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Treasury finances January-August 2016
Statistics for Treasury finances for January-August. 2016 are now available. Treasury finances January-August 2016
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2016/10/06/Treasury-finances-January-August-2016/
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Fourth meeting of the Financial Stability Council 2016
The fourth meeting of the Financial Stability Council in 2016 was held on Friday 30 September at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs. Macroeconomic conditions have been broadly favourable for...
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Minutes of the Meeting of the Financial Stability Council of 30 September 2016
Members of the Council: Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Bjarni Benediktsson, Chairman; Már Guðmundsson, Governor of the Central Bank; Unnur Gunnarsdóttir, Director General of the Financial Su...
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Iceland and Baltic States mark 25th anniversary of reestablishment of diplomatic relations
The Foreign Ministers of the three Baltic States and Iceland attended a signing ceremony yesterday in Reykjavík, to mark the 25th anniversary of the reestablishment of diplomatic relations and Icelan...
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UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ratified by Iceland
Iceland's Parliament has unanimously adopted the Foreign Minister's proposal to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Furthermore the Parliament agreed that the Optiona...
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Iceland ratifies the Paris Agreement
During a high-level UN event in New York, marking the entry into force of the United Nations Paris Agreement, Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Lilja Alfreðsdóttir, announced today that Iceland ...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2016/09/21/Iceland-ratifies-the-Paris-Agreement/
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The Arctic Council: A Forum for Peace and Cooperation
On September 19, 1996 in Ottawa, the Arctic Council was established as a high level intergovernmental forum to enhance cooperation, coordination and interaction among the Arctic States with the active...
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Resolution for ratification of the Paris Agreement put forward to Parliament
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Lilja Alfreðsdóttir, has put forward a resolution to Parliament on the ratification of the United Nations' Paris Agreement. The Agreement, which was approved last Decembe...
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Regarding the declaration concerning the blanket Treasury guarantee of deposits
The Government of Iceland has decided, following consultation with the Financial Supervisory Authority and the Central Bank of Iceland, that there is no reason for the declaration concerning the blank...
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Parliament passes bill on National Security Council
On 1 September the Althingi Parliament approved, with no dissenting votes, a Bill of law on National Security Council, that was submitted to Althingi last spring by Lilja Alfreðsdóttir, Minister for F...
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Treasury finances January-July 2016
Statistics for Treasury finances for January-July 2016 are now available. Treasury finances January-July 2016
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2016/09/05/Treasury-finances-January-July-2016/
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Moody's upgrades Iceland's government ratings to A3; outlook stable
Moody's Investors Service (MIS) has today upgraded Iceland's government bond and issuer ratings to A3 from Baa2. The rating outlook is stable. This rating action concludes the reviewfor upgrade that c...
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Increased freedom – liberalisation of capital controls
Individuals' and companies' freedom to transfer funds to and from Iceland and to carry out foreign exchange transactions will increase greatly, according to the bill of legislation that the Minister o...
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Treasury finances January-June 2016
Statistics for Treasury finances for January-June 2016 are now available. Treasury finances January-June 2016
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2016/08/03/Treasury-finances-January-June-2016/
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Guðni Th. Jóhannesson sworn in as President
Guðni Th. Jóhannesson took office yesterday, 1 August, as the 6th President of the Republic of Iceland. He signed the oath of office during a ceremony at the Parliament of Iceland, Alþingi, and was gr...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2016/08/02/Gudni-Th.-Johannesson-sworn-in-as-President/
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Legislation
Act No. 42/2016 on Amending the Foreign Exchange Act, the Act on the Treatment Króna-Denominated Assets Subject to Special Restrictions, and the Act on a Special Tax on Financial Undertakings
This is an English translation. The original Icelandic text, as published in the is the authoritative text. Should there be discrepancy between this translation and the authoritative text, the latter ...
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Situation in Turkey very serious
„The Icelandic government has followed recent events in Turkey very closely and expresses its concerns about the situation, which has become very serious“, says Lilja Alfredsdóttir, Minister for Forei...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2016/07/25/Situation-in-Turkey-very-serious/
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Fitch Ratings affirms Iceland's sovereign rating at BBB+ with stable outlook
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Iceland's Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at ‘BBB+' and ‘A-' respectively with Stable Outlooks. The issue ratings on Iceland's senior unsec...
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Standard & Poor's affirms Iceland's sovereign ratings at BBB+/A-2 with a stable outlook
International rating agency Standard & Poor's has affirmed Iceland's sovereign ratings at BBB+/A-2 with a stable outlook. Standard & Poor's expects economic growth in Iceland to remain strong ...
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Third Meeting of the Financial Stability Council in 2016
The third meeting of the Financial Stability Council in 2016 was held on Tuesday, 5 July, in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs. At its meeting the Council reviewed the main risk factors in ...