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Ring Road open for ferry transport; road connection possible in the middle of next week
Attending the meeting were Chief Superintendent Jón Bjartmarz from the Civil Protection Department of the National Police; Hreinn Haraldsson, director of the Iceland Roads Administration; and Árni Gun...
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Ring Road open for ferry transport; road connection possible in the middle of next week
This morning the Government held an extraordinary meeting to discuss the repercussions of the glacial flood from Mýrdalsjökull glacier, which washed away the bridge over the river Múlakvísl. Att...
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Minister completes visit to Gaza, Ramallah and Jordan
Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Össur Skarphéðinsson, today completed his visit to the occupied Palestinian territories which began in Gaza on Wednesday. Saturday he had meetings with Mah...
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Icelandic and Palestinian Ministers sign MoU on political consultations
Minister for Foreign Affairs Össur Skarphéðinsson and Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs Riad Al-Malki have signed in Ramallah a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on political consultations betwe...
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Foreign Minister Discusses Middle-East Peace Process with Jordanian Authorities
Minister for Foreign Affairs Össur Skarphéðinsson discussed the Middle-East peace process, support for the Palestinian struggle for independence and bilateral relations between Iceland and Jordan in a...
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Foreign Minister visits Gaza, Jordan and Ramallah
Today Minister for Foreign Affairs Össur Skarphéðinsson met with high-ranking officials of the Arab League in Cairo to discuss the situation in Palestine. Later today the foreign minister will travel...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2011/07/06/Foreign-Minister-visits-Gaza-Jordan-and-Ramallah/
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Treasury finances January-May 2011
Statistics for Treasury finances in January-May 2011 are now available. Treasury finances January-May 2011 (PDF 56 KB)
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2011/07/05/Treasury-finances-January-May-2011/
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Reports
Science and Technology Policy for Iceland 2010-2012 - Building on solid foundations
Science and Technology Policy for Iceland 2010-2012 - Building on solid foundations
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Minister meets with EU Commissioners and European Parliament MEP
Össur Skarphéðinsson Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland met today and yesterday with three European Union Commissioners and two representatives of the European Parliament. The meetings followed y...
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Four chapters opened and two closed at the launch of substantive accession negotiations between Iceland and the EU
The first substantive EU–Iceland Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) in Brussels on 27 June saw the opening of four chapters and the immediate closing of two of them. At the meeting, Icelandic Foreign ...
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Minister signs a free trade agreement between EFTA and Hong Kong
Össur Skarphéðinsson, the Foreign Minister of Iceland, has signed on behalf of Iceland, a free trade agreeement between the four EFTA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) and Hon...
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Screening process concluded
Today marks the conclusion of the screening process between the European Union and Iceland, which began in November last year. Experts from Iceland and the European Commission have now compared and sc...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2011/06/21/Screening-process-concluded/
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Screening meeting on energy concluded
The screening meeting with the European Union on Chapter 15 – energy – was concluded in Brussels on 20 June. At the meeting, experts from Iceland and the EU compared the legislation falling under the ...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2011/06/21/Screening-meeting-on-energy-concluded/
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Speeches and Articles
Address of the Prime Minister of Iceland at official ceremonies on the parliament square Austurvöllur, 17 June 2011
Fellow Icelanders, My best wishes on this Icelandic National Day. “It will take more than empty words to put Iceland back on its feet, it will take energy, thrift, foresight and persistence.” Those ...
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Letter of Credentials presented to president of Mongolia
Kristín A. Árnadottir, Ambassador of Iceland, presented a Letter of Credentials to the President of Mongolia, H.E. Tsakija Elbegdorj, on 6 June of this year. The national anthems of the two coun...
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Treasury finances January - April 2011
Statistics for Treasury finances in January - April 2011 are now available here
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2011/06/10/Treasury-finances-January-April-2011/
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Minister meets with a representative of the National Transitional Council in Libya
Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, Össur Skarphéðinsson, met with Mr. Guma El-Gamaty, the UK Co-ordinator for the National Transitional Council (NTC) in Libya on 3 June 2011 to discuss the situat...
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Iceland issues USD 1 billion bond - A milestone says Finance Minister
Iceland has today issued a USD 1 billion Reg S / 144A bond offering due in 2016. This is a fixed rate issue with a 4.993% semi-annual yield, which reflects 3.20% premium over mid-swaps. The transactio...
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Screening on enterprise and industrial policy concluded
Screening meeting with European Union on Chapter 20 – Enterprise and industrial policy – was concluded in Brussels on Wednesday, 25 May 2011. At the meeting, which was the latter one of two, experts f...
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Volcanic activity significantly reduced
Activity in the volcanic eruption in Grimsvotn in southern Iceland is significantly reduced and the volcano is reduced to emitting mostly low steam, 100-200 meters. Small explosions can still be expec...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2011/05/25/Volcanic-activity-significantly-reduced/