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Foreign Minister Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson met yesterday with Michael Gove, UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in Reykjavík during his visit to Iceland for meetings wi...

Fitch Ratings has upgraded Iceland‘s long-term foreign and local-currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to ‘A-' from ‘BBB+' with positive outlook. The main drivers behind the upgrade are reduced exter...

In accordance with its publication schedule, on June 30 2017, S&P Global Ratings affirmed its 'A/A-1' long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on the Republic of Ic...

On 26 June 2017, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) held its summer Ministerial meeting in Longyearbyen. Ministers underlined the importance to safeguard the ideals of free trade on the basis ...

The second meeting of the Financial Stability Council in 2017 was held on Tuesday 20 June at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs. On the whole, risks in the financial system are relatively li...

A Ministerial meeting of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, CBSS, hosted by Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, was held in Reykjavik today, marking the 25th anniversary of the...

An annual NATO submarine surveillance exercise will be held in the waters south of Iceland, 23 June to July 6. The exercise named Dynamic Mongoose 2017 draws on assets and personnel from nine NATO All...

The results of Government Accounts for 2016 have now been published and the accounts forwarded to the Althingi. The principal outcome of the 2016 Government Accounts is a revenue surplus of ISK 294.6 ...

Presentation made by Dr. Grimur Valdimarsson Senior Advisor Use of living marine resources in Iceland

Presentation made by Dr. Grimur ValdimarssonThe hunt for Marine data in an imperfect World

On behalf of the Government of Iceland I express my deepest condolences in the wake of the heinous attack that took place in Manchester last night which claimed so many lives of innocent civilians, in...

Today, Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, presented his annual report on Foreign and International Affairs to Parliament. In addition to providing an overview over foreign policy i...

The 1st of May 2017 a new payment system for health care was introduced. The main goal is to increase equality between individuals, regardless of health status, and to reduce the burden of high e...

Ministry of JusticeThe Minister of Justice is Sigríður Á. Andersen, and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice is Haukur Guðmundsson.Among the functions of the Ministry of Justice are the...

Do you have an idea for a Nordic project that can help put the Nordics in the mind of the world? A project that can highlight Nordic values; set the agenda and has a social clout that can cut through ...

Four investment funds authorised in January by the Supreme Court to pose questions to court-appointed assessors have withdrawn their request. The request was filed due to planned legal action agains...

Today Foreign Minister Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson met with his British counterpart, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, in London to discuss ways to increase political cooperation and enhance strong trade...

"Mobilizing Men and Boys for Gender Equality in the Baltic Sea Region" A Barbershop Conference focused on mobilizing men and boys for gender equality will be held at the Nordic House in Reykjavík on...

The first meeting of the Financial Stability Council in 2017 was held on Thursday 6 April at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs. In mid-March, virtually all of the remaining capital cont...

Republic of Iceland has purchased for cancellation nominal value of 876.9 million USD in the “ICELAND 5.875%” series due in 2022 (Reg S ISIN USX34650AA31 and 144A ISIN US451029AE22; Reg S CUSIP X34650...