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The five-year fiscal plan is to be presented before Parliament today. In coming years, particular emphasis will be placed on infrastructure development and strengthening the social welfare system, inc...

The President of Iceland, Gudni Th. Johannesson, and Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, today had a meeting with Russia's President, Vladimir Putin, in Archangelsk, where they ...

S&P has raised Republic of Iceland Ratings to 'A/A-1' on lifting of capital controls. Outlook is stable. S&P say:We believe that the recent lifting of most of the remaining capital • controls ...

Today Moody‘s Investors Service issued a Comment on the Government of Iceland: Elimination of Capital Controls is Credit Positive for the Sovereign and the Financial Sector.  It can be accessed h...

 Capital controls on individuals, firms, and pension funds lifted by the new Icelandic Government Central Bank expected to acquire a majority of króna held offshore The Government of Iceland to...

 Capital controls on individuals, firms, and pension funds lifted by the new Icelandic Government Central Bank expected to acquire a majority of króna held offshore The Government of Ic...

To mark the 25th anniversary of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) the Icelandic Presidency of the CBSS welcomes you to the Symposium “A Future Outlook on Cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region...

Earlier today NATO defence ministers concluded their meeting in Brussels where discussions focused on transatlantic relations, security challenges and increased defence preparedness in the Alliance's ...

Statistics for Treasury finances for January-November 2016 are now available. Treasury finances January-November 2016

This morning, Foreign Minister Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson met in Reykjavík with US Deputy Assistant Secretary, Mr. Benjamin Ziff, and expressed the Icelandic Government's regrets and grave concerns reg...

Foreign Minister Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson met today with foreign ambassadors residing in Reykjvík and introduced the new government‘s priority foreign policy issues. During the meeting the Minister u...

The credit rating agency Standard & Poor‘s today raised the credit rating of Iceland´s long-term foreign and local currency debt to A- from BBB+ with a stable outlook. The main reason for the incr...

Fitch, the credit rating agency today issued its rating for Iceland. The prospects were upgraded to positive, whereas previously they were seen as stable. The long-term ratings in foreign and domestic...

A Government of the Independence Party, the Reform Party and Bright Future has been formed and took office today. Eleven ministers will take seat in the Government, six from the Independence Party, t...

Today Mr. Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson took office as MInister for Foreign Affairs in the new Government of the Independence Party, the Reform Party and Bright Future, which has been formed and took offi...

The fifth meeting of the Financial Stability Council in 2016 was held on Friday 16 December 2016 at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs. Financial system risk is broadly unchanged since the l...

Statistics for Treasury finances for January-October 2016 are now available. Treasury finances January-October 2016

Information regarding the 2017 fiscal budget. National Budget Proposal - Press release    

Treasury operates without deficit for fourth consecutive year Treasury debt ratio on the decline Social security allocations increased Increased funding for healthcare The fiscal bu...

Representatives of the Government of Iceland and Icelandic stakeholders today met with representatives from the UK supermarket Iceland Foods to discuss their registration of the word ‘Iceland' wi...