October, the Prime Ministers of Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden and the President of Ukraine issued the following statement: ...

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will arrive in Iceland tomorrow. President Zelensky will meet with Prime Minister of Iceland, Bjarni Benediktsson, and participate in the fourth Nordic-Ukrainia...

Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson today met with President Halla Tómasdóttir to deliver his Government‘s resignation. The president accepted the resignation and requested that the government would ac...

Today, the Minister of Education and Children's Affairs, Ásmundur Einar Daðason attended on behalf of the Prime Minister of Iceland the Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response conference in Jord...

At the third Nordic-Ukrainian Summit in Stockholm on 31 May 2024, the Prime Ministers of Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland and the Presidents of Ukraine and Finland issued the following statement: W...

Eruption does not present a threat to life Damage to infrastructure in the area is being monitored and nearby town had already been evacuated No disruption to international or domestic fl...

Eruption does not present a threat to life  Risk to infrastructure is being monitored and a nearby town had already been evacuated No disruptions to international or local aviation&n...

At the second Nordic-Ukrainian Summit in Oslo 13 December, the Prime Minister of Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden and the President of Finland and Ukraine issued the following statement: We, the le...

Nominations are now open for the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir's Prize for Women's Empowerment. The award was established in Reykjavík last May on the eve of the Council of Europe summit. Sponsored by the Cou...

Construction has started on a barrier to protect the power plant in Svartsengi from the possible consequences of a volcanic eruption. Work on the protective barrier is being carried out in accordance ...

Icelandic Civil Protection authorities have declared a state of emergency following increased seismic activity in Reykjanes Peninsula. During last night the town of Grindavik was evacuated as a preven...

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...