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A new Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ms. Lilja Alfredsdottir,  took office today, succeeding Mr. Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson who had held the position since  23 May 2013. Ms. Alfredsdottir has hel...

Ten ministers will take seat in the Government, five from the Progressive Party, and five from the Independence Party. Two of the current ministries, Ministry of Industries and Innovation, and Ministr...

Volunteer Organizations in Disaster  at the Nordic House on April 25th.

For years, the Icelandic authorities have placed emphasis on participating in collaboration aimed at preventing international tax evasion. The objective is to enhance transparency and increase the eff...

This report is published by the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs as provided for in Act No. 16/2013 of the Althingi. Progress of the Plan for Removal of Capital Controls

The Icelandic Directorate of Immigration draws attention to the fact that the deadline for applying for the re-granting of Icelandic citizenship under the Interim Provision of the Icelandic Citiz...

Presentation made by Dr. Grimur Valdimarsson at the Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromso, Norway 24-29th of January where he discussed what lessons can be learned from developing global fisheries as ...

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

1 ICELAND - INDIA BUSINESS GUIDE 2016 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword 3 General Information ...

On 17 March Foreign Minister, Mr Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, presented his annual report on Foreign and International Affairs to Althingi, the Parliament of Iceland. A substantive summary of the report ...

Today, Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, presented his annual report on Foreign and International Affairs to Parliament and said that the past year had been especially eventful in ...

Under the Constitution of the Republic of Iceland, any person who has reached the age of 35 and who meets the requirements for being able to vote in elections to the Althingi (with the exception of th...

Statistics for Treasury finances for January-December 2015 are now available. Treasury finances January-December 2015

In light of increased emphasis put on fighting bribery in international business, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the Ministry of the Interior, has distributed an information s...

Icelandic version (The original speech as delivered in Icelandic takes precedence over the written text as translated here.) I. Ladies and Gentlemen, ‘A local tournament or global games?' is the theme...

In light of a recent reports which state that the U.S. Navy is returning to Keflavík air base, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs wishes to clarify the following: There are no talks taking place betwe...

Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, Prime Minister, addressed a conference in London on Thursday, supporting Syria and it's neighbouring countries. The Prime Minister said Iceland plans to contribute ISK500...

Siv Friðleifsdóttir, chair of the Welfare Watch, presented the Icelandic and Nordic Welfare Watch at the conference where the main topic was "How can work, welfare and culture be combined?" Here you c...

FJÁRMÁLASTÖÐUGLEIKARÁÐ Fjármála- og efnahagsráðuneyti, Arnarhvoli, 150 Reykjavík Sími: 545 9200 fjarmalastodugleikarad.is Reykjavík, 22 January 2016 ...

An official website for the project Welfare consequences of financial crises has been launched, www.welfarecrisis.hi.is. The website includes information about the project, statistical information, re...