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Permanent Secretariat of Arctic Council established in Tromsoe
Espen Barth Eide, Foreign Minister of Norway and Magnús Jóhannesson, the new director of the Arctic Council‘s permanent secretariat, signed a Host Country Agreement between Norway and the Arctic Counc...
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STATEMENT FROM THE ICELANDIC MINISTER OF INDUSTRIES AND INNOVATION
The Northeast Atlantic mackerel stock is an important economic resource for all the Coastal States, including Iceland, the European Union, Norway and the Faroe Islands. We must work as partners to red...
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Iceland supports humanitarian efforts in Syria
Iceland will contribute 190,000 USD towards the emergency and humanitarian assistance being provided by the United Nations to civilians fleeing the conflict in Syria. UNICEF will receive 90,000 USD i...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2013/01/17/Iceland-supports-humanitarian-efforts-in-Syria/
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Minister Skarphéðinsson meets Leona Aglukkaq, Canada‘s Minister of the Arctic Council
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Össur Skarphéðinsson met today with Ms. Leona Aglukkaq, Canada‘s health minister and newly appointed Minister of Arctic Affairs. Following her visit to Reykjavík, Agl...
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Agreement on management of EU accession negotiations in the run-up to parliamentary elections
The coalition parties in Iceland have reached an agreement on the continuation of Iceland's accession negotiations in the run up to the parliamentary elections this spring. It is now clear ...
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Agreement between the coalition parties on management of the EU accession negotiations in the run-up to the parliamentary elections
MEMORANDUM From: The Ministerial Committee on European Affairs To: The Government In line with Althingi's Resolution of Spring 2009, Iceland applied for membership of the EU on the basis that the n...
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Pre-Accession Economic Programme 2013
Pre-Accession Economic Programme 2013 (PDF 800 KB), January 2013
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Treasury finances January-November 2012
Statistics for Treasury finances for January-November 2012 are now available. Treasury finances January-November 2012.
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2013/01/07/Treasury-finances-January-November-2012/
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Judgment in the Icesave court case due on January 28
The judgment of the EFTA Court in the so-called Icesave case will be delivered on the 28th of January. The case, which was brought before the EFTA Court by the EFTA Surveillance Authority in December ...
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Iceland and Myanmar establish diplomatic relations
The Governments of Iceland and Myanmar have established diplomatic relations. This was confirmed in a meeting on 19 December of the Permanent Representatives of Iceland and Myanmar to the United Natio...
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Estonia's Foreign Minister visits Iceland
Össur Skarphéðinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, welcomed today Urmas Paet, Estonia´s Minister for Foreign Affairs in Reykjavik. In their meeting the Ministers discussed bilateral cooperation and c...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2012/12/19/Estonias-Foreign-Minister-visits-Iceland/
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No More Fishy Solutions to the Mackerel Dispute
No More Fishy Solutions to the Mackerel Dispute Applying economic sanctions and blaming smaller states will not help secure an agreement on the quota conflict. By Steingrimur J. Sigfusson The ongoi...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2012/12/12/No-More-Fishy-Solutions-to-the-Mackerel-Dispute/
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Nordic and Baltic states welcome decision of opposition forces in Syria to join hands
The Estonian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Urmas Paet, today delivered a statement on behalf of the five Nordic countries and the three Baltic states at the “Friends of Syria” conference held in Marra...
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Workshop on arctic transportation infrastructure
Around 70 experts on arctic transportation from the Arctic Council member states are meeting in Reykjavik, 3-6 December, focussing on repsonse capacity and sustainable development in the Arctic. The w...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2012/12/05/Workshop-on-arctic-transportation-infrastructure/
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Norway participates in exploration for oil and gas in Iceland through Petoro
NEA sought the opinions of the Ministry for the Environment and the Ministry of Industries and Innovation in accordance with the hydrocarbons act and evaluated the opinions based on the applications a...
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Foreign Minister welcomes UN majority support for Palestine‘s status as Non-Member Observer State
Foreign Minister Össur Skarphéðinsson welcomes the outcome of the vote of the United Nations General Assembly on 29 November where a great majority agreed to Palestine becoming a non-member observer s...
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Iceland to co-sponsor Palestine's bid to become UN Non-member Observer State
Össur Skarphéðinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, has decided that Iceland will co-sponsor a resolution at the United Nations General Assembly proposing to upgrade the status of Palestine...
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Treasury finances January-October 2012
Statistics for Treasury finances for January-October 2012 are now available. Treasury finanaces January-Ocotober 2012.
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2012/11/27/Treasury-finances-January-October-2012/
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Gender Budgeting in Iceland, Fact Sheet
Gender Budgeting in Iceland, Fact Sheet (PDF 100 KB), November 2012
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